Human Resources Business Partner

NHS Jobs; Liverpool; On-site; AUD 91,000 - 122,000; Full time

Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust seeks a strategic People partner to lead the People service within a defined area. You will advise on employee relations, NHS terms and conditions, and partner with OD to deliver workforce and people insights for Senior Leaders.

You will ensure professional service alignment with Trust values, drive policy reviews, and support workforce planning and reporting across divisions. Strong advisory and partnership skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience providing expert advice on employee relations matters.
• Knowledge of NHS terms and conditions of service preferred.
• Ability to develop and review People/OD policies.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the People service provision for a defined area.
• Provide expert advice on employee relations issues and NHS terms.
• Ensure consistent professional service aligned with Trust values.
• Partner with OD to evaluate People/OD interventions and reports.
• Support workforce planning and senior leadership with workforce data.

Skills

Employee relations

Policy review

HR advisory

NHS terms

Education

Bachelor’s in HR

CIPD certification

Tools

HRIS

Excel

Job description

Act as a strategic partner to a designated division/corporate area, developing a thorough understanding of the operational activities, business plans or priorities, staff survey and people and OD KPIs, to ensure that their workforce requirements are identified, planned and delivered on a timely basis. Lead and manage the People service provision with managers and staff within a defined area, providing expert advice and support on a wide range of people matters inclusive of employee relations issues, offering legal guidance, advice on NHS terms and conditions of service, providing specialist advice on complex people matters and/or cases to Managers and Trust decision making officers. Ensure the provisions of a consistent professional service across all divisions, underpinned by sound knowledge, the principles of good practice and in alignment with the Trust values. Work in partnership with the Organisational Development team to enable a holistic people service to the division, site or corporate area. Work in partnership with OD colleagues to evaluate the impact of People and OD interventions or programs within the division. Work in partnership with the Workforce and Employment team to develop workforce, people and OD reports that meet the needs of senior leaders and Heads of Operations and inform people and OD workforce monitoring. Support operational managers in development of workforce plans that will enable current operational demand to be met, enable future workforce need forecasting and support the delivery of people and OD objectives. Foster a positive climate of employee relations within the Trust, by taking a proactive approach to the development and maintenance of constructive partnership relationships with representatives of Trade Unions and staff organisations. Enable and provide professional advisory support for a range of employee relations processes (grievance, disciplinary, capability) in accordance with employment legislation, best practice, Trust policy and the principles of improving people practices/just and restorative culture. Act as a subject matter expert for any policy review programs allocated by the Head of People. Review Trust policies to maintain compliance with employment legislation, NHS employment terms and NHS national policies as relevant to the policy subject. For a full list of duties, please refer to the attached job description and person specification

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust