People Business Partner - Temporary
Posted 1 day 8 hours ago by NHS
Permanent
Full Time
Temporary Jobs
Yorkshire, Wakefield, United Kingdom, WF1 1
Job Description
Go back South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust
People Business Partner - Temporary The closing date is 17 November 2025
37.5 hours per week - temporary until 30 April 2026
We are looking for an experienced People Business Partner to join our new senior leadership team on a temporary basis. As a key member of our People Directorate leadership team, you will work directly to the Deputy Chief People Officer.
You'll be the key connection between our clinical and corporate services and the People Directorate, helping to bring our new workforce strategy to life.
You'll work independently and strategically, acting as a trusted advisor to leaders and teams within your designated business areas, to anticipate workforce themes and risks and to co create appropriate plans and solutions that improve employee experience and support the Trust's strategic aims.
While this role meets the eligibility requirements for Skilled Worker sponsorship, due to the short term nature of the contract, the Trust will not be offering sponsorship for this post.
We welcome applications from individuals who already have the right to work in the UK or are on a visa route that permits employment without sponsorship. Such applications will be considered alongside all others.
Proposed Interview Date - 26 November
Main duties of the job You will be an integral part of the local leadership team acting as critical friend, analysing data to identify emerging themes, trends and risks and bringing these into the leadership team discussions to co create solutions and risk mitigations.
Using key data, support critical business plans and performance improvements, such as:
Influencing cultural change within services and business areas, by connecting the People Directorate team and the care group to enable multi disciplinary conversations and to co create solutions to emerging risks and issues.
Creating stronger linkers between People Directorate teams by supporting and enabling a multi disciplinary approach within the Directorate leadership team.
All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID 19 to protect patients.
About us We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.
Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.
We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.
Being a foundation Trust means we are accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.
Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.
We do reserve the right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.
Job responsibilities JOB SUMMARY
The People Business Partner is required to work in a business focused way in support of a designated care group for which they will be required fully understand the strategic vision and direction to effectively diagnose and engage appropriate strategic and operational workforce and development input and support, ensuring deployment of the Trust wide workforce strategy to make the Trust a great place to work.
This role is an autonomous practitioner and will require the use of workforce and OD skills, working closely with management teams and employees to improve the employee experience within the service and Trust.
They will act as a conduit between the Care Groups and the People Directorate and will ensure specialist input from members of the People Directorate to facilitate delivery of the Care Groups business plans. They will provide insights based on workforce intelligence and reporting and ensure action is taken where appropriate.
Specifically, they will:
Ensure the people services is customer focussed efficient, effective, adds value to the organisation and employees and is delivered to the highest professional standard.
Act as an advocate of change and transformation in support of business and people strategies and champion best practice people management, influencing key business decisions to ensure the effective management of staff through a fair, efficient and pragmatic application of best practice to ensure successful delivery of patient focussed services.
Provide advice guidance on very complex, sensitive, and contentious people issues to minimise risk and champion effective management of staff through fair, efficient and pragmatic just culture process that meet the people plan and people best practice by developing, recommending, and supporting the implementation of appropriate people intervention.
As a member of the People Directorate Leadership Team (PDLT), contribute to the development of the People strategy and priorities and share intelligence regarding Care Group strategy. Undertake specific projects to support delivery of the people strategy, both within the Care group and across the Trust as required.
The postholder will support the PDLT in the definition and delivery of service needs, Trust priorities and NHS People Plan, including:
Increasing the diversity and inclusivity of our workforce, ensuring our workforce reflects the diversity of the community we serve at all levels.
To ensure the workforce experience is positive from recruitment through their journey of employment implementing a just culture framework throughout their employment.
Ensure an efficient and timely service with a focus on customer service.
To provide a highly visible, competent, and coaching leadership style, which is consistent with the Trust values, building and maintaining effective working relationships with People Directorate colleagues managers, staff side, employees, and external organisations.
To use workforce intelligence, and key performance indicators both internal and external, to analyse workforce information, contributing to the monthly performance monitoring and review of people KPI, identify people management requirements within the care groups , working with colleagues to develop and implement strategies and plans to ensure the workforce supports the current and future performance targets, recommending people initiatives to meet business needs including recruitment and retention plans, improving absence management and reducing bank and agency and turnover.
To develop strong networks internally and externally to ensure that best people practice is applied within the organisation and that opportunities for development and innovation are maximised, supporting the Trust in reaching its vision of excellence in everything it does by leading and promoting equal opportunities, fairness, equity, and inclusion.
Develop and maintain an external awareness of local and national developments/ projects/ initiatives, disseminating for discussion and actions where appropriate.
Utilise the principles of organisational development and change management to implement the strategic workforce agenda, maximise performance of high functioning teams, support workforce planning and promote organisational efficiencies.
Thorough understanding and application of organisational development models, to provide advice and support around a range of issues including organisational culture, values, behaviours and relationships, respect and feeling valued, structures and systems, team working, engagement, capability, and skills.
Build networks and other opportunities to encourage the sharing of knowledge . click apply for full job details
People Business Partner - Temporary The closing date is 17 November 2025
37.5 hours per week - temporary until 30 April 2026
We are looking for an experienced People Business Partner to join our new senior leadership team on a temporary basis. As a key member of our People Directorate leadership team, you will work directly to the Deputy Chief People Officer.
