Senior Workforce Partner

The Methodist Church in Britain; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

High cost area supplement (HCAS)

Job summary

The Methodist Church in Britain is seeking a senior HR professional to lead workforce planning and employee relations across the West London NHS Trust workforce team.

You will coach senior managers, design local workforce projects, and oversee ER processes, with a Masters-level HR qualification and MCIPD membership as essential requirements.

Qualifications

• Significant experience as an HR professional at senior level.
• Developing workforce strategies and plans.
• Creating and delivering leadership development and training programmes.
• Implementing culture and engagement initiatives, and understanding engagement measures.

Responsibilities

• Influence, coach and mentor senior managers as the main contact for professional HR guidance.
• Work with managers to design and deliver local workforce projects, including workforce plans, organisation design, OD, transformation, performance, development, talent management and customer service.
• Provide high-level workforce support through strategic workforce planning, workforce projects and the workforce strategy.
• Act as department lead for employee relations, overseeing review and development of ER processes and procedures.
• Handle specialist and complex ER casework across the trust.

Skills

Senior HR professional

Leadership

HR strategy

Employee relations

Education

Masters-level HR education

MCIPD membership

Leadership qualification

Job description

This 10-month senior post sits in the West London NHS Trust workforce team, partnering clinical, operational and corporate teams. The work centres on coaching and advising senior managers, designing local workforce projects, and leading employee relations across the trust. Its distinct focus is high-level workforce support for West London Community Service (ECP and HCH), alongside specialist trust-wide ER casework. Fit depends on a Masters-level HR education or equivalent experience, a leadership qualification or equivalent, and MCIPD membership.

What the job involves

• Influence, coach and mentor senior managers as the main contact for professional HR guidance and customer service, signposting central teams where needed
• Work with managers to design and deliver local workforce projects, including workforce plans, organisation design, OD, transformation, performance, development, talent management and customer service
• Provide high-level workforce support to West London Community Service (ECP and HCH) through strategic workforce planning, workforce projects and the workforce strategy
• Act as department lead for employee relations, overseeing review and development of ER processes and procedures
• Take on specialist and especially complex ER casework across the trust

What’s required

Qualifications

• Masters-level education in HR or a relevant specialist area, or equivalent experience
• Recognised leadership qualification, or significant equivalent experience
• Commitment to continuous professional development
• MCIPD membership

Experience

• Significant experience as an HR professional at senior level
• Developing workforce strategies and plans
• Creating and delivering leadership development and training programmes
• Implementing culture and engagement initiatives, and understanding engagement measures
• Knowledge and experience of OD interventions and their implementation
• Managing projects from proposal to conclusion in support of business strategies

Skills & knowledge

• Generalist HR knowledge across employee relations, TUPE, change, performance, equality and diversity, training and employment law
• Understanding of NHS commissioning
• Managing and supporting teams, including through matrix leadership, to build cooperation and support
• Handling demanding, highly intelligent stakeholders
• Leading and developing HR teams
• Advocating and modelling Trust values, and challenging behaviour that does not reflect them

Nice to have

• Mediation training
• Coaching qualification
• Organisational development qualification
• Budget management experience

What’s offered

• High cost area supplement (HCAS) included in the salary