Job summary
- Main area
- HR
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 820-6978386-COR-B
- Employer
- Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Priestley Wharf 3
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Band 6 Senior HR Advisor
Band 6
Job overview
We are seeking a dynamic and proactive Senior HR Advisor to join our Adults and Specialist Rehabilitation HR Team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced HR professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is eager to expand their generalist HR expertise within a supportive and collaborative team.
As a Senior HR Advisor, you will play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality, specialist advice and support to managers and staff across the division. Your responsibilities will span all aspects of employee relations casework, sickness absence management, and organisational change. Reporting to the Assistant HR Business Partner, you will be instrumental in delivering a responsive, professional, and efficient employee relations service. The role involves cross-site working across Birmingham and regular travel to meetings throughout the day.
For further details / informal visits contact: Amanda Robertson.
Job title Assistant: Human Resource Business Partner
Email address; [email protected]
Telephone number; 07855 807735
If you have applied for this role in the last 6 months we would ask that you do not re-apply at this time.
Main duties of the job
CIPD qualified (or equivalent). Demonstrable generalist HR experience, ideally within a large, complex organisation. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships at all levels. Strong organisational and problem-solving abilities, with a flexible and adaptable approach. Willingness and ability to travel between sites across Birmingham as required. If you are an enthusiastic HR practitioner seeking a new challenge and the opportunity to make a real impact, we would love to hear from you.
Working for our organisation
Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
IMPORTANT
- Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process.
- Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Provide expert guidance and support on a wide range of employee relations issues, including absence management, investigations, and disciplinary procedures. Manage a diverse caseload of employment matters, ensuring timely and effective resolution. Support the implementation of organisational change programmes. Deliver training sessions to line managers, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to handle HR issues confidently. Respond to first-line HR queries from staff via the HR Enquiries inbox and phone system, on a rota basis. Advise managers across the Trust on the interpretation and application of employment policies and procedures.
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Person specification
Qualifications / training
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development qualified (graduate member) or working towards with an equivalent level of experience at an appropriate level
- Evidence of continued professional development
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate a business-focused approach to Human Resource matters
- Experience of delivering front line advice and guidance to operational managers, advising on employee relations issues, supporting on change management projects and investigations
- Delivering training and presentations
- Contributing to new Human Resource policies
Skills / Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good knowledge of the full range of Human Resource policies and management procedures, statutory legislation and upcoming legislative changes
- Basic knowledge of workforce development tools and techniques
- A highly organised approach with the ability to work under pressure and manage priorities and deadlines in a changing environment
- Understanding of and commitment to Equality and Diversity
- Knowledge of relevant NHS Policy and guidelines
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Amanda Robertson
- Job title
- Assistant Human Resource Business Partner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07855 807735
- Additional information
Nagina Bibi, HR Business Partner, on [email protected]
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