Junior HR Business Partner

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The British Medical Association (BMA) is the registered trade union and professional body for doctors in the UK. We represent, support, and negotiate on behalf of all UK doctors and medical students. We are member-run and led, fighting for the best terms and conditions as well as lobbying and campaigning on the issues impacting the medical profession.

Join the BMA at a crucial time for doctors and the NHS and be part of a team working for better pay and conditions for the profession.

About the role:

We have an exciting opportunity for a Junior HR Business Partner to join us for a 3-month fixed term contract starting in September 2023. This role could be ideal for someone who is currently an HR Adviser looking to step up into their first business partnering role.

You will work as a Junior HRBP on all areas of HR and will be required to support organisational change and restructure processes, give advice on HR generalist issues including sickness absence, disciplinary, grievance, performance management and capability, etc. You will hold and manage a caseload of Employee Relations (ER) cases and collaborate and liaise as appropriate with key stakeholders to develop and maintain good and effective working relationships.

If you're looking for a new opportunity in HR, we would love to hear from you. This role has a hybrid working pattern with 1 day a week working in our central London office.

To be successful as a Junior HR Business Partner you'll have:

• Hold or working towards Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (MCIPD) Level 5 or equivalent experience.
• Experience of working in a blended HR advisory, or business partnering model dealing with a broad range of strategic, transactional, and operational HR issues within a professional membership organisation, public and/or charity sector organisation.
• Significant and relevant experience working in HR advising managers on a broad range of HR generalist issues including sickness absence, disciplinary, grievance, performance management and capability, organisational change, consultation, and restructure processes.
• Good working knowledge of HR policies, procedures, HR best practice and current employment legislation.
• Strong understanding of HRIS/payroll information systems.
• Good communication, verbal, written and organisational skills.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills, demonstrating an ability to build and develop productive working relations with key stakeholders, managers, leaders, colleagues, and trade union representatives.
• Ability to run, evaluate and present workforce management information reports for HR Metrics reporting.

Interviews will be held face-to-face and possibly by video conference. All details of this will be given to you if you are shortlisted for an interview.

If you need to make an application in a different format due to a disability or health condition, please let the recruitment team know.

Why work for us?

We offer a wide range of benefits including:

• 30 days holiday entitlement plus bank holidays and a BMA company day.
• Double matching pension contributions up to 12% of salary.
• Additional leave entitlement for volunteering or moving house (after completion of probationary period).
• BMA Law - discounted rates for employees requiring legal services such as will writing/conveyancing.
• Multiple flexible benefits and discounts through our employee benefits platform.
• Lots of Learning and Development/training opportunities via our internal learning hub.
• Season ticket loan (up to £10,000) after completion of probationary period.

Anonymous recruitment

The BMA endeavours to be an inclusive employer, ensuring fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for roles. To support our aims, we use specific software to remove all personal identifying information from CVs and applications. Personal information such as name, date of birth, age and gender are anonymised and will only become visible to hiring managers if you are selected for interview.