HR People Partner

Shaw Healthcare is seeking a HR People Partner to support our services across the East Midlands region.

Salary: Up to £24,000 plus monthly car allowance of £300.

Hours: 24 hours per week - Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Please note our services are based over East Midlands; traveling to site will be required in this role and at times travel outside of the region to support the business.

Benefits:

• Employee Ownership Trust – To date each full-time employee has received £2600 tax free bonus!
• Excellent development/promotion opportunities.
• Refer a Friend bonus scheme (earn up to £1000).
• Paid annual leave 20 days per year plus bank holidays increasing by 1 day per year to a maximum of 25 days.
• Pension scheme.
• Retail discounts and vouchers.
• Holiday discounts.
• Online benefits and cashback rewards.
• Employee Assistance Programme to all contracted staff including face‑to‑face counselling.

Objectives:

• Work closely with allocated partner teams across specific regions to provide a comprehensive, professional and customer‑focused people service, leading on a broad range of generalist and strategic activities.
• Support the development and implementation of the operational strategy and business plan.
• Act as a critical friend and professional adviser to the various managers within the region, serving as a sounding board to experienced members of staff and as an internal coach to newer staff members.
• Support managers on all aspects of people issues that are key to compliant and high‑quality care, including employee engagement and wellbeing, diversity and inclusion, locality‑focused competitor and workforce data, recruitment and retention, individual and team performance management, and employee absences.
• Lead coaching and mentoring for service managers in the delivery of HR and related policies and processes (e.g., counselling, supervision, performance review, and absence).
• Coordinate the development of locality recruitment, retention and succession strategies to reduce the use of agency workers in all roles.

Principal Duties:

• Support managers in securing engaged new candidates and delivering engaged new starters, implementing measures to retain staff and identifying reasons for employee exit.
• Provide coaching, training and support for managers to address disciplinary issues, grievances, long‑term and short‑term ill‑health cases and the ER implications of cases.
• Monitor the management of employee probationary periods.
• Ensure that the Director of People is aware of any potential complex or high‑risk employee relations cases that require additional advice and support.

Recruitment, Selection and Retention:

• Ensure managers place advertisements internally and externally in a timely manner and advise on applicant responses.
• Oversee service managers and administrators to guarantee contact with every candidate, arrange interviews, verify interview documents and candidate ID information.
• Participate in interview panels where required and provide professional advice for decision making.
• Work with the Regional Team to develop and lead on the regional recruitment plan, including people‑related locality and service KPI measures.
• Coach managers individually to enable compliant, diverse, quality recruiting processes using evidence‑based criteria within legal parameters.
• Support managers and administrators in the effective use of the IT and ATS system to log, track and report recruitment activity.

Person Specification:

Essential Criteria:

• Member of CIPD.
• Willingness to attend and participate in training to update skills and knowledge.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in a busy generalist HR/People role.
• Skills in managing recruitment, including drafting advertisements, shortlisting, competency‑based interviewing and candidate management.
• Track record of managing ER cases in a fast‑paced environment, including supporting and acting as procedural adviser at formal investigations and hearings.
• Experience of employment‑related policy development and implementation.
• Comprehensive knowledge of modern employment practice and law.
• Significant experience managing recruitment and retention.
• Valid driving licence and ability to travel.

Desirable Criteria:

• Full Chartered member of the CIPD – MCIPD.
• Experience working in recruitment and people management within a care service.
• Demonstrable success partnering with managers to deliver innovative employee‑related solutions that meet business needs.
• High analytical and investigative skill set, able to conduct research and submit proposals that meet business requirements.