Human Resources Advisor - Community Care Division
Band 5
Main area: Human Resources
Grade: Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time (Flexible working)
37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 350-TWS6829030
Site: Kings Business Park, V7 Buildings, Town: Liverpool
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 18/12/2024 23:59
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce.
Job overview
Band 5 Community Care Division HR Advisor opportunity available within the workforce directorate. We are looking for a motivated, experienced individual to join the Community Care Divisional HR Team.
The successful candidate will be an experienced HR professional, with the ability to provide excellent generalist HR advice to a wide range of teams, managers, and senior managers within the relevant division.
Main duties of the job
This role provides a fantastic opportunity to support our managers’ requirements to deliver perfect care. The postholder will be responsible for providing effective, proactive HR support and advice related to the operational management of services within the division and also support across the wider HR function as required.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable, and efficient.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key responsibilities will include provision of first line advice on Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions and HR Policies and Procedures, together with supporting managers through a range of employee relations processes including management of attendance, disciplinary and informal resolution.
In order to fulfil this ambitious role, you will be CIPD qualified (or working towards) with the understanding of delivering a varied HR portfolio, in particular employee relations activity, ideally in a unionised environment, preferably in the NHS.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Working towards CIPD qualification
* CIPD
Knowledge / Experience
* Demonstrate a range of generalist HR knowledge and experience
* Experience of interpreting and advising on terms and conditions, policies and procedures
* Experience of providing advice and support to managers on HR related issues
* Up to date knowledge of employment legislation and good employment practice
* NHS or public sector experience
* Experience of administering recruitment and selection procedures
* Experience of employee relations gained within a unionised environment
* Experience of using and extracting information from HR Databases
Values
* Accountability
* Supports
* Transparency and honesty
* Discreet
* Responsive to service users
* Engaging leadership style
Skills
* Effective verbal and written communication and influencing skills
* Effective presentation and organisational skills
* Able to communicate information to staff at all levels of the organisation
* Able to deliver training on HR policies and procedures
* Able to maintain confidentiality and deal with situations in a sensitive manner
* Able to understand the HR issues arising from operational management issues and advise managers appropriately
* Able to work to deadlines and pay attention to detail
* Able to prioritise and manage own work
* Able to exercise initiative
* Computer literate and able to use MS Office applications
* Driving licence or ability to travel within the Trust in a timely manner
* Able to build positive relationships with managers, colleagues and Staff Side representatives.
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As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification.
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