Workforce Business Partner

The Methodist Church in Britain; Bexleyheath; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Bexley Health Neighbourhood Care, a GP federation supporting 19 practices and four primary care networks, is recruiting a Workforce Business Partner to advise managers on HR matters, manage employee relations caseloads and lead workforce reporting.

The post provides day-to-day leadership to the HR Advisor and Recruitment & Compliance Officer, supports organisational change, and travel between PCN sites as required.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of employment legislation and HR policy application.
• Experience advising managers on employee relations and policy compliance.

Responsibilities

• Advise managers on HR and employment matters, ensuring consistent policy application.
• Manage varied employee relations caseloads including disciplinary, grievance and attendance.
• Support workplace investigations, formal meetings, hearings and appeals.
• Advise on sickness absence, return-to-work processes and attendance management.
• Support organisational change, restructures and redeployment opportunities.
• Coach managers and contribute to training, guidance materials and toolkits.
• Gather workforce information and prepare reports to inform decisions.
• Lead or contribute to workforce projects and governance activities.
• Provide leadership and direction to HR Advisor and Recruitment & Compliance Officer.
• Promote staff wellbeing and support attendance and engagement initiatives.
• Maintain confidential case records and support governance and compliance.
• Work with GP practices, PCNs and healthcare partners; travel between PCN sites as needed.

Skills

Employment law

Education

CIPD Level 5

Job description

Workforce Business Partner in the Workforce Team at Bexley Health Neighbourhood Care, a GP federation supporting 19 practices and four primary care networks. The post advises managers on employee relations cases, attendance, performance and organisational change, and uses workforce data to inform decisions. It also gives day-to-day direction to the HR Advisor and Recruitment & Compliance Officer, reporting to the Head of Workforce. Visa sponsorship is not offered, so applicants must already have the right to work in the UK.

What the job involves

• Advise managers on HR and employment matters, and on the consistent application of policies and procedures
• Manage a varied caseload of employee relations matters, including disciplinary, grievance, capability, performance, conduct, dignity at work, attendance, flexible working and statutory leave
• Support managers with workplace investigations, formal meetings, hearings and appeals
• Advise on attendance management, sickness absence and return-to-work processes
• Support organisational change, including restructures, consultation, redeployment and changes to roles or working arrangements
• Coach managers and contribute to manager training, guidance materials and toolkits
• Gather and interpret workforce information, and prepare workforce reports to support decisions
• Lead or contribute to workforce projects, policy implementation, audits and service improvement
• Provide day-to-day professional leadership, technical guidance and work allocation to the HR Advisor and Recruitment & Compliance Officer
• Promote staff wellbeing and contribute to attendance and engagement initiatives�
• Maintain accurate, confidential case records and support governance and compliance
• Work with managers, GP practices, PCNs and healthcare partners, including travel between PCN sites

Qualifications

• CIPD Level 5 or equivalent

Experience

• Significant HR, people or workforce advisory or business partnering experience
• Significant experience managing complex employee relations cases
• Experience advising managers
• Experience supporting organisational change
• Experience using workforce information to inform decisions
• Experience leading or contributing to workforce improvement

Skills & knowledge

• Strong practical knowledge of employment legislation

Checks & eligibility

• Right to work in the UK

Nice to have

• NHS or primary care experience
• Experience supervising or coordinating HR colleagues
• Experience with workforce systems implementation
• CIPD Level 7 qualified, or willing to undertake the qualification