HR Advisor - Band 5
Job summary
At Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG), our people are at the heart of everything we do. As a HR Advisor, you'll be much more than an HR practitioner. You'll be a trusted advisor, coach and problem solver, helping leaders create positive workplace experiences that ultimately support the delivery of excellent patient care.
This is an exciting development opportunity for someone looking to build a career in HR. You'll gain exposure to a wide range of complex employee relations matters, organisational change programmes, workforce planning initiatives, wellbeing projects, and people transformation work.
Working alongside experienced HR Business Partners and HR Managers, you'll develop the confidence, skills and expertise needed to become a highly effective HR professional. If you're passionate about people, enjoy influencing decisions, thrive in a fast-paced environment and want to make a genuine difference to staff and services across Lincolnshire, we'd love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
You'll provide professional HR advice and support across a range of workforce matters including employee relations, attendance management, organisational change and workforce planning. Working in partnership with managers, staff and Trade Union representatives, you'll help deliver people-focused solutions that support staff wellbeing, organisational performance and excellent patient care.
Having recently launched our Work Well Plan, our aim is to support, develop and keep brilliant people. From someone's first day with us, right through their career, we want people to have the support, opportunities and working environment they need to feel well, grow and thrive.
As part of our HR team, you'll help deliver the Work Well Plan by supporting managers and staff to build healthy, inclusive and high-performing workplaces where everyone can flourish.
About us
Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service. United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service. Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.
This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations. The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).
Job responsibilities
As a HR Advisor, you will provide a professional, responsive and solutions-focused HR service to managers and staff across the organisation. Key responsibilities include: Advising managers on employee relations matters including attendance management, disciplinary cases, grievances, performance concerns, bullying and harassment. Supporting the delivery of the Trust's People Plan and wider organisational objectives.
Coaching managers to develop confidence and capability in people management. Interpreting employment legislation, HR policies and NHS terms and conditions to provide consistent advice. Working collaboratively with Trade Union representatives and key stakeholders to promote positive employment relations and a Just Culture approach. Assisting in the delivery of HR training, workshops and development activities.
Participating in job evaluation and matching panels. Contributing to policy reviews and the development of people practices across the Group. Supporting colleagues with complex casework and strategic workforce initiatives.
Person Specification
Experience · Essential
Previous experience of working within an HR function including advising on employee relations, terms and conditions and recruitment issues Experience of advising managers and employees across a diverse range of HR issues Experience of Employee Relations Issues Evidence of manipulating, analysing workforce data to identify workforce trends and develop action plans to support business units Experience of working to deadlines and in a busy and demanding office environment
Qualifications · Essential
Degree in HR related field, or equivalent experience. CIPD Level 5 or equivalent experience Evidence of continuing personal and professional development
Desirable
Coaching qualification
Skills · Essential
Ability to deliver messages effectively at all levels. Ability to make an impact within the organisation to motivate and enthuse others of the need for change A high degree of customer service focus understanding the wider trust context Ability to demonstrate pragmatic decision-making when evaluating workforce data and trends and/or advising of HR matters Good working knowledge of Microsoft office, in particular MS Word and Excel, with accurate keyboard skills
Knowledge · Essential
Broad and comprehensive generalist HR knowledge base. Knowledge of current employment legislation Sound knowledge of HR policies, systems and processes
Desirable
Understanding of NHS Terms and Conditions of Employment Special Attributes
Essential
Ability to motivate others to achieve and act as a role model and champion for modern People practices Ability to travel to attend meetings Demonstrates accountability and ownership of work duties and activities and carries them out with accuracy, integrity and customer focus Ability to manage office duties and conflicting pressures to ensure workloads are effectively managed and a personal dedication to deliver timely standards Ability to work autonomously and self-direct
Personal Qualities · Essential
Role models Group values.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) . From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
