HR Business Partner

NHS; Wakefield; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare organization is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to manage employee relations and support the needs of staff across Yorkshire. The role offers flexible working arrangements in a hybrid format, along with opportunities for career progression and personal development. Ideal candidates will have a master's degree or equivalent experience, coupled with significant experience in HR practices and legal compliance.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

27 days annual leave, increasing to 33 with service

Contributory Pension

Car lease and other salary sacrifice schemes

Employee assistance and counselling service

Opportunities for research and career progression

Qualifications

• Significant experience of advising senior leaders on people matters.
• Experience of managing complex ER cases.
• Knowledge of employment law and employee relations processes.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for employee relations activity.
• Collaborate with Leadership & OD and other teams.
• Support the wider People Advisory team.

Skills

Advising senior leaders

Managing multiple complex ER cases

Working with Trade union representatives

Analytical skills

Planning and prioritization

Teamwork

Education

Educated to master's degree level or significant equivalent

CIPD Associate Membership/Level 5

Job description

The People Strategy Leadership team have a permanent opportunity for an experienced HR professional to join our team as HR Business Partner. This permanent post is available on full time or part time hours and whilst the postholder will be expected to cover the footprint of the Trust across Yorkshire, the post's base could be in North, East, West, or South Yorkshire and applications are welcome from across the patch. We work in a hybrid way, and we will support the postholder to manage their own time and diary although there is in person attendance required occasionally at our Head Office in Wakefield.

Main duties of the job

This post will be responsible for the quality of our employee relations activity and will be responsible for a caseload of disciplinary, grievance, absence and organisational change. Alongside this you will work collaboratively with colleagues in Leadership & OD, Health and Wellbeing, EDI, and others across the People & OD Directorate to get to grips with our people across the life cycle of their employment.

Supported by an experienced team of Senior HR Business Partners and HR Business Partner Peers, the postholder will support the wider People Advisory team and will be exposed to the full matrix of the Trust from the 999 frontline to our Corporate Support Services.

About us

Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities.

We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live.

We employ more than 7,100 staff, who together with over 1,300 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service.

Our ambition is to be an employer of choice, and we are continuously working across our partnership to improve our collective offer to staff in areas like health and wellbeing, benefits and flexible working incl. hybrid working.

• Flexible working including part-time hours, job shares and flexible hours, agile working (role dependant)
• 27 days annual leave, increasing to 33 with service.
• Contributory Pension.
• Car lease and other salary sacrifice schemes.
• Dedicated employee assistance and counselling service.
• Opportunities for research participation, career progression and ongoing development.
• Well respected, committed and supported staff networks for our workforce.

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Job responsibilities

For full details and role responsibilities, please see the job description and person specification attached.

Applicants are welcome to reach out to talk flexible working, to understand more about the post and its focus areas, or to get to know the Trust in more detail.

Person Specification

Experience and achievements

• Significant experience of advising senior leaders of the organisation on a broad range of people matters, balancing risk, legal compliance with business need
• Experience of managing multiple complex ER cases.
• Experience of working in partnership with Trade union representatives towards shared goals and achieving organisational outcomes

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to assess and recommend appropriate courses of action on complex, specialist HR issues requiring analysis, interpretation, and compare a range of options.
• Ability to plan, prioritise, communicate and deliver against personal and team objectives and work plans.
• Able to work well both independently and as part of a team, ensuring team goals are met

Knowledge and education

• Educated to master's degree level or significant demonstrable equivalent
• CIPD Associate Membership/Level 5 (or working towards)
• Thorough up-to-date knowledge of employment law, ACAS Code of Practice and employee relations processes.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

will be required to attend our Head Office in Wakefield, but the base location can be agreed across the Yorkshire region

will be required to attend our Head Office in Wakefield, but the base location can be agreed across the Yorkshire region