Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for an HR Advisor to join one of our busy HR Business Partner team. You will work alongside the both Assistant HR Business Partner and the wider HR team in the provision of a high quality strategic and operational people management support service to ensure best practice people management.
The role will provide an excellent opportunity to develop and expand your skills and experience as an HR professional.
Main duties of the job
To support the Workforce Business Partner in the development of a positive approach to employment relations by building strong and effective partnerships between workforce colleagues, managers,clinicians, staff and their representatives.To provide professional advice and support to the workforce team, managers and other stakeholders asappropriate on the application and interpretation of employment relations policy and terms and conditionsof service, enabling problems to be identified and resolved quickly, effectively and fairly.To advise and support managers to undertake investigations, including decisions on suspensions asappropriate, and development of the investigation report.To provide professional advice and support as required at employment related hearings and appeals.To support the redeployment process.To support the delivery of the Trust's workforce strategy.To participate as required in job matching and job evaluation exercises using appropriate evaluation toolsand ensuring the process is transparent and that decisions are fair, equitable and consistent.To advise managers of the people implications of their decisions, providing relevant information to support their decisions making and risk identification.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Completed first year of CIPD qualification
- Student membership of CIP
Desirable
- Educated to degree level (or equivalent experience)
Knowledge
Essential
- An understanding of the national NHS agenda and the Human Resource contribution.
- An understanding of the principles of change management and contribution of the HR function to transformational change
- A knowledge and understanding of employment legislation and employment issues.
Desirable
- Knowledge of Medical Staffing employment issues
further training
Essential
- Demonstrate through CPD, employment law updates and various other training courses and up to date knowledge of HR/Personnel practices
- Change Management
Desirable
- Agenda for Change Job Evaluation training
Experience
Essential
- Developing and maintaining positive partnerships with trade union representatives and senior managers.
- Has gained HR operational experience of dealing with HR issues across all aspects of employment relations practice including disciplinary, grievances, bullying and harassment complaints, sickness absence and performance capability.
Desirable
- NHS experience
- Supervisory experience
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Completed first year of CIPD qualification
- Student membership of CIP
Desirable
- Educated to degree level (or equivalent experience)
Knowledge
Essential
- An understanding of the national NHS agenda and the Human Resource contribution.
- An understanding of the principles of change management and contribution of the HR function to transformational change
- A knowledge and understanding of employment legislation and employment issues.
Desirable
- Knowledge of Medical Staffing employment issues
further training
Essential
- Demonstrate through CPD, employment law updates and various other training courses and up to date knowledge of HR/Personnel practices
- Change Management
Desirable
- Agenda for Change Job Evaluation training
Experience
Essential
- Developing and maintaining positive partnerships with trade union representatives and senior managers.
- Has gained HR operational experience of dealing with HR issues across all aspects of employment relations practice including disciplinary, grievances, bullying and harassment complaints, sickness absence and performance capability.
Desirable
- NHS experience
- Supervisory experience
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).
