Senior HR Business Partner

4 weeks ago


Chester, Cheshire, United Kingdom NHS Full time
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

We are seeking a dynamic HR Business Partner to join our HR team to cover a period of maternity leave. As one of the HR Business Partners, you will have a key role in the senior HR team in supporting our service areas in delivery of both the Trust's objectives and People Strategy and the national NHS Workforce Plan.

As the HR Business Partner for our Planned Care Division, it will be necessary to understand the business strategy of the service area for which you are responsible and to contribute to the workforce strategy for that area, whilst ensuring its compatibility with Trust-wide workforce plans.

Main duties of the job

You will develop effective working relationships with key stakeholders and provide senior HR expertise on the full range of HR issues including employee relations, recruitment and retention, attendance, change management, workforce planning, talent management, terms and conditions of employment and policies and procedures.

You will also provide effective leadership for your HR sub-team, with a focus on empowerment and engagement and should have previous line management experience. You must have substantial HR expertise at a senior level within a large, complex organisation in a highly unionised environment. You will have the ability to establish immediate credibility at all levels and have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, as well as creativity of approach to HR solutions.

  • Evidence of commitment to Continuing Professional Development
  • Agenda for Change Job Evaluator
Knowledge and Experience
  • Working and detailed knowledge of employment legislation, equal opportunities and best practice, including managing complex cases and exposure to solving employee relations issues.
  • Experience of taking the lead on projects, writing reports and implementing recommendations from these.
  • Experience of working with, and influencing, senior managers
  • Experience of providing strategic and operational support to managers and staff within a large business area/service or several small business areas/services
  • Knowledge of Agenda for Change job evaluation
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.



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