Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior HR Advisor to join our Corporate HR Advisory Team here at the NHS Business Services Authority on a permanent basis.
The Senior HR Advisor plays an essential role in ensuring the provision of a pro-active HR service to all colleagues and managers enabling the business to achieve its strategic objectives. Managing a team of HR Advisors and HR Coordinators you will provide leadership, drive continuous improvement and empower, motivate and develop the team to successfully deliver. In addition you will have the opportunity to lead and contribute to a range of people projects and delivery plans.
What do we offer?
- 27 days leave (increasing with length of service) plus 8 bank holidays
- Flexible working (we are happy to discuss options such as compressed hours)
- Flexi time
- Hybrid working model
- Career development
- Active wellbeing and inclusion networks
- Excellent pension
- NHS Car lease scheme
- Access to a wide range of benefits and high street discounts!
Main duties of the job
As Senior HR Advisor, you will build key relationships with HR and People team colleagues, business leaders, stakeholders and trade union colleagues, actively embracing changes and taking accountability and ensuring a best in class colleague experience.
You will work as part of an inclusive team to deliver a complete value add HR provision to leaders and colleagues, applying your senior HR knowledge to business challenges. You will ensuring ongoing review and development of HR policies, procedures and practices whilst supporting in the development of our managers and systems and processes that enable efficient and effective ways of working.
About us
Here at the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), what we do matters.
We manage the NHS Pension scheme, process prescription payments and much more. Our services are used by NHS organisations, contractors and the public: we take pride in being part of something so meaningful, that touches millions of lives.
Just as we design our services around the needs of our customers, we place our people at the heart of our organisation. That's why when you join us, you'll be empowered and given the right support to help your career grow.
As one of the UK's Best Big Companies to work for, we're all connected to our values: Collaborative, Adventurous, Reliable and Energetic. We care about our people, our purpose, and your progress.
We strive to offer a fantastic colleague experience, where every voice is heard, and every colleague is supported and respected. Wellbeing, diversity and inclusion is at the centre of this, so when you join us, you can connect with our Lived Experience Networks who help us to bring our authentic selves to work.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and circumstances. We are committed and proud to be a flexible employer and will endeavor to offer a working pattern that suits you wherever possible, whether that be hybrid working, flexible hours, job sharing and more.
Ready to join us on our journey to be a catalyst for better health? Apply today and see where the NHSBSA can take you.
We are people connected to care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
In this role you are accountable for:
As Senior HR Advisor, you will be solution focused and take an evidence based approach, identifying root causes on ongoing issues and developing solutions to improve. Working collaboratively across the business you will be an advocate of continual improvement within the HR Advisory team. In this role your accountabilities include:
- Providing an excellent and initiative-taking senior HR advisory service to managers within the NHSBSA and Hosted Organisations. This will involve coaching and supporting managers to be confident in HR practice by offering effective HR advice based on the practical application of policies and enabling them to manage employee relations issues.
- Leading and owning the ongoing review of the HR policy framework, ensuring these support the NHSBSA's overall strategy. This will include collection of data and analysis, creation and implementation, engaging with appropriate stakeholders throughout. This will include a number of terms and conditions of employment.
- Developing an expert approach to organisational change for the NHSBSA, such as TUPE, this will involve comprehensive reviews of complex employment legislation, ensuring the future NHSBSA approach adheres to legislation and best practice.
- Managing a team of HR Advisors and Coordinators, providing leadership, and driving continuous improvement by empowering, motivating, developing and inspiring the team to deliver. Reviewing progress and team performance, reviewing workloads, and prioritising as necessary.
- Ensuring ongoing development and maintenance of the shared drive and internal hub pages where HR Advisory information is easy to locate and ensure that the HR advisory team are taking all opportunities to encourage self service of managers for policy and guidance information.
- Design and deliver master classes/interventions to leaders at all levels within the NHSBSA on key HR policies and procedures to ensure knowledge and awareness are embedded, in collaboration with OD and L&D teams enable the HR Advisors to also deliver the training following awareness sessions.
- Continually developing your professional knowledge and skills by keeping up to date with external trends and best practice in the areas of expertise and HR more broadly. This will include keeping up to date on highly complex employment legislation and NHS developments (including terms and conditions), providing advice and interpretation on the implications of such changes, and cascading this knowledge within the HR Advisory team.
