Senior People Partner

Barts Health NHS Trust; Plaistow; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in England seeks a Senior People Business Partner. The role involves leading workforce strategies, enhancing staff engagement, and driving the HR agenda within clinical and corporate divisions. Ideal candidates will have strong HR experience, excellent relationship skills, and a post-graduate HR qualification. This position offers an opportunity to significantly impact staff experience and improve services for patients.

Qualifications

• Advanced understanding of HR issues and workforce strategies.
• Experience in change management within a complex environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead workforce strategy in partnership with divisional leaders.
• Support cultural improvement and leadership engagement.
• Drive change in retention and talent development.

Skills

Strong HR generalist or business partnering experience

Excellent relationship-building skills

Confidence in workforce planning and change

Passion for improving staff experience

Education

Post-graduate qualification in HR /OD / Employment Law

Chartered member of the CIPD

Job description

Our new HRBP operating model puts People Business Partners at the heart of operational planning and transformation -- and you'll be one of the key players leading that shift.

We're recruiting two Senior People Business Partners to join our newly formed HR Business Partnering team. This is your chance to work differently -- not just reactively handling issues, but proactively influencing how our hospital recruits, retains, and develops its people.

We've recently redesigned our People structure to meet the real needs of our staff and services. These posts are a cornerstone of that change -- providing visible, credible HR leadership within clinical and corporate divisions, and driving the people agenda in partnership with senior leaders.

Main duties of the job

Your key responsibilities:

• Leading workforce strategy and planning in partnership with divisional leaders
• Supporting cultural improvement, leadership capability, and engagement
• Using workforce analytics to influence operational decision-making
• Driving change in retention, talent development, and inclusion
• Helping managers navigate complex people challenges with confidence

What you bring:

• Strong HR generalist or business partnering experience in a complex setting
• Excellent relationship-building skills with senior stakeholders
• Confidence in workforce planning, engagement, and organisational change
• A passion for improving staff experience, culture, and organisational performance

If this sounds like you, apply today and be part of our transformational journey. This is more than a job. It's your opportunity to shape how Newham Hospital supports its people -- and how those people support patients.

About us

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.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

Job responsibilities

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Post-graduate qualification in HR /OD / Employment Law or equivalent experience
• Chartered member of the CIPD or equivalent experience
• Evidence of NHS Leadership development training

Knowledge

• Expert knowledge of key current issues in human resources and the ability to interpret and apply the knowledge to workforce strategies
• A high level of understanding of NHS workforce strategies and NHS policy

Experience

• Experience of developing programmes and plans aligned to strategic agenda's.
• Experience of working with business performance metrics/data to guide and direct strategy
• Experience of supporting change management within a large complex environment

Skills

• Confident in facilitating, challenging others, whilst at the same time maintaining and building a professional relationship
• Ability to secure buy-in when making changes
• Trained coach/facilitator

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.