HR Adviser in Worcester

Following the internal promotion of the existing postholder, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a HR Adviser to join our team on a permanent basis. You will be confident in providing credible and professional advice on all workforce related matters to our 8,000+ colleagues across the organisation.

Main duties of the job:

• Support the Medicine and Emergency Care Group, which includes our Emergency and Acute departments along with Specialty Medicine areas such as Renal, Cardiology, Diabetes and Respiratory.
• Provide first level support to our Line Managers on all employee relations related matters including dignity at work, performance management, disciplinary and grievance issues.
• Focus on supporting managers with their sickness absence management.

To be successful you will need to demonstrate an ability to think on your feet and work to tight deadlines. It is essential that you can work well under pressure whilst always maintaining a professional attitude. You will have well developed IT skills and excellent verbal and written communication skills. You will hold the level 5 Intermediate CIPD qualification or be working towards its completion, or a degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant field.

About Us:

At our Trust, People Matter. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this. Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond. Our workforce is over 8,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do. We encourage flexible and hybrid working and we are committed to supporting colleagues to achieve work life balance.

The HR Advisory Team is based at Worcester Royal Hospital and the role will include a combination of office and home-based working. The successful candidate will need to be able to travel independently to our 3 main sites (Worcester, Redditch and Kidderminster) as required and sometimes at short notice.

Key Duties:

• Provide operational service in all advisory aspects of human resource management to Trust-wide Directorates and Departments to help them achieve their operational and strategic objectives.
• Act as a role model within the HR team and for the team both within the Trust and externally, demonstrating the Trust values at all times.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships at all levels of the organisation including at a senior level.
• Provide an advisory service on a daily basis to managers and staff on issues relating to Terms and Conditions of Employment, Human Resources policies, HR Framework, employment legislation, professional issues and good practice.
• Support managers to complete equality impact assessments providing specialist equality & diversity advice.
• Work closely with the wider HR team (including Training and Development and Occupational Health), line managers and other departments within the Trust as a whole, providing innovation, challenge and advice to facilitate delivery of an effective HR service.

Qualifications:

• Evidence that you hold or are working towards achieving your Level 5 Intermediate CIPD qualification in the next 12 months, or holds a degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant field.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Ability to provide examples to demonstrate up to date knowledge and understanding of employment legislation and best practice including equal opportunities and diversity issues.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, and presentation skills, including the ability to write and present quality reports for a range of audiences on a regular basis.

Experience:

• Provide examples of managing or can demonstrate a working knowledge of basic Human Resources issues including sickness absence management, capability management, equality & diversity, disciplinary management, grievances.
• Demonstrate with examples, experience of working in a Human Resources Department with a working knowledge of an advisory service.