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We have a great opportunity for an experienced People Advisor to join our team based at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital. You will be working alongside the Senior People Partner in the delivery of people priorities to support the Trust's ambition and intent to create the best and safest place to work, where our people thrive through better and healthier lives made possible by fulfilling work.
You will be working with an allocated Clinical Delivery Group, providing support to managers and staff offering advice regarding terms and conditions of employment and supporting a range of employee relations case work, including, disciplinary, grievance, dignity at work, performance management and sickness absence management. In addition, you will be responsible for developing and delivering training to up-skill managers whilst challenging and delivering innovative new ways of working within a Just and Learning Culture.
Main duties, tasks & skills required
The successful candidate will have a proven ability to develop and maintain excellent relationships with key stakeholders across a wide range of staff groups and have experience of a busy and diverse workload, always prioritising effectively. You will need to live and breathe our values of being kind, connected and bold as well as being inclusive, fair and supportive.
You will be driven to innovate within their role with a commitment to people before process.
This role offers the opportunity to work from home as well as creating onsite presence, including flexibility in hours of work/ days, and working pattern.
If you wish to discuss the role further, please contact Alison Money, Director of People on 07876130630.
Closing date for applications is the 18th April 2024
Interview date will take place on the 26th April 2024
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
Please Note:: For more information about this exciting opportunity, please see attached Job Description
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Level 5 CIPD or equivalent degree level qualification supplemented by qualification and/or experience at post graduate diploma/ equivalent experience in a HR related field.
- Evidence of recent continuous professional development
Desirable
Achieved or working towards Level 7 CIPD or post graduate diploma in Human Resources Management
Experience
Essential
Experience of recent generalist HR experience in a large, complex organisation, including complex HR investigations, absence and capability management
Working in partnership with Trade unions.
Experience of developing and delivering effective people management training
Experience of preparing, analysing and presenting reports.
Up to date and thorough working knowledge of Employment Law and Human Resource Best Practice
Evidence of improving working practices
Additional Criteria
Essential
Strongly developed communication skills including the ability to communicate complex information with fully developed persuasive, negotiating and influencing skills.
Analytical and judgement skills with the ability to analyse and interpret complex situations
Ability to develop and maintaining good working relationships with stakeholders
Ability to work autonomously, without direct supervision and as part of a team.
Good presentation and report writing skills.
Good IT skills (to includes as a minimum: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, HR databases)
Ability to set own priorities, meet tight deadlines, work independently and demonstrate good diary management
Ability to maintain confidentiality and deal with situations in a sensitive manner.
Ability to interpret and apply Terms and Conditions of Employment
Able to concentrate with frequent interruptions and where work is unpredictable
Able to deal with distressing or emotional circumstances, frequently when imparting information e.g., discipline, sickness
The ability to work on own initiative, responding to immediate requests.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
