Human Resources Manager

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; United States; A distancia; USD 80.000 - 100.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Senior HR Manager to lead a professional HR service within designated divisions. You will provide expert guidance on complex workforce matters, support senior leaders, and drive workforce planning, recruitment, and policy development in a large NHS organisation.

You will manage HR teams, coach staff, and design training on people management and employment law, helping shape a positive workplace culture aligned with the

Formación

• Significant HR management experience within a complex organisation.
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• Graduate CIPD membership and commitment to professional development.
• Strong knowledge of employment law and employee relations.
• Experience of managing organisational change and delivering workforce projects.
• Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills.

Responsabilidades

• Lead the provision of a high-quality, professional HR advisory service across designated divisions and services.
• Provide expert advice on complex employee relations cases, including disciplinary, grievance, capability, attendance management and performance issues.
• Support managers and senior leaders with organisational change programmes, restructures, service redesign, redeployment, retirement and redundancy processes.
• Ensure Trust policies are applied consistently and in line with employment legislation, NHS Terms and Conditions, best practice and organisational values.
• Develop, review and implement HR policies and procedures that support organisational objectives.
• Build strong working relationships with managers, staff side representatives and key stakeholders to foster effective employee relations and partnership working.
• Support recruitment and resourcing activity, ensuring fair, effective and legally compliant recruitment processes.
• Lead and contribute to workforce planning initiatives, supporting services to develop sustainable workforce solutions.
• Manage and support HR staff, providing leadership, coaching and professional development.
• Design and deliver training programmes for managers and staff on people management, employment law and HR policies.
• Lead designated workforce projects and improvement initiatives, researching best practice and implementing innovative HR solutions.
• Produce workforce reports, management information and data analysis to support decision-making and service improvement.
• Act as an authorised signatory for relevant workforce matters in accordance with Trust procedures.
• Champion equality, diversity and inclusion, ensuring people practices promote fairness, dignity and respect for all staff

Conocimientos

HR management

Employee relations

Employment law

Organisational change

Stakeholder management

Leadership and coaching

Communication skills

Educación

Graduate CIPD membership

Degree or equivalent

Herramientas

HRIS

MS Excel

Descripción del empleo

The Senior Human Resources Manager will lead the delivery of a professional and responsive HR service within an identified area of the Trust. Working closely with senior managers, the wider People team and staff-side colleagues, the postholder will provide expert advice on complex workforce and employment matters while supporting the delivery of the Trust's strategic and operational objectives. The role will cover employee relations, performance management, recruitment and resourcing, organisational change, workforce planning, employment law, and terms and conditions. The postholder will also lead improvement projects, support the development and implementation of HR policies, and manage HR team members.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the provision of a high-quality, professional HR advisory service across designated divisions and services.
• Provide expert advice on complex employee relations cases, including disciplinary, grievance, capability, attendance management and performance issues.
• Support managers and senior leaders with organisational change programmes, restructures, service redesign, redeployment, retirement and redundancy processes.
• Ensure Trust policies are applied consistently and in line with employment legislation, NHS Terms and Conditions, best practice and organisational values.
• Develop, review and implement HR policies and procedures that support organisational objectives.
• Build strong working relationships with managers, staff side representatives and key stakeholders to foster effective employee relations and partnership working.
• Support recruitment and resourcing activity, ensuring fair, effective and legally compliant recruitment processes.
• Lead and contribute to workforce planning initiatives, supporting services to develop sustainable workforce solutions.
• Manage and support HR staff, providing leadership, coaching and professional development.
• Design and deliver training programmes for managers and staff on people management, employment law and HR policies.
• Lead designated workforce projects and improvement initiatives, researching best practice and implementing innovative HR solutions.
• Produce workforce reports, management information and data analysis to support decision-making and service improvement.
• Act as an authorised signatory for relevant workforce matters in accordance with Trust procedures.
• Champion equality, diversity and inclusion, ensuring people practices promote fairness, dignity and respect for all staff

Company Culture, Flexibility and Equality

The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24. Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £25.70 (standard disclosure) or £46.70 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years. Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa. This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures. Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation. All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action. As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence. If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post. Our statement on modern slavery We have zero tolerance of slavery and human trafficking and are committed to maintaining and improving systems, processes and policies to avoid complicity in human rights violation and to prevent slavery and human trafficking in our supply chain. The Trust policies, procedures, governance and legal arrangements are robust, ensuring that proper checks and due diligence are applied in employment procedures to ensure compliance with this legislation. We also conform to the NHS employment check standards within our workforce recruitment and selection practices. This strategic approach incorporates analysis of the Trust's supply chains and its partners to assess risk exposure and management on modern slavery.

Note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.

We are seeking an experienced, motivated HR Manager to join our People team at Liverpool University Hospitals, This is an exciting opportunity to provide strategic and operational HR leadership within a large and complex NHS organisation, supporting managers and staff to deliver outstanding services for patients. You will lead the delivery of a comprehensive HR service, providing expert advice and guidance on a wide range of workforce matters including employee relations, organisational change, workforce planning, recruitment and resourcing, attendance management, performance management and employment legislation. Working closely with senior leaders, you will support the development of a positive workplace culture and contribute to the Trust's people priorities and strategic objectives.

Key Competencies & Qualifications

• Significant HR management experience within a complex organisation.
• Graduate CIPD membership and commitment to professional development.
• Strong knowledge of employment law, employee relations and workforce best practice.
• Experience of managing organisational change and delivering workforce projects.
• Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience of leading, managing and developing teams.
• The ability to work independently, manage competing priorities and provide pragmatic solutions to complex workforce challenges.
• A commitment to delivering outstanding customer service and supporting organisational improvement., Degree or equivalent
• Graduate member of the CIPD with evidence of commitment to Continuing Professional Development

Desirable criteria

• PRINCE II, Demonstrable evidence of HR Management experience post Grad CIPD
• Use of IT packages including Word and Excel
• Delivery of core HR training to colleagues and customers
• Working in a busy team providing services to a diverse customer base
• Partnership working with Trade Unions
• Providing supervision and leadership to teams to achieve objectivesManagement and delivery of various Projects and Policy developments

Desirable criteria

• NHS experience in HR
• Working and negotiating with Trade Unions on employment policy issues, HR Procedures & Policies
• Working knowledge of Employment legislation, equal opportunities and best practice
• Understanding of the importance and requirements of Data Protection and Confidentiality
• Knowledge of the NHS HR strategy and initiatives
• Knowledge of the NHS Modernisation agenda
• Working knowledge of NHS terms and conditions
• HR Information systems, Project management skills
• Broad range of IT skills
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
• Ability to undertake effective presentations to disseminate information
• Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills
• Ability to use initiative and cope well with challenging situations
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to seek solutions to queries using internal and external sources available
• Ability to manage time effectively through planning, organisation and prioritisation of workload

NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHL Group) was formed on 1 November 2024, born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our communities.

We are one of the largest employers in region, with over 18,900 colleagues who are dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services that extend to more than two million people in the North West. We operate from five hospital sites: Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside, and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to several elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital provide specialist services in cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology and respiratory medicine, both in the hospital and out in the community. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single en-suite bedrooms and mainly focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.