Senior HR Advisor

An opportunity has arisen for a Senior HR Advisor to join our busy HR Team covering our Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire Divisions on a secondment basis. The role is home based with some requirement to travel to various sites across Nottinghamshire and occasionally other East Midlands locations as required. This will be once or twice per week on average, depending on the needs of the business.

The post holder will be at the forefront of providing a comprehensive and professional human resources service to the managers and employees of the Trust, therefore the ability to build good working relationships is pivotal. Through excellent communication, coaching and influencing skills you will support and advise management on a variety of HR issues at an operational level ensuring that decision making is consistent with current employment legislation and good employment practice.

The role requires strong organisational and leadership skills, with the ability to influence and drive change.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop your career within the HR environment.

You will be responsible for the development of key policies and procedures and the policy creation and review process. You will also complete and lead on project work that will ensure the effective use of human resources to achieve the Trusts service objectives in line with EMAS values. It is expected that the post holder will make a significant contribution across the wider HR agenda. You will also lead on complex Employment Relations matters that arise within division, with a focus on early resolution and Just Culture principles.

The main focus on the role is to work closely with the HR Business Partner and senior management teams for Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire, to support the delivery of strategic objectives for both divisions.

EMAS has five values which underpins everything we do; how we deliver our services and how we work with each other. Our values reflect our commitment to encouraging innovation, team and partnership working, and looking outwards as well as inwards.

By living these values and supporting others to do the same, we will help to make sure that EMAS is an organisation we can all be proud of.

**Respect**: Respect for our patients and each other

**Integrity**: Acting with integrity by doing the right thing for the right reasons

**Contribution**: Respecting and valuing everyone's contribution, and encouraging innovation

**Teamwork**: Working together, supporting each other, and collaborating with other organisations

**Compassion**: ensuring compassion is central to the care we provide and the way we treat each other

There are many qualities you will need to make a success of being a member of the EMAS team. Some you will learn as your career develops; others are personal skills:
A willingness to work as a member of a team

Good communication skills

Good levels of fitness and manual-handling skills (for some roles)

Excellent driving skills (for some roles)

Initiative

Decision-making skills

A calm manner even in the most challenging situations

A willingness to learn and further develop your skills

The post holder will be at the forefront of providing a comprehensive and professional human resources service to the managers and employees of the Trust, therefore the ability to build good working relationships is pivotal.

Through excellent communication, coaching and influencing skills you will support and advise management on a variety of HR issues at an operational level ensuring that decision making is consistent with current employment legislation and good employment practice.

You will be responsible for the development of key policies and procedures and the policy creation and review process. You will also complete project work that will ensure the effective use of human resources to achieve the Trusts service objectives in line with EMAS values. It is expected that the post holder will make a significant contribution across the wider HR agenda.

Please see attached further information in the job description.