People Partner

Acorns Children’s Hospice Trust; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A children's palliative care organization in Birmingham is seeking a People Partner to provide professional HR advice and direction to managers. The ideal candidate will develop and implement HR strategies, manage a team, and foster a culture of continuous improvement. Responsibilities include advising on complex employee relations issues and analyzing workforce data to drive strategic decisions. Competitive benefits include hybrid working, employee discounts, and a generous pension contribution.

Benefits

Employee discounts

Gym membership

Bike2Work scheme

Health cash plan

Generous pension contribution

Qualifications

• Must have strong knowledge of employment legislation.
• Demonstrable experience in a senior HR role.
• Candidate should be results oriented and a completer finisher.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional HR advice and direction to managers.
• Manage a team of three People Team Administrators.
• Analyze workforce data to inform strategic decisions.
• Develop and implement people strategies aligned with business objectives.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement in collaboration with managers.

Skills

HR strategies development

Employee relations expertise

Understanding of employment legislation

Team management

Data analysis for strategic decisions

Education

CIPD Level 7 or equivalent

Chartered Member CIPD

Job description

Acorns Children's Hospice are now looking for a People Partner to provide professional HR advice and direction to managers. You'll develop and implement HR strategies that support business goals, whilst fostering a positive workplace culture and driving employee engagement.

Main duties of the job

As People Partner, you will be a key expert on employee relations matters.

About us

At Acorns Children's Hospice we offer specialist palliative care and support for children and their families across the West Midlands. We are there wherever and whenever they need us, in the hospice, community and at home.

Job responsibilities

• Be a key expert on employee relations matters
• Manage a team of three People Team Administrators
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement by collaborating with managers to embed behavioural competencies
• Provide advice and guidance on complex, sensitive and contentious people issues to managers across the organisation including Care, Retail and Central Office Teams
• Produce and analyse workforce data to inform strategic decisions
• Develop and implement people strategies aligned with business objectives

About You

• CIPD Level 7 or equivalent experience
• Generalist HR experience across a variety of sectors
• Strong knowledge of employment legislation
• Results orientated and a completer finisher

What We Offer

• 37.5 hours per week
• Hybrid working with travel to sites
• Employee discounts from leading retailers including the Blue Light Card
• Discounts on refurbished tech
• Health cash plan
• Gym membership and equipment discount scheme
• Bike2Work scheme – save up to 42% on bikes and equipment
• Wellbeing, legal and financial support
• Generous contribution to group personal pension plan (7.5%) or continuation of current NHS pension scheme
• NHS pension scheme life assurance or Acorns group life assurance scheme

Interviews

Interviews are scheduled to be held on 11 February.

Eligibility

You need to be eligible to work in the UK to be considered for this role. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and therefore any successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check for children and will be asked to provide two satisfactory references.

Our Commitment

As a UNICEF Gold Rights Respecting organisation, we are committed to ensuring that the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child is embedded into both culture and practice within the organisation. As an employee you will be a duty bearer for Children's rights and support all children to be rights holders.

Contact

If you have any questions, please contact us at [e-mail]

Additional Information

Find out about our culture, career development, benefits and more here: Why Work for Acorns?

Person Specification

Qualifications

• CIPD Level 7 or have equivalent experience
• Chartered Member CIPD

Experience

• Demonstrable experience at a senior role as an autonomous practitioner within a related people function, Experience of working as part of a management team

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.