Job summary
- Main area
- Administrative
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 388-8120864-CORP
- Employer
- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Regent house
- Town
- Torquay
- Salary
- £57,528 - £64,750 Per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/08/2026 23:59
Employer heading
HR Business Partner
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Job overview
This is an exceptional, exciting opportunity for an experienced HR professional to join our People and Education Directorate at a time of significant ambition, transformation and change. As a newly created HR Business Partner role, this position offers the rare chance to help define, shape and influence both the role itself and the support we provide across the organisation.
We are looking for an experienced, credible and commercially minded HR professional who thrives on variety, challenge and partnership working. This is not a role for someone seeking a narrow specialist remit or a predictable routine. No two days are the same. One day you could be supporting a complex employee relations case, the next leading a strategic workforce planning discussion with senior leaders, facilitating organisational change, supporting service redesign or developing OD solutions to improve workforce performance and experience.
Main duties of the job
This role sits within the People Experience portfolio in an evolving and forward-thinking Directorate where you'll have the opportunity to work across the full breadth of the people agenda, acting as a trusted adviser to operational and senior leaders. You'll influence decision-making, challenge thinking, drive improvement and help shape workforce strategies that directly impact patient care and organisational success.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys operating at a strategic level and who is energised by working in a fast-paced environment where priorities can change quickly. You'll need to be comfortable navigating complexity, building strong relationships and turning workforce challenges into practical solutions.
Working for our organisation
Why Work With Us?
What we're looking for:
We're seeking an accomplished HR professional with substantial experience in:
- Complex employee relations and workforce case management
- Strategic workforce planning and workforce transformation
- Organisational change and service redesign
- Leadership coaching and influencing senior stakeholders
- Talent, succession and organisational development
- Workforce performance, productivity and improvement initiatives
- Developing pragmatic, evidence-based workforce solutions
You will bring strong business partnering skills, excellent judgement, resilience and credibility together with a proven ability to influence at senior levels and deliver results in a complex environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
What makes this role different?
- A newly created position with genuine scope to shape the role and its future direction
- A broad and varied portfolio spanning the full people agenda
- The opportunity to play a key role in transformation and organisational change
- Significant exposure to senior leaders and strategic decision-making
- A chance to make a visible impact across the organisation
- An environment where innovation, improvement and fresh thinking are encouraged
If you're an experienced HR professional looking for your next challenge and want to be part of an ambitious People and Education Directorate that is redefining how HR support is delivered, we'd love to hear from you.
- Advert closing – 9th August
- Shortlisting – W/C 17th August
- Interviews planned for 24th August
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- CIPD Level 7 or equivalent experience.
Desirable criteria
- Coaching qualification; project management training.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience leading complex employee relations casework, including setting case strategy, advising on informal and formal routes, and supporting/attending hearings and appeals (e.g., disciplinary, grievance, capability, sickness absence/attendance and dignity at work).
- Proven experience of organisational change and workforce planning, including consultation and restructure processes, establishment control, skill mix reviews, recruitment and retention planning, and aligning workforce plans to service, quality and financial priorities.
- Experience of supervising, coaching and line managing staff, with the ability to lead and develop HR/ER and OD practitioners to deliver consistent, high-quality services.
Desirable criteria
- Experience in the NHS or public sector.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to triangulate workforce and ER data (e.g., ESR, e-rostering, safe staffing, recruitment/retention and absence) to produce insight-led options and recommendations.
- Skilled in facilitation and OD consulting approaches, able to design and deliver team interventions, engagement activity and culture change work with measurable outcomes.
- Ability to manage high-risk and complex employee relations situations, including confident advice to senior leaders, effective case planning and constructive negotiation with staff-side.
Desirable criteria
- Experience using ESR, e rostering or workforce analytics tools.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tess Wells
- Job title
- Head of HRBP and People Experience
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01803 654120
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