HR Advisory Manager

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester seeks an experienced HR leader to head the HR Advisory Team, providing clear direction and professional support to deliver high quality HR advice across the service.

You will line-manage HR staff, develop and implement robust HR systems, and oversee policy and practice in line with NHS terms and conditions. The role also covers complex employee relations and training to enhance service delivery.

Qualifications

• Essential HR qualification and CPD commitment.
• Membership of CIPD or equivalent recognised by the Institute.

Responsibilities

• Lead the HR Advisory Team, providing professional support and direction to ensure high quality HR advice.
• Line-manage HR Advisors, HR Officer and HR Assistant; monitor workload and performance against metrics.
• Develop and implement HR systems, processes and procedures in collaboration with the Head of Operational HR.
• Oversee Agenda for Change job evaluation processes to ensure compliance with national NHS guidance.
• Provide expert employee relations advice and manage complex cases including disciplinary, grievance and sickness absence.
• Promote equality, diversity and inclusion across HR practices and maintain confidential records.
• Deliver HR policy training and ensure managers apply policies fairly and consistently.

Skills

Clear communication

Influence & negotiation

Decision making

IT skills

Organised & prioritisation

People management

Resilience under pressure

Education

Post Graduate Diploma in HR Management

3+ years CPD post CIPD

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development member

Tools

Workforce Information Systems

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Leadership of the HR Advisory Team
Provide clear leadership, direction and professional support to the HR Advisory Team to ensure high quality, proactive and consistent HR advice.
Line manage HR Advisors, HR Officer and HR Assistant to ensure effective performance management, development and management of workload.
Regularly review the HR Advisor workload and reallocate tasks accordingly.
Support the Head of Operational HR by developing and implementing HR systems, processes and procedures.
Lead the continuous improvement of the HR Advisory Service, including monitoring, analysing and reporting on HR trends.
Manage HR Advisory team performance against agreed metrics.
Relevant authorisation of electronic change of establishment forms.
Ensure processes are in place for monitoring, maintaining, and evidencing professional registration and statutory requirements for all relevant staff (including right to work).
Lead the creation, maintenance and governance of SOPs across all HR Advisory Team functions to ensure consistency and quality of service delivery.
Provide oversight, assurance and expert input into divisional sickness management, ensuring the team is supported to identify high risk areas and deliver targeted HR interventions.

Agenda for Change Job Evaluation

Lead and oversee the Agenda for Change job matching process for the Trust, ensuring compliance with national NHS Job Evaluation Scheme guidance.
Monitor the volume, timeliness and quality of JE activity and elevate risks or delays appropriately.

Policy Development and Implementation

In partnership, lead and/or contribute to the development, review and implementation of Trust HR policies and procedures, ensuring they reflect changes in employment legislation, NHS terms and conditions, and best practice.
Ensure effective communication of policies to ensure managers are implementing policies fairly and consistently.

Employee Relations

Provide expert, professional advice to managers on a wide range of employment matters, ensuring compliance with legislation, NHS terms and conditions and Trust policies.
Lead on complex employee relations cases, both individual and collective, including disciplinary, grievance, positive working relationships, performance and sickness absence, ensuring timely resolution and promoting positive employee relations.
Build and maintain constructive partnership relationships with trade union representatives.
Support formal employee relations cases up to formal hearing and appeal stage.
Devise and deliver HR policy or process-related training, where a specific need is identified or to enhance overall understanding.
Promote equality, diversity and inclusion across all HR practices and policies.
Maintain high standards of record keeping, ensuring accuracy, confidentiality and timely updates.
Take responsibility for personal learning and development in line with appraisal and supervision processes.
This job description is not exhaustive. Undertake any other reasonable duties as required by management and commensurate with the role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management
• Evidence of 3 years Continuing Professional Development post CIPD.
• Membership of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

Desirable criteria

• Masters in HRM related subject

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience working at a post graduate operational HR level with demonstrable experience in a senior HR advisory role.
• Experience of working in a unionised environment.
• Experience of dealing with complex employee relations issues, including grievance, discipline, sickness absence and organisational change.
• Experience of successful team working and leading teams.
• Experience of researching, developing and implementing HR related policies, procedures and practices.
• Developing/ delivering training & development programmes

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience of working within HR within NHS.
• Workforce Information Systems

Skills

Essential criteria

• Able to communicate clearly at all levels of the organisations, both orally and in writing.
• Able to influence, persuade and negotiate effectively.
• Able to demonstrate sound decision making.
• IT skills.
• Highly organised with the ability to prioritise workload and meet competing deadlines.
• Progressive and innovate approach to HRM and the contribution of HR to the delivery of a modern NHS service.
• Excellent people management skills.
• Able to stay calm under pressure.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Understanding of employment legislation.
• Thorough knowledge of current HR/ ACAS best practice.
• Knowledge of NHS terms and conditions of service.
• Knowledge of Agenda for Change.

Desirable criteria

• Trained job analyst/evaluator

Values

Essential criteria

• Ability to demonstrate the organisational values and behaviours.