You'll be the key connection between our clinical and corporate services and the People Directorate, helping to bring our new workforce strategy to life.
You'll work independently and strategically, acting as a trusted advisor to leaders and teams within your designated business areas, to anticipate workforce themes and risks and to co create appropriate plans and solutions that improve employee experience and support the Trust's strategic aims.
While this role meets the eligibility requirements for Skilled Worker sponsorship, due to the short term nature of the contract, the Trust will not be offering sponsorship for this post.
We welcome applications from individuals who already have the right to work in the UK or are on a visa route that permits employment without sponsorship. Such applications will be considered alongside all others.
Proposed Interview Date - 26 November
Main duties of the job You will be an integral part of the local leadership team acting as critical friend, analysing data to identify emerging themes, trends and risks and bringing these into the leadership team discussions to co create solutions and risk mitigations.
Using key data, support critical business plans and performance improvements, such as:
- progression of employee relations cases with reference to expected timescales and any associated themes;
- understanding and pre empting any hotspots and risks in relation to key people metrics;
- people risks as articulated on local operational risk registers;
- workforce plans including workforce supply plans.
Influencing cultural change within services and business areas, by connecting the People Directorate team and the care group to enable multi disciplinary conversations and to co create solutions to emerging risks and issues.
Creating stronger linkers between People Directorate teams by supporting and enabling a multi disciplinary approach within the Directorate leadership team.
All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID 19 to protect patients.
About us We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.
Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.
We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.
Being a foundation Trust means we are accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.
Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.
We do reserve the right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.
Job responsibilities JOB SUMMARY
The People Business Partner is required to work in a business focused way in support of a designated care group for which they will be required fully understand the strategic vision and direction to effectively diagnose and engage appropriate strategic and operational workforce and development input and support, ensuring deployment of the Trust wide workforce strategy to make the Trust a great place to work.
This role is an autonomous practitioner and will require the use of workforce and OD skills, working closely with management teams and employees to improve the employee experience within the service and Trust.
They will act as a conduit between the Care Groups and the People Directorate and will ensure specialist input from members of the People Directorate to facilitate delivery of the Care Groups business plans. They will provide insights based on workforce intelligence and reporting and ensure action is taken where appropriate.
Specifically, they will:
Ensure the people services is customer focussed efficient, effective, adds value to the organisation and employees and is delivered to the highest professional standard.
Act as an advocate of change and transformation in support of business and people strategies and champion best practice people management, influencing key business decisions to ensure the effective management of staff through a fair, efficient and pragmatic application of best practice to ensure successful delivery of patient focussed services.
Provide advice guidance on very complex, sensitive, and contentious people issues to minimise risk and champion effective management of staff through fair, efficient and pragmatic just culture process that meet the people plan and people best practice by developing, recommending, and supporting the implementation of appropriate people intervention.
- Using appropriate metrics, surveys, and employee engagement to identify problem areas and work with specialist People Directorate colleagues to develop appropriate interventions and solutions by facilitating improvement process concerning individuals, groups, and teams.
As a member of the People Directorate Leadership Team (PDLT), contribute to the development of the People strategy and priorities and share intelligence regarding Care Group strategy. Undertake specific projects to support delivery of the people strategy, both within the Care group and across the Trust as required.
- As a senior member of the Care Group leadership team, ensure that the workforce implications of all strategies, plans, projects, and issues are considered.
The postholder will support the PDLT in the definition and delivery of service needs, Trust priorities and NHS People Plan, including:
Increasing the diversity and inclusivity of our workforce, ensuring our workforce reflects the diversity of the community we serve at all levels.
To ensure the workforce experience is positive from recruitment through their journey of employment implementing a just culture framework throughout their employment.
Ensure an efficient and timely service with a focus on customer service.
To provide a highly visible, competent, and coaching leadership style, which is consistent with the Trust values, building and maintaining effective working relationships with People Directorate colleagues managers, staff side, employees, and external organisations.
To use workforce intelligence, and key performance indicators both internal and external, to analyse workforce information, contributing to the monthly performance monitoring and review of people KPI, identify people management requirements within the care groups , working with colleagues to develop and implement strategies and plans to ensure the workforce supports the current and future performance targets, recommending people initiatives to meet business needs including recruitment and retention plans, improving absence management and reducing bank and agency and turnover.
To develop strong networks internally and externally to ensure that best people practice is applied within the organisation and that opportunities for development and innovation are maximised, supporting the Trust in reaching its vision of excellence in everything it does by leading and promoting equal opportunities, fairness, equity, and inclusion.
Develop and maintain an external awareness of local and national developments/ projects/ initiatives, disseminating for discussion and actions where appropriate.
Utilise the principles of organisational development and change management to implement the strategic workforce agenda, maximise performance of high functioning teams, support workforce planning and promote organisational efficiencies.
Thorough understanding and application of organisational development models, to provide advice and support around a range of issues including organisational culture, values, behaviours and relationships, respect and feeling valued, structures and systems, team working, engagement, capability, and skills.
Build networks and other opportunities to encourage the sharing of knowledge . click apply for full job details