Senior People Partner x2

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Purpose of the job

We have been transitioning to a newly implemented Trust operating model and on a journey of cultural transformation which will see our ambitions to create the best place to work delivered.

We have 2 Senior People Partner opportunities and are seeking applications from progressive-thinking, people-centred leaders, this role will be based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

This is a hybrid working role, with onsite work expected 2-3 times a week.

Reporting into the Associate Director of People for the hospital site and in conjunction with the Hospital Executive team, you will ensure we drive the short and longer-term people priorities to support the Trust's ambition as well as providing attention to local priorities, challenges and opportunities in an aim to create the best and safest place to work.

It is an exciting time to join us to help with truly supporting with scoping and shaping the people journey and workplace culture in enabling our teams in providing excellent patient care.

You will be fundamental to the developing of people strategies, address key people priorities with a person centred, solutions focussed approach. You will enable movement in employee experience and engagement, workforce planning and development, succession planning, attraction, recruitment and retention; workforce design and change; culture and inclusion and employee relations.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

You will work with people data to identify themes and trends and proactively make recommendations that lead and drive positive change along with the Associate Director of People. You will provide professional expertise to coach your team to minimise risk in employee relations matters.

There are few opportunities in the sector that offer such scale of opportunity to impact positively for our substantive workforce who rely on the People Directorate to deliver first class employee relations where fairness, equality and safety is prioritised- which in turn directly impacts on the communities we serve.

You will live and breathe our values of being kind, connected and bold, and be inclusive, fair and compassionate.

Previous NHS experience would be desirable but not essential.

If you believe we have detailed your next career move, you thrive on building relationships and driving positive change through people-focussed solutions and initiatives, and you share our passion - we'd welcome your application.

This is a hybrid role that combines remote working with on-site presence.

If you would like to discuss the role, then please contact Lily Anstey, Deputy Chief People Officer via email to arrange an appointment - lily.anstey@uhb.nhs.uk

How to apply:

To review the full job description and to apply, please click the link which will take you to the vacancy where you will be asked to complete an application form.

Interviews to be held in person at Queen Elizabeth Hospital week commencing 13th January 2025