Assistant HR Business Partner
Posted 1 day 23 hours ago by Merseywestlancs
Permanent
Full Time
Other
Merseyside, St. Helens, United Kingdom, WA101
Job Description
We want talented and enthusiastic people from all backgrounds to join , with us you can learn, grow and develop yourself and your career, realising your true ambitions and aspirations.
Whatever you're looking for in your career, you'll find it here at MWL.
After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through the NHS Jobs website, and furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. By applying for this post you are agreeing to "name of trust" transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are appointed to a post information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and results driven HR professional to join our Lead Employer Service on a permanent basis. As the largest Lead Employer in the NHS employing over 13,000 doctors, dentists and public health specialty trainees we have more than a decade of experience in delivering a high quality, highly regarded service.
The Lead Employer team is ambitious, proactive and passionate about improving the working lives of our colleagues in training. We work in collaboration with eight NHS England regions and Host organisations to ensure our colleagues in training are fully supported at every step of their career.
Working within our HR Business Partnering and Advisory team, this is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys both working autonomously in a fast paced environment and working with a wide range of stakeholders. With a proven record of providing advice on a variety of employment matters you will work closely with the Senior HR Management Team to ensure the delivery of an effective and efficient service delivering in line with best practice and employment legislation.
Please be aware, that we may close a vacancy earlier than stated, should a sufficient number of applications be received, you are therefore advised to apply at your earliest convenience.
Main duties of the job We currently have a fantastic opportunity for an Assistant HR Business Partner to join our experienced and friendly HR Business Partner and Advisory Team in our Lead Employer Service. As an Assistant HR Business Partner for the Lead Employer Service you will have proven experience of working collaboratively and building positive stakeholder relationships.
Key responsibilities include:-
Working for our organisation Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
Our services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
Supporting the Business
Whatever you're looking for in your career, you'll find it here at MWL.
After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through the NHS Jobs website, and furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. By applying for this post you are agreeing to "name of trust" transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are appointed to a post information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and results driven HR professional to join our Lead Employer Service on a permanent basis. As the largest Lead Employer in the NHS employing over 13,000 doctors, dentists and public health specialty trainees we have more than a decade of experience in delivering a high quality, highly regarded service.
The Lead Employer team is ambitious, proactive and passionate about improving the working lives of our colleagues in training. We work in collaboration with eight NHS England regions and Host organisations to ensure our colleagues in training are fully supported at every step of their career.
Working within our HR Business Partnering and Advisory team, this is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys both working autonomously in a fast paced environment and working with a wide range of stakeholders. With a proven record of providing advice on a variety of employment matters you will work closely with the Senior HR Management Team to ensure the delivery of an effective and efficient service delivering in line with best practice and employment legislation.
Please be aware, that we may close a vacancy earlier than stated, should a sufficient number of applications be received, you are therefore advised to apply at your earliest convenience.
Main duties of the job We currently have a fantastic opportunity for an Assistant HR Business Partner to join our experienced and friendly HR Business Partner and Advisory Team in our Lead Employer Service. As an Assistant HR Business Partner for the Lead Employer Service you will have proven experience of working collaboratively and building positive stakeholder relationships.
Key responsibilities include:-
- Provide expert HR advice on complex employment matters in line with Lead Employer policies and procedures keeping in line with best practice and employment legislation.
- Working in partnership with the senior management team to provide professional customer focused HR advice, coaching and solutions that support the business in the identification and management of workforce issues and major change programmes.
- Support the development and implementation of robust systems and processes to enable effective monitoring and management employee relations issues.
- Analyse workforce information and Key Performance Indicators and work with the HR Business Partners to develop plans and strategies to support improvement and efficiency within the Service.
- Build effective working relationships with Trade Union Representatives.
- We actively promote applications for flexible working. And you will be part of a team where we encourage and support each other's health and well being.
Working for our organisation Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
Our services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
- Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.
Supporting the Business
- To contribute to the development of the HR plan aligned to the service delivery objectives and standards required by the Lead Employer Service.
- Anticipate the impact of external changes on the workforce and develop effective solutions and strategies to support the changing environment.
- Provide management/workforce information as requested to enable the development of workforce plans.
- Represent the service at various meetings and stakeholder events as required within our 8 NHS E regions.
- Support the senior management team to maintain and develop professional HR services, systems, records and quality/control procedures.
- Support Host organisations and MHS E in the interpretation of policies and procedures e.g. Sickness Absence, Maternity, Paternity and Adoption.
- Deal with complex or highly sensitive matters as cascaded from the Employment Services team, senior management team, Host Trusts and NHS E.
- Produce high quality written correspondence including letters, e mails and memos, in line with corporate communications guidance and Trust policies and procedures.
- Contribute to the development and review of HR policies and procedures specific to the Lead Employer Service.
- Maintain effective employee relations with staff side to ensure the efficient and effective management of cases.
- Lead by example, working in partnership with the Learning & Development team; develop a coaching culture across the service to support personal development and succession planning as identified.
- Identify specific employment issues from workforce trends and staff feedback mechanisms to support the development of HR interventions to meet business needs.
- Design and deliver HR skills training as required.
- Lead workforce thinking, encouraging innovation and championing workforce transformation to support service development.
- Active participation in leadership of development projects.
- Lead and project manage key HR initiatives in accordance with agreed requirements realising effective coordination of people, resource and talent ensuring the benefits are realised.
- Establish workforce metrics and performance targets and work closely with the Workforce information team and HR Business Partners to produce regular monitoring reports for effective cascade of management information to key stakeholders.
- Analyse workforce information and productivity measures and work with the HR Business Partners to develop plans and strategies to support improvement and efficiency within the Service.
- Influence business decisions to ensure account is taken of best practice human resource management.
- Advise key stakeholders on complex, sensitive or contentious employee relations issues, providing support to key stakeholders investigating complex cases when required and supporting hearings.
- Review and develop HR Policies and Procedures in line with governance and legal requirements.
- Negotiate terms and conditions of employment with staff side in respect of specific projects and Activities.
- Implement effective HR systems to record and monitor all case activity and monitor compliance in relation to data protection, EDI and other HR related legislation.
- Ensure effective recording and monitoring systems are implemented and maintained for attendance management activity.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement in the efficiency and effectiveness of the Lead Employer Service.
- Seek customer service feedback from designated areas of responsibility and make recommendations to the Lead Employer Senior Management team as part of the delivery of the SLA.
- Support in the transformation of, new ways of working and continuous improvement of the service.
- Undertake and participate in projects as required.
- To continually promote equality diversity and inclusion and undertake equality impact assessments as required.
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