About this role
Job summary
We are pleased to be recruiting a Senior People Consultant to provide focused, professional HR support across the Trust, in delivering Mental Health and Community Healthcare services across Northamptonshire.
We're recruiting for a fixed-term contract (30 hours per week) until 18th August 2027. This role will provide a wide range of opportunities to independently manage a complex employee relations case load, as well as supporting organisational change. The role will will also support the reduction of absenteeism across the workforce, working with our People Business Partners. Working as a Senior People Consultant you will deliver timely and professional advice and expertise to enhance and develop the workforce, as our people are at the core of being a leading provider of outstanding, compassionate care.
In return you will benefit from working for an organisation who values you for your individuality, who supports your health and wellbeing and blend a generous reward package with a supportive work life balance.
As a valued member of our friendly, supportive and professional team you will utilise your existing HR skills and knowledge to fulfil a varied role where every day is different, interesting and rewarding.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as part of the People Team. The successful candidate will need to quickly build relationships through the Trust, understand the people needs of the services and work in partnership to deliver HR solutions. The Senior People Consultant will offer advice to managers and staff members. The Senior People Consultant will lead a variety of project areas and hold an employee relations caseload ensuring pragmatic solutions are reached for HR issues.
We are looking for candidates who ideally have experience of working in the NHS or a similar setting, have a CIPD qualification, and experience of delivering a HR service and managing complex cases. Candidates will need to be great communicators, have a passion for people management and engagement and have the ability to balance priorities and workload to meet the needs of a busy service.
The People team are based at St Mary's Hospital, Kettering and work in a hybrid flexible way working from home and from the office, delivering timely advice utilising video conferencing and appropriate technology in order to fulfil the role requirements.
Please note the role involves working across all NHFT sites and therefore a suitable candidate will need to have the ability to travel independently to these sites.
About us
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
Job description Job responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.
Person Specification
Qualification Essential
CIPD postgraduate
Experience Essential
Significant experience in a full range of complex employee relations cases Employment Law knowledge
Desirable
Experience of NHS or equivalent Experience of unionised environment Experience of advising, influencing and coaching managers Policy implementation and development
Other Essential
Ability to travel independently to all NHFT sites
Desirable
Full UK Driving License Acces to Vehicle for Work Purposes
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Address St Mary's Hospital
Kettering
NN15 7PW
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)