Main area Human Resources Grade Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Secondment opportunity considered) Hours Part time - 30 hours per week Job ref 310-CORP-7044917
Site Kingfisher House Town Huntingdon Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 16/04/2025 23:59
Job overview
12-month fixed term contract. Part Time 30 hours/week
Hybrid working available but applicants must be able to travel countywide to effectively undertake the role.
Base options: Cambridge, Huntingdon or Peterborough.
Are you an experienced HR professional looking for your next challenge? We have a great opportunity for a HR Advisor to join our team for 12 months covering maternity leave of the current post holder.
Main duties of the job
As a HR Advisor, you will provide a generalist Human Resources (HR) service to the Trust as part of the Operational HR Team. You will play a key role in providing expert advice and support across the Trust on all aspects of HR including employee relations, terms and conditions and policy implementation. You will work closely with managers to ensure best practice is followed and help create a positive and inclusive workplace culture.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Ensure that employee relations issues are managed effectively by managers to reflect the Trust’s commitment to people as their most important asset.
2. Provide support to managers in decision making, balancing risks, and ensuring appropriate consideration is given to both effective service delivery and protecting Trust’s reputation.
3. Interpret and advise managers on the application of, and compliance with Trust HR policies and procedures.
4. Interpret and advise managers on the application of terms and conditions of employment, ensuring compliance with Trust HR policies and employment legislation.
5. Proactively identify areas of continuous improvement and support managers in the implementation of initiatives to improve service delivery and achieving Key Performance Indicators through utilising Workforce information.
6. Develop and maintain effective communication and negotiation arrangements with staff side representatives as appropriate.
7. Support HR Business Partners with consultations e.g. attending launch meetings, 1-1 meetings where required and supporting with the redeployment process if applicable.
8. To undertake HR Investigations as and when required.
9. Review supporting mechanisms in place for staff to ensure they are fair, effective, and fit for purpose, advising managers as appropriate. e.g. working alongside Occupational Health and Staff Wellbeing Service.
10. Ensure management compliance with Employment Legislation and proactively advise the appropriate manager(s) of the implications of new legislation.
11. Advocate compliance with Equal Opportunity and Diversity legislation. This includes ensuring processes are in place to monitor the application and impact of policies and procedures.
12. Support managers in workforce utilisation to improve both individual, team and organisational performance.
13. Contribute to Trust’s resourcing strategy and workforce plan to ensure that the Directorate's operational business plan can be delivered by the right people, in the right place, at the right time.
14. Ensure that effective processes are established, monitored and reviewed which support the retention of staff.
Person specification
Education & Qualification
* GCSE Level 4 and above in Math’s/ English or Equivalent.
* Currently working towards CIPD Level 5 or ability to demonstrate relevant training or experience.
Experience
* Experience of working in an HR environment.
* Employee relations experience.
* NHS experience.
* Experience working in a complex, unionised organisation.
Skills & Abilities
* Employee Relations.
* Employment Law knowledge.
* Knowledge of the NHS.
* Understanding of Government Initiatives that impact on the NHS.
Other
* Ability to travel countywide.
Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.
We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:
* Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
* Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
* Children’s community services in Peterborough;
* Ground-breaking research
We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.
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