Job summary
- Main area
- Operational HR - E00427
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 413-86958-WF-LS
- Employer
- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Operational HR - E00427
- Town
- Manchester
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/09/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Assistant HR Business Partner
Band 6
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant HR Business partner to join our HR Advisory Team. The role involves supporting the HR Business Partner with operational workforce support to ensure best practice people management within their areas of responsibility and across the wider workforce function. You will also take responsibility for a designated portfolio of work that supports the delivery of the overall HR strategy.
Furthermore, you will play a significant role in Workforce planning and organisational development contributing to the workforce planning cycle, service improvement and role design.
Main duties of the job
You will contribute to initiatives which aim to maintain and improve staff engagement in the divisions working closely with the Organisational Development and Engagement leads on targeted projects.
You will take responsibility for line managing the HR Advisors, supporting them and providing guidance on employee relations cases and other employment matters. You will also have a small caseload of highly complex ER cases to manage.
You will be based at home with attendance on site as necessary in order to fulfill the role.
Working for our organisation
The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.
We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years.
We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Workforce Strategy
- To work alongside the HR Business partners and divisional leads to identify workforce issues and developing appropriate HR interventions and developing the people capability to support this.
- To contribute to the implementation of the Trusts workforce strategy within their specific area of responsibility.
- Assist in the implementation of divisional workforce plans which are aligned with Trust’s workforce strategy.
- Assist in the development and implementation of specific Trust-wide policies, initiatives and scheme
Workforce Planning and Organisational Change
- Contribute to the workforce planning cycle, service improvement and role design.
- To contribute to organisational development and change initiatives in partnership with managers and staff to ensure change is implemented in compliance with good employment practices and the Trust’s Change Management Policy and proactively engaging with staff representatives.
- Contribute to the development and implement recruitment and retention strategies for hard to fill post
Workforce Intelligence
- Provide, monitor and analyse workforce information reports for the divisions highlighting areas for concern. Proactively work with managers to put plans in place to resolve areas of concern.
- Contribute to the development and review of key workforce performance indicators.
- Work with workforce team to provide workforce intelligence and analysis of trends to the divisional management teams
Organisational Development
- Working with the divisions to contribute towards the development and implementation of interventions and programmes to ensure managers are confident, competent and supported to manage their staff effectively.
- Coach and guide managers in all staff management related issues – managing change, maximising individual performance, building high performance teams and dealing with conflict.
- Develop and facilitate training sessions that support the development of managers and leaders across the organisation, whilst focussing on key HR activities.
Employment Relations
- Advise managers and clinical leads on the interpretation and application of terms and conditions of employment, Trust policies, current legislation and codes of practice.
- Foster a positive climate of employee relations within the Trust, to support the partnership approach to maintaining good working relationships with representatives of Trade Unions and staff organisations.
- Provide advice to managers on employee relations cases, providing advice on possible courses of action.
- Provide advice to the HR advisors on employee relations and sickness cases.
- Ensure managers are equipped to manage informal issues to minimise escalation to formal processes.
- Monitor employee relations activity, ensuring managers adhere to timescales and Trust policies.
- Provide professional advice and support to managers to undertake investigations as part of the discipline or grievance process.
- Participate in Discipline, Grievance or other hearings or panels providing professional advice and support as necessary.
- Participate in the job evaluation processes
Employee Engagement
- Contribute to initiatives which aim to maintain and improve staff engagement in the divisions
Health and Safety
- Cooperating with and adhering to the statutory regulations, codes of practice, local policies and procedures: taking account of these in relation to own remit
- Taking reasonable care for one’s own health and safety and that of any other person who may be affected by own acts or omissions at work
Equality and Diversity
- Carry out all duties in a way that supports equality and values diversity. This responsibility includes actions in relation to all internal and external stakeholders
- To promote and support equity of access to educational opportunities, valuing diversity and ensuring the service provided meets the needs of all service users
- Undertake equality impact assessments in relation to identified education policies ensuring any actions are implemented
Personal Education, Training and Development
- Actively participate in the performance review process and annual personal development plan to enable achievement of objectives and management of learning needs
- Be responsible for ensuring that personal, professional corporate essential training and PDR requirements are met
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree level or equivalent
- Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resources Management or equivalent relevant professional qualification or able to demonstrate highly specialist knowledge of the job role and skill required through work experience, training and development.
- Demonstrate through CPD, employment law updates and various other training courses an up- to-date knowledge of HR practices and evidence to continuous personal and professional development in current role.
- CIPD Member
Desirable criteria
- Masters degree level qualification in a HR related discipline
- Accredited mediation qualification
- Coaching qualification/training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant operational HR
- Successful management of employee relations issues and change management.
- Experience of writing reports
- Experience of working in partnership with trade union and workplace representatives
- Supporting staff engagement
- Experience of coaching and developing people management capacity within a multi-disciplinary environment.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of using innovative solutions to problem solving
- Experience of NHS job evaluation processes
- Transformational change management experience
- Experience of setting and monitoring quality assurance processes
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to act on own initiative, work unsupervised and manage the work of others.
- Ability to co-ordinate and prioritise work on different projects to meet deadlines which may be conflicting.
- Strong interpersonal skills and personal credibility, with the ability to quickly gain the confidence of and build relationships with others, including managers, clinicians and staff.
- Persuasion and influencing skills – ability to present ideas and proposals effectively.
- Communication skills – ability to communicate effectively in writing, and verbally with individuals on a one-to-one basis and with groups.
- Analytical & Decision Making skills – ability to explore, evaluate and interpret information and options and make decisions and recommendations based on an analysis of options.
- Achievement focused – ability to set targets and get things done to achieve continuous improvement
Desirable criteria
- Creative approach to problem solving.
- Able to demonstrate effective leadership skills and motivate others.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of national workforce and healthcare education strategy, policy and drivers
- Knowledge of medical and nonmedical professional roles and regulatory standards
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of NHS healthcare workforce and education funding streams and processes
- Awareness of professional health education and qualification tracks and systems
Values
Essential criteria
- Ability to demonstrate the organisational values and behaviours
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Katie Woolley
- Job title
- HR Business Partner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07867673021
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