HR Advisor

In this role, you are accountable for:

Providing an excellent and proactive HR advisory service to managers within the NHSBSA and Hosted Organisations. This will involve coaching and supporting managers to be confident in HR practice by offering effective HR advice and enabling them to manage employee relation issues. Advising on the practical application of HR policies and procedures, including recruitment and selection, discipline, grievance and absence management. In addition, the HR Advisor will support the Senior HR Advisor in continually reviewing HR policies, ensuring these are legally compliant and fit for business needs.

Working collaboratively with the Senior HR Advisor and Senior HR Business Partners, advise on highly complex employment matters which can include TUPE, disciplinary, grievance, performance management, sickness absence and organisational change. Applying HR knowledge to business challenges, building commercial acumen to proactively support leaders in the delivery of the BSA strategy and the people elements within this. Research, develop and update new and existing HR policies and procedures in line with best practice and relevant employment legislation, ensuring fit for business purposes.

Working with the Wider People Team, develop leader knowledge and capability through coaching and influencing to enable continual business improvement through key initiatives. Such initiatives include (but are not exhaustive) performance, talent management and succession planning, engagement and workforce planning. Continually developing your professional knowledge and skills by keeping up to date with external trends and best practice in the areas of expertise and HR more broadly.

This will include keeping up to date on highly complex employment legislation and NHS developments (including terms and conditions), providing advice and interpretation on the implications of such changes, and cascading this knowledge within the HR Advisory team. Design and deliver training to managers at all levels within the NHSBSA and host organisations on key HR topics to ensure knowledge and awareness are embedded, ensuring stakeholder sign off within the wider HR team.

Being an advocate of continual improvement within the HR advisory team, actively embracing changes and taking accountability for any ongoing issues that you identify. Develop and maintain effective and pro-active communication channels with colleagues, their representatives and managers to ensure they are all engaged in the achievement of aims and objectives, and that key messages are understood and acted upon.

Owning HR projects (or parts of projects) and continual work streams, taking full responsibility and accountability for delivery, with direction and support from HR leadership. To assist the Senior HR Advisor with the preparation of documentation in relation to internal and external reviews (e.g. audit and Employment Tribunals). To identify, collate and analyse people information as required to drive insight on HR matters and inform business directorate direction.

Support with ensuring our data with the Electronic Staff Record is accurate through regularly reviewing content with the Business Areas and supporting the cleanse of data as needed. In addition, ensure all relevant files and documentation are within GDPR compliance.

Work collaboratively with the wider HR team to achieve our strategic people aims and provide a best in class colleague experience. This includes building effective working relationships with the Shared Services team. Building active internal and external networks/relationships/partnerships within the NHS and wider organisations, to share working practices and build innovative ideas and enable the function to be more effective.

Building our employer brand by being an ambassador for the NHSBSA through networking, speaking at events and partner relationships. Being an active member of the wider HR team, continually supporting team development and challenging the status quo to ensure a consistent, value-adding HR provision to leaders and colleagues.