Job summary
- Main area
- People and Culture
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 344-8216COR-INT
- Employer
- East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital
- Town
- Margate
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
People and Culture Business Partner
Band 8a
Job overview
You are responsible for co-ordinating and monitoring significant workforce activity, such as ER and recruitment; play a leading role in business and workforce planning; take personal and shared responsibility and accountability for the delivery of key workforce, financial and service objectives; support Trust health, wellbeing and engagement initiatives; and lead front-line level change management and development programmes
You will support the design, production and implementation of the Trust’s workforce strategy to deliver on the Trust’s service, financial, workforce, quality and capital objectives, which will enable us to deliver all aspects of the NHS People Promise and our People Strategy.
You will manage your own caseload of employee relations activity as well as providing support and expertise to other members of the care group and corporate people and culture teams
Main duties of the job
The People & Culture Business Partner provides a comprehensive professional and high quality People service to their nominated Care Group. You will support the Specialty management teams and in developing the people and workforce capacity and capability to design and deliver Trust plans, whilst promoting the health and wellbeing of our teams and ensuring that Trust values are lived.
You will take a leading role in both the relevant Care Group and specialty leadership teams and the wider People team providing central services and supporting other Care Groups and Corporate Services’ Departments.
Working for our organisation
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with three acute hospitals and community sites serving a local population of around 700,000. We also provide specialist services for Kent and Medway.
We care about our patients and our people. We are focused on providing outstanding, safe patient care, and a positive working culture that benefits staff and patients alike. With our emphasis on staff training and development, a staff support scheme that’s second to none, and a healthy package of benefits, it’s easy to put down roots in East Kent Hospitals.
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘Documents to download’.
If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- MCIPD qualified or equivalent experience, and working towards CIPD qualification
- Degree/management qualification, or equivalent demonstrable experience
- Demonstrable senior HR management experience at operational / business partner level in a large organisation.
- Demonstrable employee relations experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable senior HR management experience at operational / business partner level in a large organisation.
- Demonstrable employee relations experience
- MCIPD qualified or equivalent experience, and working towards CIPD qualification
- Degree/management qualification, or equivalent demonstrable experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Cheryl Holder
- Job title
- Head of People and Culture
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