Band 5 HR Advisor

Birmingham Community Health Care Nhs Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Birmingham Community Health Care Nhs Foundation Trust is seeking a motivated HR administrator to join the Human Resources Department. You will provide day-to-day HR support to managers and staff across Learning Disabilities Division and Dental Services Division, delivering timely advice and accurate information.

With strong customer service, communication, and organisational skills, you will handle sickness absence, investigations, and policy guidance on Agenda for Change and employment law,

Qualifications

• Strong customer service approach and excellent communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and producing activity-based reports.
• Advising on Agenda for Change terms, employment law and HR best practice.
• Manage sickness absence cases and conduct investigations as needed.
• Knowledge of HR policies, statutory legislation and trust procedures.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team; prioritise workload.
• Work with Trade Unions and professional bodies as part of the role.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day HR support to Learning Disabilities and Dental Services divisions.
• Advise managers on employee relations and policy interpretation.
• Produce activity-based HR reports for management.
• Support transformational HR programmes and policy changes.
• Assist with sickness absence management per Trust policy.

Skills

Customer service

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Employee relations advice

MS Office

Reporting

HR policy knowledge

Employment law knowledge

Independent work

Teamwork

Prioritisation

Work under pressure

Union liaison

Tools

Microsoft Office

Reports production

Job description

• An opportunity has arisen to employ an enthusiastic and motivated individual within the Human Resources (HR) Department to work with the HR team who support Learning Disabilities Division and Dental Services Division. The successful candidate will provide day to day Human Resources support to a range of managers and staff. The successful candidate must have a strong customer service based approach, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, good organisational skills and the ability to advise on all aspects of employee relations.
  In addition, the successful candidate must be proficient in Microsoft Office and in the production of activity based reports. Other activities include the provision of advice including Agenda for Change terms and conditions, general employment law and Human Resource best practice. The successful candidate will provide support and advice to managers dealing with long and short term sickness absence as per Trust Policy and may be required to undertake investigations and support transformational programmes. It will be expected the successful candidate will have knowledge of HR and Trust policies and management procedures, statutory legislation and upcoming changes in law in order to undertake their role effectively. In addition, the successful candidate should possess the ability to work independently and as part of a team. Being able to prioritise workloads and work under pressure is essential. Working in partnership with our Trade Union and Professional Bodies will be an integral part of the role.
  Learning Disabilities Division has specialist teams who provide healthcare for adults with learning disabilities living in the community in their own home, with their family or residential homes and have additional complex needs. People aged 19 and over with a learning disability can access specialist support to help with complex needs such as epilepsy, challenging behaviour, forensic needs and mental health conditions. The division also provides short breaks and day services for people needing continuing health care in a specialised environment and residential care is available for people with end-of-life and complex health needs. There are currently 265 staff in the Division. Dental Services Division encapsulates community and acute dentistry, the latter being conducted from Birmingham Dental Hospital, Edgbaston, which is home to the University of Birmingham's School of Dentistry. Service provision, education and research form key components, with consultant led dental specialties providing treatment for around 115,000 attendances each year, together with undergraduate and postgraduate training.
  We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.