Band 5 People Advisor

Job summary

This is an exciting time to join the Trust with significant opportunity to make an impact through the introduction of new and improved ways of working and support the whole Trust on employment policy and procedures.

The successful candidate will have the ability to build effective working relationships with Trust colleagues, demonstrate excellent communication skills, be up to date with employment legislation and have the relevant skills to be able to demonstrate your experience developed within a front line, generalist HR role. Applicants must be educated to degree level or equivalent and hold CIPD Level 5 Certificate.

The post involves hybrid working and the expectation is that they attend on-site at least 2-3 times a week. There is an expectation that they will work across all four hospitals sites when required.

For further information/informal discussion please contact Hayley Reynolds, People Partner on 07772 093619, or Alison Williams, Senior People Partner on 07795 043605.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

The People Directorate provides support and advice to all managers within the Trust regarding all aspects of employment policy and procedures for all categories of staff with a person-cantered approach as the primary focus. University Hospitals Birmingham is based over four sites including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital and Solihull Hospital/ Community services.

This role offers the opportunity to proactively support the management of cases -- in particular sickness absence as well as disciplinary, grievance, bullying & harassment and performance improvement cases. You will also deliver training and provide general advice to managers within the Trust on matters relating to employment policy and procedure as well as being required to work within the HR Advisory service on a rostered basis. Support the People Partner and Senior People Partner in the delivery of local change and transformation projects.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

*Please Note*: For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

* HR Knowledge acquired through relevant training and experience e.g.Level 5 CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) to degree equivalent level

* Evidence of recent Continuing Professional Development

Experience

Essential

* Recent experience in HR including providing generalise HR advice

* Experience of preparing, analysing and presenting reports

* Up to date and thorough working knowledge of Employment Law and Human Resource Best Practice

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

For help with your application, contact: 

Hayley Reynolds 

Hayley.Reynolds@uhb.nhs.uk