Job summary
- Main area
- Human Resources
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 423-7290196
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Steeton, Keighley
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
HR Business Partner (Band 8a)
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Please read the attached AI statement prior to submitting any application
Job overview
The People Partnering team at Airedale are looking to recruit an experienced HR Business Partner to join our innovative and forward thinking team. We have a strong team ethos and work together effectively to ensure our people come first in everything we do. We are looking for someone who is highly motivated to work in a fast paced and exciting environment supporting a diverse portfolio. The role will work across the Trust, primarily supporting Corporate Services.
Although a core member of the People and OD Team, you will be an integral part of the management teams you support. As a HR People Partner you will lead on all aspects of the people agenda for the Directorate including strategic workforce planning, modernisation, engagement and performance of the workforce.
You will be educated to masters level, CIPD qualified, possess good judgement, sound decision making and the ability to influence. You will need to have a high degree of attention to detail and the ability to manage and interpret data accurately. You must also have exceptional organisational skills and the skill to manage multifaceted change initiatives.
Main duties of the job
The successful HR People Partner will ensure that we provide the best HR service through the development of strong people practices, robust policies and procedures and ensuring a culture which is in line with our values and behaviours.
With demonstrable experience in a senior HR position and a strong technical knowledge, you will be a compassionate leader and a good listener, someone who truly values collaborative working and
engagement.
A key component of the role is the development of excellent working relationships with senior managers and multi-professional staff, built on credibility and excellent technical knowledge and an expert in strategic HR management and positive transformation.
Working for our organisation
We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:
- Cycle to Work
- Travel Scheme
- Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
- Onsite Nursery
- Buying and Selling Annual Leave
- Car Leasing
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Health and Wellbeing
- Extensive Reward Scheme
- Counselling Service
- Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
- Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.
Our values:
We understand that it’s down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience – we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:
- Committed to Quality of Care
- Compassion
- Working together for patients
- Improving Lives
- Everyone Counts
- Respect and Dignity
Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information and full details of the role please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Specialist HR knowledge and experience, at Masters level or equivalent level of experience
- Chartered MCIPD or equivalent CIPD advanced diploma (Level 7) with commitment to upgrade within 12 weeks
- Evidence of on-going continuous professional development in HR and OD
Desirable criteria
- Employment law qualification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Expert knowledge of key current issues in human resources, across local, regional and national networks and the ability to apply this knowledge to the Trust’s people strategy
- A full understanding of the NHS workforce strategy and NHS people policy
- Extensive specialist knowledge and understanding of a full range of HR policies and best practice, employment law and their application
- An in depth knowledge of NHS Terms and Conditions of Employment and their application, including medical terms
- Knowledge of OD and learning and development approaches and practice
- Understanding of organisational change models and their application
- Knowledgeable about workforce planning methodologies
- High level knowledge and understanding of approaches to people engagement, health and well being initiatives
- Knowledge of NHS job evaluation processes
Desirable criteria
- An understanding of NHS funding streams and the wider healthcare economy
- Comprehensive knowledge of project and programme management in line with principles such as Prince 2
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant and varied experience in People and OD activity, working with managers to deliver high quality HR services with proven successful outputs
- Significant experience working in large/complex unionised organisations at senior level (NHS or equivalent)
- Experience of contributing to workforce planning, setting project vision, objectives, monitoring and reporting progress
- Experience of interpretation and production of complex reports to support delivery of people transformation programmes
- Significant experience of dealing with complex people management issues including disciplinary and grievance issues.
- Experience of employment tribunals.
- Significant experience of partnership working and trade union collaboration
- Experience in leading the people aspects of major change programmes and associated employee relations requirements, including TUPE
- Provision of leadership in relation to equality, diversity and inclusion issues
- Experience of leading and motivating teams
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in the NHS
- Experience of workforce analysis and benchmarking
- Experience in recruitment and selection techniques and of running senior level recruitment campaigns/exercises
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to quickly establish professional and credible working relationships with managers, employees and their representatives
- Must be able to make an impact at all levels within the organisation to motivate and enthuse others of the need for change
- Ability to handle highly sensitive and contentious information and issues. High level of communication and interpersonal skills required
- Analysis and judgment of highly complex situations and information and ability to provide sound advice based on a range of options
- Strategic Change management
- Highly developed negotiation skills and understanding of their application in sensitive and controversial discussions with staff, senior leaders and trade unions
- Strategic planning and delivery, including development of strategic HR plans which impact across an organisation
- Ability to develop, interpret and apply HR policies and procedures in a complex setting
- Ability to apply HR knowledge in new situations
- Ability to analyse and interpret business, financial and workforce data
Desirable criteria
- A skilled facilitator
- Trained mediator
- Strong coaching skills
- Formal NHS job evaluation skills
- Project management skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Helen Dixon
- Job title
- Lead HR Business Partner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535294869
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