Human Resources Advisor - Community Care Division
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.
Shortlisting planned for: 19 December 2024
Interviews planned for: 8 January 2025
Main duties of the job
An opportunity has arisen for an innovative and passionate HR professional to join our workforce directorate in the role of HR Advisor. 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.
Job 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 and will involve supporting review meetings, investigations and hearings.
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. A self-starter, with a keen values-driven commitment to the NHS, you will need to demonstrate an ability to work flexibly and deliver outcomes that meet the needs of the business. Confident in your ability to deal with people in all situations and negotiate and influence to reach agreement whilst demonstrating empathy, you'll also need to be comfortable working in a timely manner and meeting deadlines when managing employee relations workload.
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 eg absence management, disciplinary, grievance.
* Up to date knowledge of employment legislation and good employment practice
* NHS or public sector experience
* Experience of administering the recruitment and selection procedures and interviewing
* 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 and persuasively on the course of action they should take.
* 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.
* Able to maintain professional relationships with external contacts/organisations
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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