Job summary
- Main area
- Human Resources
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Secondment: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 144-JW20-CPO02-24
- Employer
- NHS Devon Integrated Care Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- NHS Devon ICB, Aperture House
- Town
- Exeter
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
HR Business Partner
Band 8a
Job overview
HR Business Partner, Band 8a, 1 WTE, 12 month Secondment
Are you passionate about making a difference in a fast-paced environment? Do you thrive in a role where you can support and empower others? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!
We are a small, close-knit team that values collaboration, innovation, and the unique contributions of each member; committed to fostering a compassionate and inclusive workplace culture.
NHS Devon ICB are seeking a proactive HR Business Partner to join our Chief People Officer Directorate for a 12-month secondment. This is a unique opportunity to engage in a role that blends both strategic and operational functions across a wide range of HR areas, offering you the chance to make a significant impact on our organisation and contribute to meaningful projects.
In this role, you will work closely with senior managers to align HR initiatives with organisational objectives. You will be the HR business partner for a designated area, providing expert advice across key HR areas such as employee relations, recruitment, workforce data, reward, and training & development, whilst also leading and managing HR projects and initiatives. Your ability to draft clear and concise reports on complex HR matters will be crucial in effectively communicating ideas to diverse audiences.
Main duties of the job
One of the areas of responsibilities within your portfolio will involve workforce data and systems reporting, so an interest in this area is important. You will be responsible for analysing and interpreting a range of workforce data to provide actionable insights that inform strategic decision-making. Your expertise in data analysis, coupled with clear report writing skills, will help identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
We are looking for someone with proven HR experience, with a proactive approach, a passion for problem-solving and innovation along with exceptional communication and relationship-building skills. The ability to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment will set you apart in this role. A strong understanding of HR employment law, and a MCIPD qualification or equivalent experience is essential.
In return for your dedication and expertise, we offer a warm, friendly, and supportive team environment. We understand the importance of work-life balance, which is why we support flexible working arrangements to help you balance home and work life.
If you’re ready to join a team that values your contributions, we’d love to hear from you. For an informal conversation, contact, Sam Tribble, Assistant Director of HR, [email protected]
Working for our organisation
NHS Devon Integrated Care System
As an Integrated Care System (ICS), we recognise now more than ever that we can only provide the care that people really need by working together. Together for Devon therefore represents a partnership where health and care services work together with local communities to improve peoples health, wellbeing and care. It aims to transform health and care services so they are clinically, socially and financially sustainable.
Our vision is simple: equal chances for everyone in Devon to lead long, happy and healthy lives. To achieve this, we have set out six ambitions for the next five years that will help us transform services including: Effective and efficient care, embedding the Integrated Care Model, the Devon deal (a citizen-led approach to health and care), Children and young people, Digital Devon and ensuring Equality.
About NHS Devon
As part of the Devon ICS, NHS Devon Integrated Care Board is responsible for the majority of county's NHS budget, and develops a plan to improve peoples health, deliver high-quality care and better value for money. The organisation is led by a diverse board, with an aim to improve peoples lives in Devon wherever they live, to reduce health inequalities and make sure we can deliver these services for the long term. For more information, visit our website www.onedevon.org.uk
· Where the post is a temporary position there may be a possibility of the post becoming permanent.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.
Person specification
Experience, Knowledge & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to masters’ level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Chartered Member of CIPD (MCIPD) or equivalent experience.
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through a post graduate qualification or equivalent experience or training.
- Highly developed HR knowledge gained through theoretical learning and extensive HR generalist experience.
- Experience of and ability to manage and develop workforce data, systems, HR metrics, data analysis and reporting.
- Experience of working with performance metrics to guide and inform strategy.
- Experience of managing change management in a complex environment.
- Demonstrable generalist HR experience with experience of competence across the range of HR functions providing specialist HR advice to services and managers.
- An understanding of the relationship between NHS organisations and wider system, regional and national organisations.
- Knowledge and experience of using HR information systems including electronic staff records.
- Proven ability to effectively manage a range of situations that may evoke a strong emotional reaction.
- Current excellent knowledge of employment legislation, case law and good HR practice
- Ability to foster powerful and productive working relationships internally and externally.
- Ability to work with unpredictable situations and under pressure and to tight deadlines with frequent interruptions.
- Ability to oversee and be responsible for a budget for a department and/or service.
- Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment.
- Significant experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments.
- Experience of managing risks and reporting.
- Experience of developing briefing papers and correspondence at SLT or chief officer level.
- Experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes.
- Evidence of continued professional development.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of Agenda for Change, NHS Terms & Conditions Handbook.
- Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment.
- Understanding of the public sector.
Communication Skills
Essential criteria
- Must be able to provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
- Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change.
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required, to aid decision making.
- Skilled communicator with excellent writing, report writing and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately for diverse audiences.
- Evidence of success in efficient and effective project and programme management.
- Skills for communication on complex matters and difficult situations, requiring persuasion and influence where there may be barriers to understanding.
- Skills for nurturing key relationships and maintaining networks.
Analytical Skills
Essential criteria
- Experience of identifying and interpreting National policy.
- Experience of researching best practice (globally, private and public sector), interpreting its relevance and processes/ practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve improved performance (advising on policy implementation, where applicable).
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action
- Strategic thinking – ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise.
- Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
- Numerate and able to understand complex issues combined with deep analytical skills.
Planning Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
- Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and managing successful projects.
Management Skills
Essential criteria
- Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others.
- Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals.
Autonomy / Freedom to Act
Essential criteria
- Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations to relevant manager, with the aim of improving deliverables and/or compliance to policies.
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales.
Equality & Diversity
Essential criteria
- Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems.
Physical Skills
Essential criteria
- Standard keyboard skills, with the ability to learn/use a range of software.
Other
Essential criteria
- Operate effectively in a demanding environment.
- Strong adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
- Willing to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals and colleagues in the desire to provide or support the most appropriate interventions.
- An ability to develop and maintain confidentiality and trust.
- Professional calm and efficient manner.
- Effective organiser, influencer and networker.
- Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Samantha Tribble
- Job title
- Associate Director of HR
- Email address
- [email protected]
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