Senior Human Resources 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

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced HR advisor within our divisional People and Organisational Development team.

The Senior HR Advisor role will work closely with ER specialist, Associate HR Business partner and People Business Partner to support the delivery of a professional HR service to their areas. This role is for the Divisional cluster of Medicine and Integrated Care, including Finance and Communications. A key function of the role is to advise managers on employee relations matters, with a focus on developing the skill and capacity of managers to empower them to manage people issues effectively and independently.

As outlined in the person specification, you will need to:

• Have proven employee relations experience and an understanding of employment law.
• Have excellent oral and written communication skills with ability to work with all levels of staff, providing comprehensive advice to develop and empower managers.
• Be able to demonstrate how you have used analytical skills to highlight issues and areas of concern to improve performance.

The Senior HR Adviser provides advice and support to line managers on a range of human resource management issues including, but not limited to, individual employee relations issues such as discipline, grievance management for resolutions, poor performance and attendance and workplace dispute management, as well as change 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, development and implementation of workforce policies, procedures, tools, training and quality improvement systems.

Your office will be mainly based at St Mary's Hospital which is situated in the heart of Paddington, West London. This role will have a mix of working at the office and from home, with some working across our other hospital sites, as required.

We are very happy to discuss other flexible working options.

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. Please talk to us at interview.

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/ Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Graduate or person with significant relevant experience
• CIPD level 7 (or equivalent qualification)

Experience

Essential criteria

• Proven employee relations experience, and experience of dealing with complex and challenging cases
• Development and delivery of HR related training

Skills / Abilities / Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Analytical skills to highlight issues and areas of concern
• Developed knowledge across a wide range of workforce procedures and practices
• Up to date knowledge of employment law and demonstrable experience of interpreting and applying terms and conditions of an organisation
• Computer awareness and knowledge of HR systems as well as being familiar with Word

Desirable criteria

• Experience of advising on TUPE cases

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, 462.3KB)
• Functional Requirement Form (PDF, 272.6KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)