Job overview

We are pleased to invite you to apply to join our work family as a Senior HR Business Partner and aim to welcome a forward thinking and dynamic team player into this senior team.  You will bring your exceptional skills to take your place as part of the People Division and Community Division leadership teams.  Supporting and facilitating the managerial and clinical leadership with all strategic and operational workforce themes. 

You will be an experienced HR professional and strong influencer, who enjoys working within an accomplished team and culture of success.  You may be looking for the next career step to continue your personal progression or you may be an established and accomplished professional looking for a new challenge and new dynamic to your career.    Whatever your reason, we want a candidate who is ready to start at pace, with the energy and enthusiasm that the NHS, its workforce and patients deserve.  

You will work within a team of Senior HR Business Partners who are also placed as leaders within divisions across the Trust, driving change and delivering effective workforce interventions in accordance with the WWL corporate objectives and business plans.  You will need to contribute and embrace these plans adding value and making the Trust a better place to work for staff, inclusive and compassionate contributing to the delivery of excellent patient care.

Main duties of the job

You will also be responsible for overseeing the effective and operational support provided to managers and employees within the division through the HR Advisory team.  The support that you and the team provide will be efficient, effective and business focused, meeting the evolving needs of managers and employees in the Trust. You will develop and role model compassion and fairness, promoting equality and inclusivity.

You will have the ability to manage multiple tasks and react quickly to new situations/information, having effective negotiation, influencing and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels.

You must also be able to work flexibility and demonstrate commitment which is crucial to achieving success.  This post is offered on a part time (30 hours per week) basis.  A flexible working arrangement to suit both the service and the successful team member will be agreed to secure a good work life balance.

We are committed to supporting career development and professional pathways, through apprenticeship or learning opportunities to enhance your career.  

Working for our organisation

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.