People and Culture Business Partner

Job summary

Are you ready to make a real impact on the experience and wellbeing of our workforce? NSFT is seeking a People and Culture Business Partner to join our forward-thinking team, supporting senior leaders across designated localities and corporate areas. This is your opportunity to drive positive change, champion best practice, and help deliver great patient care through strategic people-focused expertise.

• Educated to Master's level or equivalent experience.
• CIPD qualified and member of CIPD, with evidence of continuing professional development.
• Significant operational people experience, including leading workforce aspects of organisational change and advising on complex processes (e.g., restructuring, redundancy, TUPE).
• Strong understanding of employment law, best practice, and NHS system operations.
• Excellent interpersonal, consultancy, and leadership skills, with the ability to influence at senior level.
• Commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion, and to delivering the Trust's values in all aspects of work.
• Ability to work autonomously, solve problems, and thrive in complex, changing environments.

Main duties of the job

As a People and Culture Business Partner, you will:

• Work strategically with senior leadership teams to design and implement the Trust's People and Culture Strategy, supporting the delivery of national NHS People Plan objectives.
• Provide expert advice on complex workforce issues, proactively designing and implementing people priorities and interventions that enable our workforce to be capable, effective, and healthy.
• Lead and support change projects, ensuring best practice and compliance across all scales.
• Use data analytics and business acumen to identify workforce trends, create insight, and deliver evidence-based solutions.
• Champion equality, diversity, and inclusion, embedding these principles in all people practices and supporting the implementation of the Trust's Equality Delivery Scheme.
• Coach, mentor, and develop leaders to continuously improve people management skills and foster a compassionate, inclusive organisational culture.
• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including Trade Unions, NHS system partners, and staff networks.
• Oversee and support Assistant People and Culture Business Partners and Advisors, providing leadership and development opportunities.

About us

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Norfolk County Hall

Norwich

NR1 2DH

Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Norfolk County Hall

Norwich

NR1 2DH

Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

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