Senior Workforce Business Partner - Transformation & Projects
Job Description
Job summary
This is a new role which will provide an exciting opportunity for an experienced HR Professional to join our team and support the delivery of our strategic Trust-wide workforce transformation projects.
With a new Digital Clinical System set to launch in 2025, this role will be a key enabler to ensure that the benefits of this project can be realised from a people perspective.
You will need to be an excellent communicator and have significant experience in managing change and transformation at an organisational level. As a member of the HR/Workforce Business Partner Team, you will also have the opportunity to maintain your HR Generalist Skills in areas such as employee relations, policy development, workforce business partnering & workforce planning.
MCHFT takes a supportive approach to flexible working and so please talk to us about how we can make 'flex' work for you.
Main duties of the job
- Transformation & Change Management
- Project Management
- Quality Improvement
- Strategic Business Partnering
- Workforce Planning
- Workforce Transformation
- Role Redesign
- Talent & succession planning
- Complex Employee Relations and Risk Management
- Delivery of Workforce KPIs
About us
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester (population 357K).
The Trust provides high quality planned and emergency care, cardiac, critical care, child health, maternity services and intermediate care at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford.
The Trust provides 500 beds and employs over 5,000 members of staff.
A wide range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools by Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, in collaboration with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT and the South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliance.
With the formation of Integrated Care Systems in July 2022, the Trust became a strategic partner in Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester 'places' and is part of the Cheshire and Merseyside partnership, caring for a population of over 2.7million.
During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its 'Be Safe Be EquiPPEd' campaign.Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been included in the Government's 'New Hospital Programme' to replace the current estate and enable the transformation of healthcare for our community.
At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.
Job responsibilities
The Senior Workforce Business Partner (Transformation & Projects) will work both operationally and strategically to support thedelivery of the Trusts strategic objectives. They will lead and deliver high level projects and change programmes and will provide proactive, professional guidance to senior managers on a range of workforce and OD issues. They will understand the service strategies and business objectives of the organisation and will work collaboratively with stakeholders to identify workforce issues and develop business focused solutions.
The post-holder will act as a senior member of the Trusts People Directorate and represent the directorate at a range of meetings, both internally and externally. .
They will be responsible for developing and supporting the delivery of organisational wide workforce and organisational development strategies as well as providing comprehensive reports, analysis and recommendations for action against key project deliverables and transformational change objectives.
Whilst the post-holder will not be assigned to a specific division, they will work organisationally wide to deliver essential Workforce Projects and will support the Workforce Business Partner Team as appropriate with hearings, appeal panels, complex investigations, Employment Tribunal Cases and policy development.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Educated to Degree level (or equivalent experience)
- Postgraduate diploma in HR Management
Desirable
- Quality / Continuous Improvement Experience
- Chartered membership of the CIPD
Experience
Essential
- Experience of operating in business partner model
- Experience (to masters degree level) of working as a senior HR/OD professional which has enabled individual to demonstrate essential skills, knowledge and competencies.
- NHS Experience
Skills
Essential
- Experience of influencing at a senior level
- Report writing at a senior level
- Management of Complex Employee Relations Cases
- Experience of delivering complex organisational change & transformation
- Partnership Working with Trade Unions
- Workforce Planning
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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Employer details
Employer name
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Infinity House
Mallard Way
Crewe
CW1 6ZQ