- Owning HR projects (or parts of projects) and continual work streams, taking full responsibility and proactive accountability for delivery, with direction and support from HR leadership. Including continual review and the measurement of impact and value add of these.
Job description
Job responsibilities
In this role you are accountable for:
As Senior HR Advisor, you will be solution focused and take an evidence based approach, identifying root causes on ongoing issues and developing solutions to improve. Working collaboratively across the business you will be an advocate of continual improvement within the HR Advisory team. In this role your accountabilities include:
- Providing an excellent and initiative-taking senior HR advisory service to managers within the NHSBSA and Hosted Organisations. This will involve coaching and supporting managers to be confident in HR practice by offering effective HR advice based on the practical application of policies and enabling them to manage employee relations issues.
- Leading and owning the ongoing review of the HR policy framework, ensuring these support the NHSBSA's overall strategy. This will include collection of data and analysis, creation and implementation, engaging with appropriate stakeholders throughout. This will include a number of terms and conditions of employment.
- Developing an expert approach to organisational change for the NHSBSA, such as TUPE, this will involve comprehensive reviews of complex employment legislation, ensuring the future NHSBSA approach adheres to legislation and best practice.
- Managing a team of HR Advisors and Coordinators, providing leadership, and driving continuous improvement by empowering, motivating, developing and inspiring the team to deliver. Reviewing progress and team performance, reviewing workloads, and prioritising as necessary.
- Ensuring ongoing development and maintenance of the shared drive and internal hub pages where HR Advisory information is easy to locate and ensure that the HR advisory team are taking all opportunities to encourage self service of managers for policy and guidance information.
- Design and deliver master classes/interventions to leaders at all levels within the NHSBSA on key HR policies and procedures to ensure knowledge and awareness are embedded, in collaboration with OD and L&D teams enable the HR Advisors to also deliver the training following awareness sessions.
- Continually developing your professional knowledge and skills by keeping up to date with external trends and best practice in the areas of expertise and HR more broadly. This will include keeping up to date on highly complex employment legislation and NHS developments (including terms and conditions), providing advice and interpretation on the implications of such changes, and cascading this knowledge within the HR Advisory team.
- Owning HR projects (or parts of projects) and continual work streams, taking full responsibility and proactive accountability for delivery, with direction and support from HR leadership. Including continual review and the measurement of impact and value add of these.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent qualification or significant equivalent experience.
Desirable
- Relevant post graduate qualification
- Associate CIPD
Personal Qualities, Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Results-focused
- Confident and energetic
- Motivated to succeed
- Discreet, confidential, organised
- Awareness of employment law changes
- Ability to demonstrate commitment to and continuity of professional development
- Project management tools and techniques
- Advanced knowledge of Human Resources policy development
Experience
Essential
- Significant relevant experience in a full generalist HR post, working in a customer-focused environment advising on HR policy, law and best practice and dealing with advanced or complex issues.
- Proven experience of partnering with senior managers.
- Business partnering, understanding the strategic and commercial context of the business
- Project Management experience
- Practical experience of organisational change e.g. TUPE, restructure, redundancy, JE
- Data presentation, analysis and insight
- Wide ranging, persuasive communication skills
- Experience of effectively using Word, Excel, Outlook, systems and databases
Desirable
- Experience in AfC Job Evaluation
- Practical Experience of Employment Tribunals
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent qualification or significant equivalent experience.
Desirable
- Relevant post graduate qualification
- Associate CIPD
Personal Qualities, Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Results-focused
- Confident and energetic
- Motivated to succeed
- Discreet, confidential, organised
- Awareness of employment law changes
- Ability to demonstrate commitment to and continuity of professional development
- Project management tools and techniques
- Advanced knowledge of Human Resources policy development
Experience
Essential
- Significant relevant experience in a full generalist HR post, working in a customer-focused environment advising on HR policy, law and best practice and dealing with advanced or complex issues.
- Proven experience of partnering with senior managers.
- Business partnering, understanding the strategic and commercial context of the business
- Project Management experience
- Practical experience of organisational change e.g. TUPE, restructure, redundancy, JE
- Data presentation, analysis and insight
- Wide ranging, persuasive communication skills
- Experience of effectively using Word, Excel, Outlook, systems and databases
Desirable
- Experience in AfC Job Evaluation
- Practical Experience of Employment Tribunals
Additional information
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
