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Location

Worthing, West Sussex | United Kingdom

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Job description

Job overview

HR Business Partner (8A) Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

SPFT is one of the largest mental health trusts in the country providing mental health, specialist learning disability, secure and forensic services for Brighton and Hove, East Sussex and West Sussex and specialist community child and adolescent mental health services. We care for people of all ages, from children and young people through to older people with conditions such as dementia.

We aim to improve people's lives by providing high quality care and the best possible experience of our services.

We are seeking to recruit a proactive and enthusiastic HR Business Partner to join our Workforce Directorate on a permanent basis. We are looking for a highly motivated individual to deliver joint strategic workforce support to our Brighton and Hove Division with a workforce of circa 1200 employees.

The role is a job share, 20 hours per week, working Monday to Wednesday.

This role will provide strategic workforce advice, contributing to the achievement of the Division and Trust objectives with the key emphasis on maintaining Trust values to ensure we deliver better services to patients through a positive working environment.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will require the following skills, experience and abilities:

Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management (level 7)

Experience of dealing with complex HR operational and strategic issues.

Experience in aligning business, operational and strategic needs

Experience of having provided strategic HR advice on complex ER cases including restructures, redundancies, TUPE transfers, ACAS Early Conciliation, grievances, and disciplinaries.

Experience in supporting senior managers and directors at formal hearings and appeals

Ability to coach and guide managers to effective solutions

Ability to align the HR strategy to departmental objectives and business plans

A positive attitude towards change and having personally delivered major change initiatives

Experience in managing and supporting Senior HR Advisors with complex ER cases

Ability to quickly build rapport and credibility and develop effective working relationships

Ability to influence and challenge the senior management team and leadership, to support the delivery of people plans and service delivery objectives

Ability to work collaboratively as part of the Employee Relations team

Ability to lead on corporate HR projects

Working for our organisation

In return we offer:

Occupational Health

Employee Assistance Programme

NHS Pension Scheme

Family Friendly

Staff Discounts and Benefits

Staff Networks

BME/ BAME staff networks

Training

Flexible Working

Cycle Scheme

Discount Car Scheme

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This role will provide strategic workforce advice, contributing to the achievement of the CDS and Trust objectives with the key emphasis on maintaining Trust values to ensure we deliver better services to patients through a positive working environment.

Please see attached job description for full details on job description and main job responsibilities.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Masters level or equivalent experience gained through degree and professional HR Qualifications
• CIPD

Knowledge/Experience

Essential criteria

• In-depth experience of Human Resources Management (HRM)

Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities.

We regret that we are unable to advise candidates if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

In the event of an excessive number of applicants the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated.

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers. The Trust works with adult and children's social care to ensure that the integrated service has systems in place to equip staff and bank workers with the knowledge and skills to recognize abuse, and take action to safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children and young people. It is expected that all staff and bank workers familiarise themselves with the appropriate structures and policies and with the Sussex child protection and safeguarding procedures and the Sussex multi-agency policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults and undertake the relevant essential training and further training appropriate to their role.

Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range. However, where previous or equivalent NHS experience in a similar role can be demonstrated and evidenced, this may be taken into consideration when setting the starting salary.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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Job tags

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Salary

£50.95k - £57.35k per annum