HR Advisor

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) brings together staff and services from the former Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. Together, we’ve a wealth of skills and resources to share and tap into and, a wide range of career paths for you to develop and explore. If you want to join a team of around 20,000 NHS experts in delivering high-quality, local care across Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale and beyond
- **come and take your place with us.**

**Job overview**:
**Are you a proactive, determined HR professional looking to be part of an innovative and outcome driven team?**

Working within the Oldham Care Organisation, sitting within the Northern Care Alliance, this role provides the opportunity to work closely with the services within the organisation. The HR Advisor will work to provide a high quality, comprehensive and effective generalist operational Human Resources service to a division within a Care Organisation. They will also support the HR Business Partner in the delivery of HR and Care Organisation objectives.

**What we’re looking for**

We're looking for a HR professional to join our team as a HR Advisor. The role is advertised as a part time opportunity and we would be open to discussing alternative ways of working including flexible working arrangements.

This would be an ideal opportunity for an individual to step up into the role of HR Advisor. The post holder would have the support of a HR Business Partner, the HR Advisor team, the 0-19 Children's Services team and the wider HR Team.

**Main duties of the job**:
As a key member of the HR team, the post holder will provide professional advice and support to managers and staff on employment issues.

To provide a high quality, comprehensive and effective generalist operational Human Resources service to a division within a Care organisation. To support the HR Business Partner in the delivery of HR and Care Organisation objectives. As a key member of the HR team, the post holder will provide professional advice and support to managers and staff on employment issues.

**Working for our organisation**:
The Northern Care Alliance (NCA) is one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. Launched in April 2017, the NCA serves over one million people across Greater Manchester and employs over 19,000 healthcare professionals across Bury, Rochdale, Salford and Oldham. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. At the NCA, we can offer groupwide, flexible multi-site opportunities, as part of our connected, integrated and engaged team. We believe in saving and improving lives and are passionate about driving forward significant improvements to the provision of safe, high-quality integrated health and social care to our local community. If you share our vision, take your place with us.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**Person specification**:
**Skills**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Ability to build positive relationships with managers, colleagues, trade unions etc
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively all levels of staff/management.
- Ability to plan, organise and work to tight deadlines
- Excellent team player and ability to work autonomously
- Ability to generate reports and draft policies
- Adaptable and flexible
- Manage a varied workload and prioritise accordingly

**Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Associate member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD)

**Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Substantial HR experience at an Advisory level
- Experience working within the NHS or NHS setting
- Experience in managing complex employee relations cases

**Desirable criteria**:

- Experience of working in a large complex unionised organisation
- Knowledge and experience of using ESR
- Substantial generalist HR experience within the NHS

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