Human Resources Manager

The Senior Human Resources Manager will lead the delivery of a professional and responsive HR service within an identified area of the Trust. Working closely with senior managers, the wider People team and staff-side colleagues, the postholder will provide expert advice on complex workforce and employment matters while supporting the delivery of the Trust's strategic and operational objectives. The role will cover employee relations, performance management, recruitment and resourcing, organisational change, workforce planning, employment law, and terms and conditions.

The postholder will also lead improvement projects, support the development and implementation of HR policies, and manage HR team members.

• Lead the provision of a high-quality, professional HR advisory service across designated divisions and services.
• Provide expert advice on complex employee relations cases, including disciplinary, grievance, capability, attendance management and performance issues.
• Support managers and senior leaders with organisational change programmes, restructures, service redesign, redeployment, retirement and redundancy processes.
• Ensure Trust policies are applied consistently and in line with employment legislation, NHS Terms and Conditions, best practice and organisational values.
• Develop, review and implement HR policies and procedures that support organisational objectives.
• Build strong working relationships with managers, staff side representatives and key stakeholders to foster effective employee relations and partnership working.
• Support recruitment and resourcing activity, ensuring fair, effective and legally compliant recruitment processes.
• Lead and contribute to workforce planning initiatives, supporting services to develop sustainable workforce solutions.
• Manage and support HR staff, providing leadership, coaching and professional development.
• Design and deliver training programmes for managers and staff on people management, employment law and HR policies.
• Lead designated workforce projects and improvement initiatives, researching best practice and implementing innovative HR solutions.
• Produce workforce reports, management information and data analysis to support decision-making and service improvement.
• Act as an authorised signatory for relevant workforce matters in accordance with Trust procedures.
• Champion equality, diversity and inclusion, ensuring people practices promote fairness, dignity and respect for all staff

The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £25.70 (standard disclosure) or £46.70 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of…