Associate HR Business Partner – Band 6

 Location: Norwich 

Job Type: Fixed Term  

Duration of booking: 9 months

Proposed start date: 01/11/2025

Pay Rates: £31,049, £33,487, £37,796 dependant on experience 

Hours / Working Days: 37.5 hours per week / Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm 

Sector: Healthcare 

Based: Office / Hospital 

Post summary:

The Associate HR People Partner (HBPP) will report to the HR People Partner and be embedded in either a Trust business unit, operational locality or specialist service area to provide specialist support advice and guidance to the local management team. The Associate HRPP will act as an interface between the operational management teams and the centralised transactional services, ensuring effective communication in relation to the establishment position

Key Result Areas:

• Maintain an up to date knowledge of current employment legislation and best practice, ensuring that these are reflected in Trust working practices and operations.
   
   
• Promote good employee relations, advising managers on good practice, ensuring that appropriate HR policies and procedures are implemented across the designated area of responsibility.  
   
   
• Maintain accurate, up to date and accessible records of employee issues, which enable other colleagues and HR Management to track progress of cases and deal with queries in the absence of the post holder and to enable centralised reporting.
   
   
• Maintain an effective working relationship with recognised Trade Union and staff representatives. 

• Work with individual managers to assist them with the planning and implementation of change management, service development programmes, and new ways of working. Ensure that this is within Trust policy and in accordance with all statutory obligations.

• Support individual managers in achieving continuous improvement. Make proposals for the development of strategies, policies, procedures and processes which facilitate this.  

• Assist managers to plan, develop and implement performance management frameworks including use of the Trust’s Appraisal process.

• Provide coaching and training sessions to your management teams, investigating offers, both in classroom and through more informal one to one and on the job learning.

• In liaison with training and OD colleagues assist in identifying the HR-related training needs of managers and staff.  Develop miscellaneous courses/sessions to meet these needs.

• Deal with queries and advise managers and staff on terms and conditions of employment, in particular the NHS’s Agenda for Change pay and conditions. 

• Prepare and provide management information reports, returns and feedback as required, developing appropriate databases to support this work.

• Take part in recruitment and selection interview panels as required in support of your designated area management teams

• Advise the HR Management teams of any shortfalls or problems in delivering the HR service and advise on corrective action

• Promote Equality & Diversity and a non-discriminatory culture.

• Identify and take action when other people’s behaviour undermines Equality and Diversity

Skill and Experience 

• Good presentation skills
• Computer literate with good word processing skills and able to use databases and spreadsheets 
• Specialist HR procedural and policy knowledge across all areas of HR 
• Analytical and problem-solving skills 
• Able to plan and prioritise work to meet deadlines 
• Able to communicate effectively with clarity and precision, both orally and in writing 
• Ability to negotiate with Trade Union representatives, managers, and colleagues 
• Knowledge of emergency and urgent care and current issues facing the NHS

Experience

• Significant in-depth experience in general HR management or equivalent
• Level 5 CIPD minimum 
• Provision of advice to managers
• Participation in recruitment and selection 
• Designing and implementing HR training modules and delivering training 
• Experience of change management and carrying out job evaluations
• Experience within an NHS HR function