Head of Human Resources - CHS

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CHS is able to offer a wide range of services. Our scale enables us to offer competitive rates and we have a long track record of providing high quality, customer-focused services.

We offer comprehensive estates, facilities management, medical engineering, catering solutions and procurement services supporting the provision of safe, effective healthcare to our communities. We are committed to delivering our Green Plan goals of reducing carbon emissions, air pollution, waste generation and improving recycling throughout delivery of our services. We also enable profit to go back into patient care.

CHS recognises that its staff are its greatest asset and that its business is its people. The company aims to create an environment and culture of openness, trust and honesty. We encourage and celebrate diversity because broader perspectives, skills, experience and knowledge will enrich and enhance the value we bring to each other, our clients, shareholders and other stakeholders.

Job overview

You will be an experienced HR Generalist with comprehensive and up to date knowledge of employment law and its practical application.

You will provide highly specialist advice on a broad range of complex employment issues to the Board of Directors in order to minimize risk and financial exposure for the Company.

You will be responsible for a wide range of major organisational change programmes requiring project planning skills; such as restructuring of services, potential redundancy situations and TUPE (Transfer of Undertaking Protection of Employment) transfers in and out of the organisation.

You will lead on the communication strategies for the above including consultation and negotiation with Trade Unions at local and regional level on complex and sensitive workforce issues.

Operating as an advocate of the Company values, you will champion best practice HR management, influencing key business decisions whilst understanding the business strategy and plans of each discrete service and ensuring compatibility with the Acute Trust.

Main duties of the job

Provide dedicated senior HR direction to the Company to support the achievement of service delivery objectives.

Understand the business strategy and plans of each discrete service and deliver the workforce agenda for that area at the same time as ensuring compatibility with the Acute Trust wide approach.

Develop HR-based solutions to meet the Company's needs including performance management against a range of working metrics, targets and KPIs.

Provide highly specialist advice on a broad range of complex employment issues to the Board of Directors in order to minimize risk and financial exposure for the Company.

Responsible for a wide range of major organisational change programmes requiring project planning skills; such as restructuring of services, potential redundancy situations and TUPE (Transfer of Undertaking Protection of Employment) transfers in and out of the organisation.

Working for our organisation

At CHS we understand the differences in delivering our services in complex environments and we have a flexible approach to meet the needs of our customers. Our Estates and Facilities management functions alongside our Clinical Engineering, decontamination and procurement service, provides the following:

• Fully managed estate and building maintenance
• Medical engineering/equipment maintenance/ decontamination
• Procurement advice, guidance and governance
• Capital project management
• Transport
• Grounds maintenance.
• Portering
• Catering and Retail services
• Cleaning (including robot and deep cleaning)

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see Section 3 of the recruitment pack for full job description.

Responsible for a wide range of major organisational change programmes requiring project planning skills; such as restructuring of services, potential redundancy situations and TUPE (Transfer of Undertaking Protection of Employment) transfers in and out of the organisation.

Deal with communication strategies for the above including consultation and negotiation with Trade Unions at local and regional level on complex and sensitive workforce issues.

Responsible for the management of employee engagement connected with organisational change projects ensuring the correct process is adhered to, that timescales are suitable and appropriate and that staff partners and staff members involved are informed and updated in relation to the process.

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential criteria

• Educated to post graduate degree level in a HR related field or able to demonstrate appropriate equivalent experience to Master level.
• CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) qualified in human resource management or equivalent HR qualification.
• Ability to demonstrate completion of leadership courses and have relevant experience working at a senior level providing HR advice

Desirable criteria

• Advanced Microsoft Office qualification in Excel / Access

EXPERIENCE

Essential criteria

• Significant experience in a senior HR role in a large diverse organisation including experience of HR Service delivery and performance management
• Experience of working in a highly unionised environment.
• Experience of contributing to strategy development.
• Experience of delivering coaching / training to managers, presentation delivery.
• Significant experience / knowledge of employment law and its application in employment practice Experience of leading the management of change
• Experience of negotiating policy development / T&C's with trade union reps, full time officers etc. Demonstrable evidence of continuous development.
• Able to build credibility quickly and to work with all grades of staff within the Company and the Trust.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of large scale project management.
• Clear understanding of the major issues affecting the NHS HR agenda.
• Knowledge of NHS terms and Conditions of Service
• Experience of identification and management of workforce efficiencies.
• Experience / demonstrable knowledge of the NHS Health & Wellbeing Agenda.
• Experience / demonstrable knowledge of the Workforce Equality and Diversity Agenda

TRAINING

Essential criteria

• Evidence of IT training / short courses / demonstrable experience
• Willingness to undertake any further training/ development as identified in annual appraisal

SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE/ EXPERTISE

Essential criteria

• Excellent communication skills Excellent organisation skills Excellent influencing and negotiation skills
• Demonstrable leadership skills. Ability to critically analyse complex data sets.
• Advanced keyboard skills
• Team player.
• Ability to effectively manage own working time and proven track record of achieving deadlines.

PRACTICAL/ INTELLECTUAL SKILLS

Essential criteria

• Ability to consider HR Service implications of putting patients first in application of HR practice.
• Respectful to patients, staff colleagues and all internal and external contacts.
• To be able to demonstrate ownership for own actions and areas of responsibility
• To be able to demonstrate unity with all colleagues.
• To have a proven track record of delivery on objectives.
• To be able to work with and through ambiguity

Calderdale and Huddersfield Solutions (CHS) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.

Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/education history over the last three years and include valid email addresses for them. CHS will request electronic Factual Employment References from your previous employers. These references will be requested before you are issued with an unconditional offer of employment letter.

If applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred third-party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through NHS Jobs, and furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent to us via NHS Jobs. If you have a query relating to your application, please contact the recruitment team on ask.recruitment@cht.nhs.uk.

If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system. The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.

You may be required to undertake a DBS. The Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £42.90, Standard £22.90 or Basic £22.90) from your salary when you commence in post (including Internal staff). For Enhanced and Standard DBS checks you will also be required to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £13 cost per year. This is a condition of your employment.

CHS is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 472.4KB)
• Person Spec (PDF, 392.6KB)
• Briefing Pack - Head of Human Resources (PDF, 936.2KB)