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Interim NHS Senior HR Business Partner (Band 8a or 8b)
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Interim Senior NHS HR Business Partner (Band 8a or 8b)
Business Partnering & Workforce Transformation
Location: South West London (Hybrid, 1-2 days per week onsite)
Rate: £400-£500 per day
Contract: Interim Assignment to approx March 27
Start Date: Within 4 Weeks Preferred
Our NHS client is seeking an experienced Interim Senior HR Business Partner to support a significant workforce transformation programme while providing strategic and operational HR leadership to senior stakeholders across the organisation.
This is a high-profile interim opportunity for a credible HR leader with extensive NHS experience and a proven track record of delivering complex organisational change, restructuring, and workforce transformation programmes.
Working closely with the Head of HR & Change, you will help drive key change initiatives, manage complex people matters, and support leaders through a challenging and evolving workforce agenda.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and support large-scale workforce transformation and organisational change programmes.
- Partner with senior leaders, providing pragmatic and commercially focused HR advice.
- Support redundancy, redeployment, and consultation processes.
- Lead TUPE and/or COSOP consultation activity.
- Manage complex employee relations cases and organisational change issues.
- Deputise for the Head of HR & Change where required.
- Ensure robust governance, workforce reporting, and programme administration.
- Represent the organisation at external meetings and stakeholder forums.
- Identify risks and develop practical solutions to maintain programme momentum.
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About You
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Significant experience operating as a Senior HR Business Partner within the NHS.
- Essential NHS experience with a strong understanding of NHS structures, workforce policies, and governance arrangements.
- Proven experience delivering complex restructuring, consultation, and organisational change programmes.
- Experience supporting redundancy, redeployment, and workforce redesign activity.
- Strong employee relations expertise, including management of complex and sensitive casework.
- Experience leading or supporting TUPE and/or COSOP consultations.
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills at senior leadership level.
- Strong analytical capability, including advanced Excel skills and workforce reporting experience.
- The ability to work autonomously, manage competing priorities, and maintain credibility in a fast-paced environment.
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Why Apply?
This is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in a major workforce transformation programme within a large NHS organisation. You’ll work alongside an experienced leadership team, influencing key workforce decisions and helping shape the future structure of the organisation.
There may also be an opportunity to be considered for a substantive Band 8b role within the future structure, subject to organisational processes and redeployment outcomes.
£400-£500 per day | Inside IR35 | Hybrid Working | NHS Experience Essential
If you are an experienced NHS HR leader with a strong track record of delivering organisational change and workforce transformation, we’d welcome a confidential conversation.
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