Overview
Contract Type: 0
Salary: £57,888 – £64,880 Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata
Partner Org: Surrey and Borders Foundation Trust Partnership
Job overview
The Workforce Division comprises HR, Organisational Development, Occupational Health, and our Education teams with a collective aspiration to deliver high-quality, responsive, professional services to support the Trust with its business-as-usual activity, as well as its ambitious transformation plans.
An opportunity has risen for a fixed term HR Business Partner to work in a supportive and well-established team.
The role will be supporting staff and managers within a Division. The post is based at our Headquarters in Leatherhead with a regular requirement to travel to other sites throughout Surrey.
You will provide quality and professional HR advice and support to clinical and operational colleagues to manage workforce matters,
You will possess excellent communication skills and be CIPD qualified (or with equivalent experience) with previous experience of working in an HR with recent experience of working in an advisory HR role within a similar environment. Working as part of a large and supportive Workforce Team you will have good opportunities for personal and professional development.
Main duties of the job
Key responsibilities will include;
- Contributing to the development and implementation of the Trusts strategic aims and HR strategy as a proactive member of both the HR and local Divisional management team/s.
- Responsibility for provision of a specialist advisory service to colleagues on all aspects of Human Resource matters.
- Working in partnership with internal and external stakeholders, which include system partners and trade unions, all of which need exceptional communication, negotiation and influencing skills to support delivery of the Divisions priorities.
- Management of an HR team to ensure the provision of a comprehensive and high-quality HR service to all staff within the Division.
- Promoting best practice in human resource management through the effective use of performance management systems including appraisal and personal development planning
- Operating in a multi-unionised and multi-professional employee relations environment
- Provision specialist knowledge in all HR areas.
Working for our organisation
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.
Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.
For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please check the job description & person specification document for more information on the requirements for this job.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive generalist HR experience
- Demonstrable experience in a senior HR role
- Evidence of current employment law and forthcoming legislation.
- Experience of leading projects to a successful conclusion
- Experience of managing a team
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of NHS terms and conditions and experience of working with the handbook to manage change and negotiate agreements with staff-side colleagues
- Proven ability to develop strategic policies that meet the needs of our organisation
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree level qualification or equivalent relevant experience
- Graduate of the CIPD
Desirable criteria
- A further qualification in management or a Master’s degree would be an advantage
We are seeking to enrich the diversity of our Trust to better reflect demographic needs of the populations we serve and to enhance the skills of our workforce. We actively encourage applicants with underrepresented personal characteristics to apply for this role if you match the job description. Please note that you are not restricted from applying for this role if you do not identify with these characteristics and all applicants will be considered fairly against the job description.
As a flexible working and friendly organisation, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or any other flexible working patterns.
Gender Pay Gap Action
Women in our Trust are under-represented in some senior grades. We are therefore encouraging women to apply for posts at 8A and above.
Sponsorship
Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
IMPORTANT: Before applying for this role, please make sure you have the right to work in the country where the role is based. Unless it clearly stipulates within in the job advert above that the hiring company is looking to or able to sponsor applicants it is deemed that the hiring employer will only consider applications from those able to comply with and work in the country where the role is based.
