Interim Head of Business Partnering and Employee Relations

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

**Please refer to job description, person specification and trust values, for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.**

Person specification

Education/Qualification

Essential criteria

• Masters (level 7) in Human Resource Management HRM or Human Resource Development HRD or equivalent qualification or experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development in key areas of responsibility
• MCIPD or equivalent senior HR experience

Desirable criteria

• FCIPD

Experience

Essential criteria

• A solid track record of working in the areas of responsibility across a broad range of HR functions across a large complex organisation
• Experience in developing and embedding HRBP model and services, improvements in Employee Relations across a large organisation aligned to business priorities and professional groups
• A solid track record in the design and delivery of programmes that are aligned to the people priorities and business context, demonstrating ROI
• Considerable experience leading expert teams, motivating and developing the team, including setting out clear priorities, objectives, mentoring and coaching to maximise potential
• Experience of working in rapidly changing environment with multiple senior stakeholders and building trust, securing their engagement, resulting in sustainable change
• Experience of writing reports for board level audiences, presenting complex information in an inspiring and engaging way

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in a large operational organisation or healthcare setting

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria

• High degree of judgement and independent thinking
• A strategic thinker who can translate customer requirements, taking best practice and designing pragmatic yet creative solutions to meet the people agenda
• Knowledge and understanding of legislation, best practice and issues driving change in the functional areas of responsibility and where working across teams is required
• Experience of communicating and marketing across networks, systems and professions to engage
• Excellent communicator both verbal and written, comfortable and experienced in reporting and submitting papers on activity to committees and senior stakeholders
• Ability to manage within financial constraints and delivery to deadlines and KPI's • Ability to manage large scale projects, programmes and initiatives to deadlines and KPI's

Key Attributes

Essential criteria

• A strong commitment to the delivery of the People Strategy
• Ability to build trust quickly and with a great degree of flexibility, adaptability and initiative
• Maintain a professional approach with a strong sense of quality and can lead by example
• Ability to build lasting relationships with stakeholders and senior leaders across multiple boundaries and partnerships
• Self-aware, self-motivated, proactive with a learning mind-set to ensure solutions and programmes remain best practice
• Credible opinion former with strong influencing skills at all levels
• Professional courage and able to challenge difficult topics, take decisions and manage risks

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.

At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.

We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:

Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)

Race Equality Network

Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.

Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.

The CLCH Equal opportunities statement is on our Website Equal opportunities :: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (clch.nhs.uk)

"We work Flexibly"

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Documents to download

• Job Description & Person Specification (PDF, 640.3KB)
• CLCH Trust Values (PDF, 720.3KB)