Senior HR Advisor
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Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year. We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced HR Advisor to join our HR team supporting a number of divisions and directorates across the Trust and working alongside a People Business Partner in the delivery of People Priorities and objectives.
This role provides support to managers and staff in our divisional areas offering advice regarding terms and conditions of employment and supporting a range of employee relations case work, including, disciplinary, grievance, performance management and sickness absence management.
You'll have good teamwork skills and have experience of a busy and diverse workload, prioritising effectively at all times.
Being flexible is a key aspect of this role alongside the proven ability to develop and maintain relationships across a wide range of staff groups, as well as ensuring a partnership working approach.
Main duties of the job
The Senior HR Adviser provides advice and support to line managers on a range of human resource management issues including, but not limited to, change management and individual employee relations issues such as discipline, grievance management, poor performance and attendance and workplace dispute management. A key function of the role is to develop the skill and capacity of managers to empower them to manage people issues effectively and independently. The Senior HR Adviser is a member of P&OD and plays a key role in supporting the review and development of workforce policies, procedures, tools, training and quality improvement systems.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
EDUCATION
Essential criteria
- Graduate or person with significant relevant experience
- CIPD level 7 (or equivalent qualification)
SKILLS / ABILITIES
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills
- Analytical skills to highlight issues and areas of concern
- Discretion and diplomacy when dealing with confidential or sensitive information
Desirable criteria
- Experience of advising on TUPE cases
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Proven employee relations experience, and experience of dealing with complex and challenging cases
- Development and delivery of HR related training
Desirable criteria
- Experience of a large, highly complex organisation
IMPORTANT:
We are conducting interviews virtually and face to face. If the interview is virtual we require candidates to have the camera on during the interview.
Please note it is an operational requirement to comply with infection prevention and control procedures within NWLP such as lateral flow testing, handwashing and the wearing of masks, according to the procedures in place at any time or location.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview about flexibility you may need.
Please ensure you check your emails regularly throughout the recruitment process.
Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).
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Documents to download
- Job description (PDF, 608.5KB)
- Functional Requirement Form (PDF, 272.6KB)
- Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)