University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Band 5 People Advisor
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Job Summary
We have a great opportunity for a People Advisor to join our People Team based at Good Hope Hospital. You will be working to the Senior People Partner and with the Senior People Advisor in the delivery of people priorities to support the Trust's ambition and intent to create the best and safest place to work, where our people thrive through better and healthier lives made possible by fulfilling work. This role is pivotal in supporting our managers and teams across Good Hope Hospital, helping to shape a positive and inclusive working environment. The successful candidate will have a proven ability to develop and maintain excellent relationships with key stakeholders across a wide range of staff groups and have experience of a busy workload, always prioritising effectively. You will need to live and breathe our values of being kind, connected and bold as well as being inclusive, fair and supportive.
Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required
The role involves coaching and mentoring line managers and HR colleagues, delivering training to upskill leaders, and supporting the job evaluation process. You'll be expected to think creatively, challenge existing practices, and through the advice you give and relationships you build, you will also support embedding the principles of the Trust Behavioural Framework and Just and Learning Culture.
You will be well versed in; working in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple conflicting demands and pressures, whilst continuing to provide guidance to the wider management team and managing a caseload of varied employee relation matters such as disciplinary, grievance, sickness absence and performance improvement.
We are looking for someone with a CIPD Level 5 qualification (or equivalent), who has sound generalist HR experience. It is essential that you can demonstrate your expert knowledge in the field of employee relations and have up to date working knowledge of employment law; keeping yourself informed with legislative changes and best practices, with a focus on people over process.
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About Us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job Description
Please Note: For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- HR Knowledge acquired through relevant training and experience e.g. Level 5 CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) to degree equivalent level.
- Evidence of recent Continuing Professional Development
Experience
Essential
- Recent experience in HR including providing generalise HR advice.
- Experience of preparing, analysing and presenting case reports
- Up to date and thorough working knowledge of Employment Law and Human Resource Best Practice
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Desirable
- Experience of working in partnership with Trade unions.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Excellent communication skills including the ability to communicate complex information with fully developed persuasion, negotiating and influencing skills.
- Ability to work autonomously, without direct supervision and as part of a team.
- Good IT skills (to include as a minimum: Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Ability to interpret and apply Terms and Conditions of Employment
- Ability to set own priorities, meet tight deadlines and work independently.
- Ability to gain and maintain credibility and establish good working relationships with staff at all levels across the organisation.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and deal with situations in a sensitive manner.
- Able to pay attention to detail.
- Able to concentrate with frequent interruptions and where work is unpredictable.
- Able to deal with distressing or emotional circumstances, frequently when imparting information e.g., discipline, sickness.
- Proactive with the ability to work on own initiative, responding to immediate requests.
- Flexible approach to work, willing to adapt to regularly changing situations.
- Proactive and self-motivated.
- Ability to work across all Trust sites.
For Help With Your Application, Contact
Sarah Caldwell
07867140896
Pay scheme
Agenda for Change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£32073.00 to £39043.00 Yearly
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-Time, Flexible Working
Reference number
304-1102829
Job locations
Good Hope Hospital
Rectory Rd
Sutton Coldfield
West Midlands
B75 7RR
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