About this role
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join Birmingham Women's and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust as a HR Business Partner.
The right candidate will have demonstrable HR business partnering experience, experience of workforce planning and strong technical employment legislation knowledge, the successful candidate will be someone who truly values collaborative working and has the skills and experience to support leaders with innovative and professional people solutions.
Main duties of the job
Reporting to the Associate Director of Workforce, the HRBP will partner with a divisional leadership team providing HR leadership and counsel to:
Enabling them to shape, translate and implement the wider people agenda; Ensuring the provision of a quality people solutions, aligned and responsive to the needs of our Services; Support our colleagues and enabling them to adapt to the changing expectations and needs of the NHS and its people Support our colleagues to deliver the best patient centred care. Provide highly complex support and advice on a comprehensive range of employment and employee relations matters including leading on supporting Employment Tribunal cases. Lead workforce and OD projects. Coach and guide Managers on specific issues, e.g. conduct, absence management, discipline or grievance, emphasising the importance of good record keeping and documentation. Support managers in resolving issues, working closely with Staff Side where necessary. Support with the management and implementation of organisational change. Ready to Make a Difference?
If you're a professional, customer-focused HR Business Partner with a passion for collaborative working, we want to hear from you and welcome your application.
About us
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Master or Postgraduate Diploma in HR or management qualification or equivalent work experience. Evidence of continuing CPD CIPD Member
Desirable
Qualification in Employment law and/or employment relations
Knowledge and Nature of Experience Essential
Experience of working in an NHS setting and delivering against key workforce challenges and opportunities facing the NHS and Foundation Trusts. Substantial and demonstrable generalist and senior HR experience in advising senior managers on best practice Demonstrable knowledge of current thinking on good People practice on all aspects of HR/OD & Inclusion and diversity Experience of applying principles of a just and learning culture to support safety and quality
Analytical and judgemental skills Essential
Highly experienced in managing sensitive information
Professional / Specialist Knowledge Essential
Experience of developing staff experience through improving diversity and inclusion Demonstrable experience of change management Experience in successfully leading and delivering transformation and OD projects Experience in managing complex and sensitive employment relations issues Experience in implementing significant changes to pay systems and other terms and conditions
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details Employer name Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Address Birmingham Children's Hospital
Birmingham
B46NH
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://bwc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)