Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust

HR Business Partner

The closing date is 30 November 2025

Job summary

The People Strategy Leadership team have a permanent opportunity for an experienced HR professional to join our team as HR Business Partner. This permanent post is available on full time or part time hours and whilst the postholder will be expected to cover the footprint of the Trust across Yorkshire, the post's base could be in North, East, West, or South Yorkshire and applications are welcome from across the patch. We work in a hybrid way, and we will support the postholder to manage their own time and diary although there is in person attendance required occasionally at our Head Office in Wakefield.

Main duties of the job

This post will be responsible for the quality of our employee relations activity and will be responsible for a caseload of disciplinary, grievance, absence and organisational change. Alongside this you will work collaboratively with colleagues in Leadership & OD, Health and Wellbeing, EDI, and others across the People & OD Directorate to get to grips with our people across the life cycle of their employment.

Supported by an experienced team of Senior HR Business Partners and HR Business Partner Peers, the postholder will support the wider People Advisory team and will be exposed to the full matrix of the Trust from the 999 frontline to our Corporate Support Services.

About us

Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities.

We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live.

We employ more than 7,100 staff, who together with over 1,300 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service.

Our ambition is to be an employer of choice, and we are continuously working across our partnership to improve our collective offer to staff in areas like health and wellbeing, benefits and flexible working incl. hybrid working.

Benefits:

  • Flexible working including part-time hours, job shares and flexible hours, agile working (role dependant)
  • 27 days annual leave, increasing to 33 with service.
  • Contributory Pension.
  • NHS Discounts including shops, restaurants, gyms etc.
  • Car lease and other salary sacrifice schemes.
  • Dedicated employee assistance and counselling service.
  • Opportunities for research participation, career progression and ongoing development.
  • Well respected, committed and supported staff networks for our workforce.

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Details

Date posted

18 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

174-HRBP-121125

Job locations

will be required to attend our Head Office in Wakefield, but the base location can be agreed across the Yorkshire region

Wakefield

WF2 0XQ


Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details and role responsibilities, please see the job description and person specification attached.

Applicants are welcome to reach out to talk flexible working, to understand more about the post and its focus areas, or to get to know the Trust in more detail.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details and role responsibilities, please see the job description and person specification attached.

Applicants are welcome to reach out to talk flexible working, to understand more about the post and its focus areas, or to get to know the Trust in more detail.

Person Specification

Experience and achievements

Essential

  • Significant experience of advising senior leaders of the organisation on a broad range of people matters, balancing risk, legal compliance with business need
  • Experience of managing multiple complex ER cases.
  • Experience of working in partnership with Trade union representatives towards shared goals and achieving organisational outcomes

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to assess and recommend appropriate courses of action on complex, specialist HR issues requiring analysis, interpretation, and compare a range of options.
  • Ability to plan, prioritise, communicate and deliver against personal and team objectives and work plans.
  • Able to work well both independently and as part of a team, ensuring team goals are met

Knowledge and education

Essential

  • Educated to master's degree level or significant demonstrable equivalent
  • CIPD Associate Membership/Level 5 (or working towards)
  • Thorough up-to-date knowledge of employment law, ACAS Code of Practice and employee relations processes.
Person Specification

Experience and achievements

Essential

  • Significant experience of advising senior leaders of the organisation on a broad range of people matters, balancing risk, legal compliance with business need
  • Experience of managing multiple complex ER cases.
  • Experience of working in partnership with Trade union representatives towards shared goals and achieving organisational outcomes

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to assess and recommend appropriate courses of action on complex, specialist HR issues requiring analysis, interpretation, and compare a range of options.
  • Ability to plan, prioritise, communicate and deliver against personal and team objectives and work plans.
  • Able to work well both independently and as part of a team, ensuring team goals are met

Knowledge and education

Essential

  • Educated to master's degree level or significant demonstrable equivalent
  • CIPD Associate Membership/Level 5 (or working towards)
  • Thorough up-to-date knowledge of employment law, ACAS Code of Practice and employee relations processes.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Address

will be required to attend our Head Office in Wakefield, but the base location can be agreed across the Yorkshire region

Wakefield

WF2 0XQ


Employer's website

https://www.yas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Address

will be required to attend our Head Office in Wakefield, but the base location can be agreed across the Yorkshire region

Wakefield

WF2 0XQ


Employer's website

https://www.yas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Senior HR Business Partner

Jack Sunderland

Jack.Sunderland@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

18 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

174-HRBP-121125

Job locations

will be required to attend our Head Office in Wakefield, but the base location can be agreed across the Yorkshire region

Wakefield

WF2 0XQ


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