Business Partner People & OD

Are you an ambitious qualified Business Partner who is looking to develop their career in NHS Wales? An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the NWSSP Business Partnering Team in the role of Business Partner People & OD. Based in our HQ in Nantgarw, Cardiff, the role will provide you with a wide range of experience in business partnering across NWSSP. The role requires a hardworking, committed individual with HR and operational experience and a good eye for detail who works well as part of a team working to strict deadlines.

Main duties of the job

To provide effective advice and support in a timely and proactive manner to managers.

Act as an advocate for an open, fair and transparent employment relations environment, working in partnership with trade union representatives, staff and managers to achieve this aim.

To assist the Senior People and OD colleagues and Line Managers in preparing responses to employment tribunalclaims and preparing for hearings. To provide staff with information on their terms and conditions of service and issues affecting their welfare such as ill health retirement, adoption leave, maternity leave, paternity leave, sickness entitlements, salary details, annual leave and flexible working options.

Provide organisation with accurate and relevant workforce information and reports.

Produce quarterly and other reports on Workforce activity (sickness, vacancy levels, turnover etc.) for presentation at various meetings.

To assist managers in preparing management statements for employee relations cases.

To support the NHS Job Evaluation scheme

To advise managers on appropriate action in relation to ER caseload, taking into account all the circumstances, and ensuring consistency of approach across the Organisation.

Devise and deliver training programmes

Work with managers in the identification of training needs, working in conjunction with the OD team.

About us

At NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership we expect everyone to embrace our values of Listening and Learning, Working Together, Taking Responsibility and Innovating.

Our organisation encourages an agile working approach and we pride ourselves on being a learning organisation motivated by continuous improvement.

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values equality, diversity and inclusion, focussing on the wellbeing and belonging of our people.

Excellent customer service is something we strive for, for both our internal and external customers.

Offering a comprehensive benefits package, there is something for everyone. To find out more about working for us, the benefits we offer and guidance on the application process please visit

NWSSP work in an agile way where possible, all posts will have a contractual base but as part of agile ways of working that may mean working from home and other locations. We also look at how we balance flexibility with community, and how to manage opportunities to learn from each other.

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac

Person Specification 1

• MSc in Human Resource Management (HRM)

2

• MCIPD Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development or working towards qualification
• Experience of Workforce in an NHS setting

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.