Job summary
- Main area
- Human Resources
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 10 months
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 411-COR-24-6418453
- Employer
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Alder Hey Children's Hospital
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
HR Manager
NHS AfC: Band 7
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
- Great flexible working opportunities
- Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
Job overview
We have an HR Manager role available to support in the allocated area during upcoming maternity leave. There will be an opportunity to lead HR projects and ongoing transformation within the people agenda across the Trust.
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital is a remarkable place, filled with an equally remarkable team of people. People are at the front of our agenda, and we are looking to recruit an experienced HR Manager to join our team. The HR Manager will support delivery of the people strategy within a division., reporting to the HR Business Partner.
The successful candidate will have comprehensive HR knowledge and experience on a range of people related matters including employment law and operational HR activity. You will be able to manage complex relationships with stakeholders with a knowledgeable, diplomatic and solution focused approach. An ability to influence people to achieve pragmatic outcomes aligned to our strategic priorities is essential.
You should be CIPD qualified and have experience of undertaking Human Resource Management in a complex multi-disciplinary organisation.
We can offer you a supportive, flexible environment working with passionate, committed HR and management teams in an exciting organisation committed to the highest standards of care.
Main duties of the job
Principal Job duties or main tasks:
· To take a lead role in driving forward the Trust’s agreed Human Resources agenda for the Clinical Divisions and take lead responsibility for specific corporate Human Resource objectives.
· Contribute to the development and implementation of operational and strategic decisions to achieve objectives contained within the respective Operational Plans and Trust HR strategy.
· To operate as a knowledgeable senior HR professional on all HR matters, in particular employment law and effective HR practice, providing a point of contact for all employment related queries.
· Provide effective advise on case management of disciplinary, grievance, absence and performance management, including advising managers and staff in line with Trust policy and legislation and to ensure cases are proactively to ensure timely conclusion.
· Develop effective relationships both internally and externally, particularly collaborative partnerships with Trade Unions, including Unison, GMB, RCN.
Working for our organisation
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care to over 275,000 children and young people each year. In addition to the hospital site located in the West Derby area of Liverpool, Alder Hey has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Alder Park building in the nearby borough of Sefton.
As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
Great flexible working opportunities
Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
Generous annual leave and pension scheme
Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Leadership and Management
· To work closely with the Deputy Director of HR & OD, Human Resources Business Partners and Human Resources Advisors in the delivery of a responsive and high-quality HR service.
· Provide professional leadership, guidance and supervision to the Divisional HR Adviser
· To deputise for the HR Business Partner as required.
· To take responsibility for projects that supports delivery of the national, regional and Trust HR agenda across the Trust. This will require undertaking activities such as reporting to relevant committees, establishing action plans, providing regular high quality reports and leading and facilitating effective meetings, that will impact staff across the Trust
· To support the development, implementation and delivery of the Trust’s HR strategy within the Clinical Division.
· To be an active member of the Agenda for Change job evaluation process, ensuring posts are correctly evaluated and banded. Providing specialised advice and guidance for managers, to enable them to effectively develop new job roles as required.
· To liaise and work with all colleagues within the HR directorate as appropriate to maintain effective communication, ensuring that best practice is shared and developed and to facilitate cross cover for colleagues.
· To participate fully in a variety of Trust wide committees and groups including Joint Local Negotiating Committee, Policy Review Group.
Additional responsibilities are outlined in the job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level and additional qualification equivalent to Masters level or relevant equivalent level experience
- CIPD Level 7
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate a broad range of in-depth generalist Human Resources knowledge and experience including advising on the management of complex disciplinary, grievance, capability and sickness absence issues
Skills and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to create and maintain positive working relationships with key stakeholders Effective oral communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly and concisely to staff at all levels, on highly complex, sensitive cases
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emma Radcliffe
- Job title
- HR Business Partner
- Email address
- [email protected]
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