HR Business Partner

Integrated Care System; Warwick; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare organization in Warwick is seeking an HR Business Partner to support significant organizational change and lead a small team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in employee relations, business partnering, and a strong understanding of NHS operations. Flexible working arrangements are available for this full-time position. Ideal for candidates seeking a challenging role within a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in wellbeing focused organisational change.
• CIPD L5 qualified (ideally L7) with a degree or equivalent.
• Experience as a business partner in a unionised or public sector environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide complex support and advice on employment matters.
• Design and deliver training programmes for line managers.
• Support and manage organisational change.

Skills

Business partnering

Employee relations

Organisational change

NHS understanding

Education

Postgraduate qualification in HR or similar

Degree in HR or similar

Job description

Go back NHS Coventry & Warwickshire Integrated Care Board

HR Business Partner

The closing date is 26 August 2025

The team thrives on supporting each other and coaching those in the team who are developing their HR careers. We are a small team so you will always be busy, supported and challenged.

This is a period of significant change within the ICB and this is a fixed term role to support and where appropriate lead organisation wide change including redundancy, TUPE and organisational re-design whilst managing a small team and keeping business as usual Business Partnering going.

The right candidate will have experience of operating as a business partner with significant experience of wellbeing focused organisational change and employee relations. The role will also support the delivery of the ICB's People through appropriate organisational wide projects. The role will partner with many of our Directorates delivering a comprehensive HR Business Partner service.

We need someone who can work independently, using their own initiative from day one, with substantial experience of operating as a Business Partner (based on UK employment law) ideally in an organisation like the NHS (complex, unionised or public sector environment). You will be CIPD L5 (ideally L7) qualified with a degree or equivalent and be able to demonstrate an understand of how the NHS operates. An ideal opportunity for an internal NHS secondment, though we welcome applications from external applicants who can meet the requirements of the role

Main duties of the job

• Be a true business partner, understanding and reflecting the needs of Directorates and HR
• Provide highly complex support and advice on a comprehensive range of employment, employee relations matters and organisational change
• Design and deliver training programmes on a range of HR issues to improve to improve the capability of line managers, evaluating the effectiveness of training delivered and making recommendations for improvement.
• Lead workforce and OD projects.
• Coach and guide Managers on specific issues, e.g. conduct, absence management, discipline or grievance, emphasising the importance of good record keeping and documentation. Support managers in resolving issues, working closely with Staff Side where necessary.
• Support with the management and implementation of organisational change.

About us

This role is office based and open to hybrid working with requirements to regularly attend ICB bases at Shire Hall, Warwick and Parkside House, Coventry.

This role is full time vacancy, however we will consider flexible work arrangements for preferred candidates.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of the role.

Please only apply if you meet all of the essential criteria and clearly set out how you meet each of the essential criteria in your application.

Person Specification

Shortlisting

• Degree or equivalent (1), Degree in HR or similar (2), Post grad in HR or similar (3) , If not or not mentioned (0).
• Professional HR qualification or equivalent L5 (1), L7 (2) If not or not mentioned (0),
• Organisational change experience under UK employment law (1), incl Redundancy, TUPE and redesign (2), in NHS or big public sector (3) If not or not mentioned (0).
• Generalist HR experience under UK employment law (1), complex, multidisciplinary, unionised (2) extensive experience (3) If not or not mentioned (0).
• Business partner experience working at all levels under UK employment law (1) , extensive experience (2) If not or not mentioned (0).
• Demonstrates NHS understanding (1), General Public sector experience/some NHS (2), Substantial NHS experience (3) If not or not mentioned (0).

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.

Employer name

NHS Coventry & Warwickshire Integrated Care Board