Job summary
UCLH are looking to appoint a Band 6 Senior HR Advisor to work in our Surgery and Cancer Board HR team.
This is a great opportunity for someone looking to gain some new experience in a supportive and experienced team that offers a high level of remote and flexible working.
UCLH is a large acute organisation and this is a fantastic opportunity to work at the centre of the organisation supporting our corporate services to run effectively.
The role will provide excellent HR advice on a range of topics including:
- Performance
- Conduct
- Organisational Change
- Absence management
- Employee led complaints
- Job evaluation
- Agenda for Change terms and conditions
You will be a responsive HR practitioner who is good at building relations and using a coaching approach to get the best outcomes. The post holder will be instrumental in establishing and delivering excellent HR services within the new ways of working in the Surgery and Cancer Board HR team.
Applications are welcome from candidates who wish to apply on the basis of remote, hybrid or flexible working and we would welcome a discussion with you on this as part of the recruitment process.
Main duties of the job
This is a diverse role that will include:
- Providing impartial advice to staff and managers on a range of HR policies and terms and conditions.
- Utilising a coaching approach to help develop our managers creating excellent people managers
- Supporting our key corporate priorities such as Equality Diversity and Inclusion
- Supporting departmental meetings providing high quality and accurate HR data from ESR. Using this data to generate discussion and drive improvements.
- Supporting HR Heldesk and HR Helpline trust-wide as well as triaging queries withing the Surgery and Cancer board
- Monitor and manage HR compliance such as fixed term contracts and right to work
About us
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
- University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
- National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
- Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
- University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
- Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
- University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
- The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
- University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
At UCLH, we have a real 'One Team' ethos, and our values - safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a full and detailed description of the role, all applicants are advised to read the attached Job Description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a full and detailed description of the role, all applicants are advised to read the attached Job Description.
Person Specification
Knowledge & Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent qualification or relevant experience
- Holds or is working towards a Postgraduate Diploma in HR e.g. CIPD
- Significant postgraduate experience in a HR (e.g. Employee Relations, Recruitment) function
- Knowledge of a range of administrative and HR procedures and processes e.g. Recruitment, Employee Relations
- Demonstrable experience in taking HR issues through to completion e.g. recruitment episodes, employee relations cases
- Basic working Knowledge of NHS Terms and Conditions e.g. Agenda for Change
- Experience in implementing policies
- Working in busy environment with tight deadlines
- Advanced skills in Excel, Outlook, and Word
- Demonstrable experience of data analysis and manipulation
- Knowledge of and experience of working with workforce related compliance targets, with a good understanding of the importance of achieving these
Desirable
- Trained or willing to work towards being trained in the Agenda for Change job matching process
- Experience of delivering HR training to managers
- Experience in Project Work
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with an ability to adapt these for different audiences
- Excellent customer service skills
- Ability to communicate effectively and empathetically with people at all levels and build professional relationships
- Ability to be able to challenge where appropriate particularly where there are issues of a complex and contentious nature
- Ability to deliver difficult messages appropriate to the level of the role e.g. redeployment, sickness absence progression
- Able to work with speed and accuracy paying particular attention to detail
- Ability to take minutes
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Excellent organisational skills and a proven ability to prioritise workload.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet timescales.
- Ability to keep and maintain good records and understand the importance of following agreed procedures.
- Ability to use initiative and to demonstrate self-awareness, asking for support and guidance and escalating complex queries where appropriate.
- Ability to deal with sensitive and contentious matters in a confidential manner
- Political awareness and a good understanding of key trends and issues within the NHS Good attention to detail.
- Ability to be able to reflect on own performance and develop personal goals for improvement
- Flexibility within working hours and times where required e.g. early/late meetings with employees
Person Specification
Knowledge & Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent qualification or relevant experience
- Holds or is working towards a Postgraduate Diploma in HR e.g. CIPD
- Significant postgraduate experience in a HR (e.g. Employee Relations, Recruitment) function
- Knowledge of a range of administrative and HR procedures and processes e.g. Recruitment, Employee Relations
- Demonstrable experience in taking HR issues through to completion e.g. recruitment episodes, employee relations cases
- Basic working Knowledge of NHS Terms and Conditions e.g. Agenda for Change
- Experience in implementing policies
- Working in busy environment with tight deadlines
- Advanced skills in Excel, Outlook, and Word
- Demonstrable experience of data analysis and manipulation
- Knowledge of and experience of working with workforce related compliance targets, with a good understanding of the importance of achieving these
Desirable
- Trained or willing to work towards being trained in the Agenda for Change job matching process
- Experience of delivering HR training to managers
- Experience in Project Work
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with an ability to adapt these for different audiences
- Excellent customer service skills
- Ability to communicate effectively and empathetically with people at all levels and build professional relationships
- Ability to be able to challenge where appropriate particularly where there are issues of a complex and contentious nature
- Ability to deliver difficult messages appropriate to the level of the role e.g. redeployment, sickness absence progression
- Able to work with speed and accuracy paying particular attention to detail
- Ability to take minutes
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Excellent organisational skills and a proven ability to prioritise workload.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet timescales.
- Ability to keep and maintain good records and understand the importance of following agreed procedures.
- Ability to use initiative and to demonstrate self-awareness, asking for support and guidance and escalating complex queries where appropriate.
- Ability to deal with sensitive and contentious matters in a confidential manner
- Political awareness and a good understanding of key trends and issues within the NHS Good attention to detail.
- Ability to be able to reflect on own performance and develop personal goals for improvement
- Flexibility within working hours and times where required e.g. early/late meetings with employees
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
