HR Business Partner

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a HR Business Partner to join our team at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

As a core member of the HR Team, you will be an integral part of the management team you support. You will bring a passion for customer-focused HR practice, utilising workforce analysis to provide proactive and professional people services. A highly experienced communicator, coach and influencer, you will build relationships across the organisation to challenge and support our corporate directorates to build the best teams, support their people and plan the workforce of the future whilst at the same time, demonstrating how HR can promote a just and learning culture through the positive contribution we make.

The successful HR Business Partner will have significant operational HR demonstrable experience, developing and implementing people plans and proven evidence of leading the people elements of key organisational change programmes and including supporting the development of workforce planning.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will ensure the provision of professional, customer-focused HR advice, coaching and solutions that support the business in the identification and management of workforce issues and change programmes.

The HR Business Partner will deliver a comprehensive, professional and high-quality HR service to their nominated division to support the delivery of the agreed business plan. They will integrate themselves in their areas of responsibility in order to fully understand the business and support the divisions in developing the culture of improving service quality and patient safety.

They will work with fellow HR&OD practitioners and their directorate management teams in order to develop a high-performing customer-focused workforce.

About us

GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.

We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.

We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.

We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

Benefits

• Competitive salary: £66,274 to £73,496 per annum
• Agenda for Change pay scheme
• Band 8a
• Permanent contract
• Full-time, part-time, flexible working, home or remote working options

Person Specification

Essential

• Degree-level education or equivalent qualifications in a relevant subject
• MCIPD or equivalent
• Evidence of ongoing personal and professional development
• Highly developed HR knowledge gained through theoretical learning and extensive HR generalist experience
• Senior HR professional with substantial experience of working at a senior level in a very large, complex, organisation in a highly unionised environment
• Demonstrable generalist HR experience demonstrating competence across the range of HR functions
• Experience of coaching and developing staff
• An understanding of NHS workforce strategy and NHS policy
• Experience of working with business performance metrics/data to guide and direct strategy
• Demonstrable track record of providing specialist HR advice to services and managers in a multi-disciplinary team environment
• Expert knowledge of key current issues in human resources and the ability to interpret and apply the knowledge to the Trust workforce strategy
• Ability to foster powerful and productive working relationships internally and externally
• Ability to work with unpredictable situations and under pressure and to tight deadlines with frequent interruptions
• Proven ability to effectively manage a range of situations that may evoke a strong emotional reaction
• Able to influence and negotiate and persuade regarding complex or sensitive issues
• Able to deliver messages effectively at all levels. Must be able to make an impact at all levels within the organisation to motivate and enthuse others of the need for change.
• Strong influencing and communication skills, using a range of techniques to best effect
• Current excellent knowledge of employment legislation, case law and good HR practice