People (HR) Manager

Barts Health NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity exists for a skilled HR Manager to join a leading NHS Trust's Soft FM People Team on a fixed-term contract until June 2026. The role involves supporting senior managers, providing HR expertise, and developing people management capabilities, thus making a meaningful impact within a prominent healthcare organization.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a senior HR role required.
• Demonstrable generalist HR experience across HR functions.
• Experience in the public sector or large complex organizations.

Responsibilities

• Providing expert professional HR advice on employee relations.
• Coaching operational managers in people management.
• Managing partnerships with trade union representatives.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Coaching skills

Problem solving

Leadership

Communication skills

Education

Degree level education or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

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People (HR) Manager (Fixed Term/Secondment)
Role Overview: We are excited to announce an opportunity for a skilled HR Manager to join our Soft FM People Team on a fixed term/secondment basis until 30 June 2026

Main duties of the job

Building personal credibility and support senior managers in making key decisions regarding their People strategies

Job fairs

·Providing of expert, professional advice to a range of internal stakeholders on all HR and People matters, including complex employee relations cases and organisational change

·Developing the people management capacity of operational managers through the provision of coaching and deliver people related training and facilitation.

·Managing and developing partnership working with trade union representatives

We are looking for a candidate with:

• Significant experience in a senior HR role.
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• The ability to navigate complex HR issues with professionalism.
• Experience in working with trade unions.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to build trust and influence senior leaders.
• Proficiency in using workforce metrics to drive strategic initiatives.
• Strong coaching and facilitation skills

If you are a dynamic HR professional ready to make a meaningful impact within the NHS, we encourage you to apply.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

“We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.”

“Although this position is a 11 months fixed-term contract, the actual contract duration will be adjusted to account for the time taken to advertise the post, complete the hiring process, and finalise pre-employment checks. This means the contract will begin when the candidate starts the role and may be slightly shorter than 11 months.”

Person specification

Qualifications

• Degree level education or equivalent.

Experience

• Demonstrable generalist HR experience demonstrating competence across the range of HR functions
• Demonstrable track record of providing specialist HR advice to services and managers in a multi-disciplinary team environment
• Experience in the public sector or in a large complex organisation with union recognition
• Experience of working with business performance metrics/data to guide and direct strategy
• Management of staff.
• Experience of interpreting and applying HR knowledge to workforce management
• Proven effective problem solving ability
• Experience of supporting change management within a large complex environment
• Experience of undertaking Agenda for Change job matching reviews

Knowledge

• Expert knowledge of key current issues in human resources and the ability to interpret and apply the knowledge to the Trust workforce strategy
• current excellent knowledge of employment legislation, case law and good HR practice
• An understanding of NHS workforce strategy and NHS policy

Skills

• Leadership - fostering powerful and productive working relationships internally and externally
• Effective written and oral communication skills for a variety of formal and informal purposes
• Able to influence and negotiate and persuade regarding complex or sensitive issues
• Able to input data and manipulate data
• Ability to use Microsoft Office to a minimum intermediate level
• Proven ability to effectively manage a range of situations Powerpoint and presentation skills Advanced excel skills. that may evoke a strong emotional reaction
• Experience of coaching and developing people
• Powerpoint and presentation skills
• Advanced excel skills.

Other

• Commitment to continuing professional development.

Other

• A highly flexible approach to work and a willingness to cross cover other HR Managers (Site/Corporate Services) when required.
• A willingness to travel to other Barts Health sites to attend meetings, deliver training etc, when required

Skills

• Ability to cope with frequent distressing and emotional circumstances
• Ability to cope with unpredictable and intense situations

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Created on 29/06/2025 by TN United Kingdom