The HR Manager role will work in a Divisional team and line manage at least one HR advisor. The role will either be based at Aintree, Broadgreen or the Royal but some site cover is expected.
The role will provide expert HR advice to all managers across the Trust. The successful candidate will work closely with the HR Advisors and HR Business Partners to embed best practice and consistency across the HR Advisory team. Our HR Managers will work very closely together to ensure consistency across the Trust with our HR practices.
The successful candidate will need to be organised and act as a mentor and they will be the main point of contact for the HR Advisory team.
The successful candidate will oversee and advise on casework, provide support, advice and guidance to the HR Advisors' who are undertaking disciplinary, sickness and grievance processes and managing other aspects of employee relations in line with Trust policies.
The HR Manager role is responsible for ensuring a defined list of policies are maintained and updated in line with legislation changes and are responsible for designing, updating and delivery of training for our people managers to ensure they have the skills required to manage their teams effectively.
The successful candidate will also manage a range of complex employee relations cases. for their designated area.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women’s Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit theircareers page.
To provide a comprehensive and professional HR advice service, taking advice from the HR Business partner as and when required, dealing with complex cases in the areas of:
• Capability and Disciplinary cases
• Performance Management
• Recruitment and Resourcing
• Employment Relations
• Terms and Conditions of Service
• Employment Law
• Management of Change
Maintain a robust employee relations Case Management System, providing reports to managers and work proactively with managers to address employee relations issues within all areas.
Monitor the progress of investigations on behalf of the HR Business Partner and ensure that they are completed in a timely manner, reporting any issues and outcomes to the HR Business Partner.
To participate in discussions with staff side and employee consultation in the application of workforce change strategies, contractual changes to facilitate new ways of working in accordance with the appropriate policies and procedures.
Day to day supervision of the HR Advisor, providing expert HR advice and guidance on the interpretation of procedures and guidelines to the HR Advisor and Senior Managers.
Support HR Advisor in providing advice and support to managers for all sickness absence cases for both short term and long term absence.
For a full list of duties, please refer to the attached job description and person specification
This advert closes on Tuesday 11 Mar 2025