This permanent Head of HR Business Partnering post sits in the HR business partnering team at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. The role advises clinical, operational and corporate teams, along with subsidiary companies and hosted services, on complex employee-relations and workforce matters. It is a senior, hybrid post with about half the time onsite and a remit covering the staff survey and the People Plan. Fit turns on CIPD chartered status and senior HR leadership in a large organisation.
What the job involves
- Advise clinical, operational and corporate teams to support the delivery of patient care
- Provide pragmatic, high-quality HR advice on TUPE, employee relations, organisational change, job evaluation and policy
- Advise subsidiary companies and hosted services, mainly under NHS terms and conditions, and UHS colleagues
- Adapt advice to internal and external customers, taking commercial requirements into account
- Lead key projects with the HRBP team and people directorate, including the staff survey and the use of AI and technology in workflows
- Provide data and insight to help deliver the UHS People Plan
- Influence senior leaders and contribute to wider organisational goals and objectives
Qualifications
- Master's level education or equivalent demonstrable knowledge and experience
- Chartered membership of the CIPD
- Postgraduate-level specialist HR knowledge gained through study or equivalent advanced training and substantial relevant experience
Experience
- Substantial senior HR leadership experience in a large, complex organisation
- Significant experience advising and influencing senior leaders on workforce strategy, organisational design, service planning and major change
- Making authoritative judgements on complex, sensitive and contentious workforce matters where information may be incomplete
- Analysing complex workforce and financial information and presenting recommendations to senior governance forums
- Leading strategic people projects, workforce planning and staff-experience improvement across a large organisation
- Managing teams, service performance and delegated budgets, including developing professional resources
Skills & knowledge
- Expert current knowledge of UK employment law and NHS employment policy, and their application to complex employee-relations matters
- Partnership working, consultation and negotiation with recognised trade unions
- Building effective relationships and establishing professional credibility quickly
- Strategic leadership and influencing
Nice to have
- Chartered Fellow of the CIPD
- Formal management or leadership qualification
- Qualified Agenda for Change job evaluator
- Training or accreditation in psychometric or development tools
- Senior People or HR leadership experience in the NHS
- Experience leading complex medical employee-relations cases
- Experience of recruitment and selection assessment methods
- Knowledge of NHS policy, regulatory and financial planning frameworks
What’s offered
- Support for flexible working, subject to service needs
- Minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata)
- Generous pension scheme
- Access to a range of NHS discounts
- Learning and development opportunities
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