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Job summary

Main area
Human Resources
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
  • Home or remote working
32 hours per week (32 hours)
Job ref
338-7388686-25
Employer
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Trust Headquarters
Town
East Riding of Yorkshire
Salary
£55,690 - £62,682 Per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
27/08/2025 23:59
Interview date
08/09/2025

Employer heading

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust logo

Strategic HR Business Partner

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust are proud award winners of the HSJ Provider of the Year 2019

Job overview

Are you passionate about shaping the future of the NHS workforce? Do you thrive in a strategic, values-led environment where people come first?

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Strategic HR Business Partner to join our dynamic People & OD team. This is a pivotal role supporting the delivery of our workforce strategy, enabling transformational change, and driving excellence in patient care through people.

You’ll work closely with senior leaders, providing expert HR advice and leading Trust-wide workforce initiatives. This is your opportunity to make a real impact in a forward-thinking organisation committed to Caring, Learning and Growing.

Main duties of the job

  • Lead on strategic workforce planning aligned to divisional and corporate goals
  • Provide expert HR advice on complex change programmes, including TUPE and service redesign
  • Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, influencing workforce decisions
  • Deliver high-quality workforce data and insights to inform strategic planning
  • Champion inclusive, compassionate leadership and embed the “Being Humber” values
  • Collaborate across the Trust to support organisational development and transformation
  • Ensure workforce risks are identified and mitigated effectively
  • Support the development and implementation of HR policies and procedures

Working for our organisation

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promote equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you’ll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information with regards to this vacancy please see attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

 

 

Person specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Educated to Masters Level in HR Management or be able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge and experience in a range of areas e.g strategic HR, workforce planning, employment law, leadership, management, finance, employee relations, training and development and organisational development
  • Highly developed specialist knowledge across human resources and organisational/service development needs/priorities
  • Current excellent knowledge of employment legislation, case law and good HR practice
Desirable criteria
  • Management qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • HR professional with Significant post qualification experience in a complex organisation
  • Experience of managing complex projects
  • Experience of leading employee relations and workforce aspects of major change/re- structures
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working with a business partner model

Skills and Competencies

Essential criteria
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to influence and negotiate at local, regional and national level
  • Analytical skills and the ability to draw qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources and present in a clear and concise manner

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The Smallest ThingsTommy'sApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerPositive about disabled peopleHSJ Best places to workCare quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Step into healthArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Vickie Murray
Job title
Deputy Director of People & OD
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07718699617
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