Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
HR Manager
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Following a reorganisation of our People Services function, this newly created role will be an integral part of our service, providing professional, proactive and customer-focused People Advisory support to our clinical divisions and corporate services across WWL.
This vacancy is open to all internal and external candidates. NHS Employees should ideally secure their manager’s agreement for a secondment arrangement ideally prior to applying, as this will be a condition of any offer made. This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term basis for 12 months due to temporary funding aligned to support embedding the new structure within the People Advisory Team. Whilst this post is advertised on a fixed term basis there is the potential that this post may become permanent in the future.
Please note: Applicants who have previously been advised that they do not meet the requirements for this position should not reapply unless they have since taken clear steps to strengthen their application. Reapplications must include evidence demonstrating how the essential criteria are now met.
This vacancy may close early if enough applications are received. We encourage interested candidates to apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
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Working collaboratively with Senior Business Partners and HR Advisors, you will ensure the delivery of timely, compassionate and high-quality advice and support on complex employee relations, wellbeing and organisational change programmes for medical and non-medical teams.
You’ll also develop inclusive, person centred policies and procedures, and design and deliver engaging and innovative ways to embed policies and new ways of working. Through your advice, coaching and influencing skills you’ll support our leaders/managers to be excellent people leaders, and ensure that we develop a culture which attracts and retains a diverse and engaged workforce, who deliver the best patient care to the users of our services.
With significant experience of operational HR at a senior advisory level, advising on complex employee relations cases, you’ll have an in depth knowledge of employment law, along with HR best practice. You’ll also have skills and experience in developing and maintaining effective and progressive relationships with Trade Union representatives, be an excellent communicator, and be passionate about, as well as sharing, our values.
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is proud to provide high‑quality acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, our staff are central to everything we do — we believe that happy staff make for happy patients, and this ethos underpins our culture and our success.
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We have a strong, recognised track record in staff engagement and in living our values:
- People at the Heart
- Listen and Involve
- Kind and Respectful
- ONE Team
We are committed to placing patients at the heart of every decision and delivering safe, effective care that protects dignity and enhances experience. We seek to recruit people who share our values, our passion for high‑quality care, and our belief in working together as One Team.
At WWL, we recognise the strength that comes from a rich and diverse workforce. We welcome applications from all sections of society and are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Laura Pope
- Job title: Senior HR Business Partner
- Email address: laura.m.pope@wwl.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 01942 244000
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