Senior HR Manager: Employee Relations & Change

The Methodist Church in Britain; Sefton; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals is seeking a 12-month senior HR professional to lead the People team's advisory service. You will provide expert guidance on employee relations, organisational change and workforce planning, while managing HR staff and driving improvement projects across designated divisions.

Graduate CIPD membership is required; you will work with senior managers and staff-side representatives, delivering training and producing workforce data and reports.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent required.
• Graduate CIPD membership with evidence of continuing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Lead the HR advisory service across designated divisions and services.
• Advise on complex employee relations cases, including disciplinary, grievance, capability, attendance and performance.
• Support managers through change: restructures, service redesign, redeployment, retirement and redundancy.
• Apply Trust policies consistently and lawfully, develop HR policies, and champion equality, diversity and inclusion.
• Build working relationships with managers, staff-side representatives and stakeholders.
• Support recruitment and resourcing for fair, compliant processes.
• Lead and contribute to workforce planning.
• Manage and support HR staff through leadership, coaching and development.
• Design and deliver training on people management, employment law and HR policies.
• Lead workforce projects and improvement initiatives.
• Produce workforce reports, management information and data analysis.
• Act as an authorised signatory for workforce matters.

Skills

Employee relations

HR policy

Stakeholder management

Project management

Training delivery

Data handling

Communication skills

IT proficiency

Education

Degree or equivalent

Graduate CIPD membership

Tools

HR information systems

Job description

Liverpool University Hospitals is seeking a 12-month senior HR professional to lead the People team's advisory service. You will provide expert guidance on employee relations, organisational change and workforce planning, while managing HR staff and driving improvement projects across designated divisions.

Graduate CIPD membership is required; you will work with senior managers and staff-side representatives, delivering training and producing workforce data and reports.