Associate HR Business Partner

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK seeks an Associate HR Business Partner to deliver high-quality HR advisory services. This role involves developing workforce plans, analyzing workforce metrics, and ensuring effective HR policy implementation. Ideal candidates should have experience in HR services, strong communication skills, and the ability to drive workforce initiatives. Join us to contribute to a top-performing trust that prioritizes staff well-being and organizational effectiveness.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering HR services and solutions.
• Proven ability to analyze workforce metrics for decision-making.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to train managers.

Responsibilities

• Act as key HR contact for the Hosted Services.
• Develop workforce plans with the HR Business Partner.
• Generate and interpret workforce metrics for policy development.
• Advise on recruitment and retention strategies.
• Lead the development of HR policies in line with legislation.

Job description

Job Summary

The Associate HR Business Partner will deliver a high-quality HR advisory service, working closely with the HR Business Partner to support Hosted Services in achieving exceptional performance, engagement, and productivity aligned with key workforce and organisational priorities.

As the primary point of contact for Hosted Services, the post holder will adopt a solution-focused approach, proactively generating and monitoring HR processes and workforce metrics to ensure successful outcomes. In collaboration with the HR Business Partner, they will address and resolve HR issues promptly and accurately.

Responsibilities

• Interviews will be held on Tuesday 6th January 2026.
• In line with the Business Partner model, act as a key point of contact for the Hosted Services, providing a high-quality, customer-focused professional HR service on a range of workforce issues, ensuring that best practice is applied and equal opportunities principles are adhered to.
• In partnership with the HR Business Partner, develop robust workforce plans to cover the short, medium, and long-term needs of the division and the Organisations Workforce Agenda.
• Identify ways to improve the capability and productivity of the Hosted Services; generate, analyse and interpret workforce metrics (from both internal and external workforce related data sources) to identify trends, and inform the development and improvement of workforce policies and processes, management development activities and employee engagement. Ensure the impacts of these initiatives are measurable and evidenced using insight and experience to recommend solutions.
• Assist the Human Resources Business Partner in providing a range of support and advice on issues such as service and contract planning, skill mix and workforce planning, budget setting, and proposals for organisational change, ensuring these are sound in in line with good practice and policy.
• Work in partnership with managers to ensure they utilise workforce data to inform their management decision-making, and improve the organisations performance in relation to key HR performance indicators.
• Prepare workforce reports and narrative to be presented at Divisional and Trust Wide meetings.
• Provide advice on all aspects of recruitment and retention, ensuring that appropriate standards of quality are maintained and assist managers in ensuring induction of new recruits is carried out appropriately, effectively and in accordance with Trust requirements.
• Where required, lead on the development, review and implementation of HR policies and procedures, taking into account legislation, good practice and NHS guidance, working in partnership with the Staff Side.
• Support the local implementation of the Trust's health and well-being agenda.
• Support with the development of local action plans to address staff survey results and Staff Family and Friends test results.
• Participate in training initiatives designed to raise managers' awareness and competency in HR related issues within the organisation; this includes developing, designing and delivering the training programmes with the aim of increasing competence and confidence in making balanced decisions relating to a range of people‑management issues.

Benefits

This role offers a genuine opportunity to gain exposure to a broad generalist remit, providing the right candidate with significant scope for learning, development, and career progression. The ideal candidate must be comfortable taking a hands‑on approach across all areas, from administrative tasks to strategic development.

About the Trust

Our Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—along with award‑winning clinics across North West London. Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5m, providing full clinical services including maternity, A&E and children's services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health care. The CQC rates us Good in safety, effectiveness, care and responsiveness, and Outstanding in leadership and resource use. We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Mid. We are delivering sustainable healthcare through our Green Plan. In line with Greener NHS ambitions, we aim for net zero carbon emissions by 2045. Achieving this requires collective effort. We encourage staff to reduce their impact on carbon, waste and pollution wherever possible. Every action counts to create a healthier, more sustainable future.

Application Process

• Please check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process.
• If you have not heard from us within 3 weeks after the closing date, we regret that this usually means your application was not successful.
• In submitting an application, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, should you be appointed to the post.
• During the recruitment process your identity documentation (ie passport, driving licence, visa etc) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, infrared and machine‑readable zone security features of the documents provided.
• Employment at the Trust is offered subject to successful completion of a six month probationary period.