Job summary
- Main area
- Human Resources
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term contract to 31 March 2026)
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 818-COR214
- Employer
- Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Beech House
- Town
- Lincoln
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Human Resources (HR) Business Partner
Band 7
LCHS Way
We Listen, We Care, We Act, We Improve
We listen: we engage with everyone we work with, we are united, we are always positive
We care: everyone is valued, respected and developed, knowledge and skills are nurtured, success is celebrated
We act: clear goals and right resources, freedom coupled with accountabilty, emphasis on simplicity
We improve: we are creative, resourceful and innovative, integrated and collaboration is the way forward, we're always striving to do better
....Fit for now, fit for the future.
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Job overview
The Human Resources (HR) Business Partner will act as an ambassador for the People function in supporting the delivery of the overarching People strategy, whilst acting as the expert within their professionalism of HR to their designated service area. This role is critical in using our expertise to build the capability of our leaders.
The key focus for these two fixed term opportunities will be to support with Group Harmonisation and Change Management.
The HR Business Partner will develop effective working relationships, negotiating and challenging the service area management team in order to support the achievement of the Trust’s, Service Area’s and People directorate’s objectives.
The post holder will be responsible for championing best practice in HR, influencing key business decisions to ensure the effective management and utilisation of staff, which will include coaching, mentoring, training and developing leaders around their capability in HR policy and practice.
The HR Business Partner will provide effective leadership for their HR sub team; with a focus on empowering and engaging the team.
Main duties of the job
To act as a strategic business partner to designated service areas, senior management and their teams, developing a thorough understanding of the service/business plans and HR issues to ensure that workforce requirements are identified and support planned and delivered in a timely basis.
To contribute to local and system workforce planning discussions for service areas; this includes participating in the business planning process as appropriate and ensuring local and national priorities are addressed.
Using workforce information and intelligence, work with leaders to develop a people plan to plan the transition from current staff numbers and grades to the planned future establishment/requirements, including appropriate role redesign, skill mix reviews and development of competencies taking into account workforce demand and capacity needs.
Provide senior HR expertise within the service areas in the areas of resourcing and retention, succession planning and talent management, acting as the HR lead in supporting change management processes needed to support these areas through transformation, including input into tenders, TUPE, restructures, redeployment and redundancies.
Championing good people management practices and support cultural and behavioural change to develop empowered leaders.
To provide effective leadership and line management to the relevant HR sub-team ensuring that they feel engaged and empowered and fostering a culture of feedback.
Working for our organisation
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.
At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS’ workforce.
LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.
We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an ‘earn while you learn’ apprenticeship programme. Visit our Learning and Development page to find out more https://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/join-us/learning-and-dev
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
What should you do next?
Please review the attached job description for the full details of the role. We look forward to receiving your application.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Masters/Level 7 qualification in a HR related field or equivalent qualification/experience
- • Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (MCIPD) or equivalent qualification/experience
- • Evidence of relevant and continuing CPD
Desirable criteria
- • Postgraduate level qualification in an OD related subject area eg coaching, facilitation, mentoring
Skills
Essential criteria
- • Ability to make an impact at all levels within the organisation to motivate and enthuse others of the need for change.
- • A high degree of customer orientation in decision-making coupled with analytical and decision making skills.
- • Developed interpersonal skills to communicate sensitive and contentious information succinctly with a variety of audiences.
- • Strong influencing and communication skills, using a range of techniques to best effect. Able to deliver messages effectively at all levels.
Desirable criteria
- • Evidence of effective coaching and development skills
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Senior HR professional with substantial experience of working at a senior level in a large, complex organisation in a highly unionised environment.
- • Significant experience taking the lead on complex employee relations areas providing specialist, professional support in relation to change management, TUPE, restructures, redundancy, absence management, disciplinary and capability, terms and conditions and recruitment and retention.
- • Previous experience of leadership and line management including performance, capability and appraisals.
- • Experience of effective partnership working with union representatives, including leading on complex employee relations issues.
- • Experience in interpreting and presenting workforce data to services areas and using to inform management decision making and improve corporate performance.
Desirable criteria
- • Experience in planning, developing and delivering HR and OD interventions including training
- • Previous experience of advising on medical and dental terms and conditions
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jane Godfrey
- Job title
- Group Deputy Director of People
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01522 512512
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