Assistant HR Business Partner

Job Summary

Assistant HR Business Partner (band 6)

An opportunity has arisen for an Assistant HR Business Partner to join one of our busy HR Business Partner team. You will work alongside the HR Business Partner and the wider HR team in the provision of a high quality strategic and operational people management support service to ensure best practice people management.

The role will provide an excellent opportunity to develop and expand your skills and experience as an HR professional.

Main duties of the job

To support the Director of Workforce & OD, WTWA Clinical Groupin the provision of a high quality strategic and operational workforce support to ensure best practice people management within their areas of responsibility and across the wider workforce function.

To take responsibility for designated portfolios of work that support the delivery of the overall Workforce and OD agenda.

To deputise for the HR Business Partner as required.

To liaise with other Workforce colleagues to maintain effective communication links, ensuring that best practice is shared and developed and to facilitate cross-cover of Workforce services.

About Us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job Description

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

• An understanding of the national NHS agenda and the Human Resource contribution at both a strategic and operational level.
• Detailed understanding of Employment Law, current HR Practice and medical employment issues.
• An understanding of the principles of change management.
• High level of general education to degree level or equivalent.
• Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resources Management or equivalent relevant professional qualification.
• Demonstrate through CPD, employment law updates and various other training courses an up- to-date knowledge of HR practices and evidence to continuous personal and professional development in current role.
• Operational experience, gained across a range of HR specialties in a progressive HR function.
• Supervisory experience.
• Strong interpersonal skills and personal credibility, with the ability to quickly gain the confidence of and build relationships with others, including managers, clinicians and staff.
• Persuasion and influencing skills – ability to present ideas and proposals effectively.
• Analytical & Decision Making skills – ability to explore, evaluate and interpret information and options and make decisions and recommendations based on an analysis of options.
• Achievement focused – ability to set targets and get things done to achieve continuous improvement.

Desirable

• Knowledge of Medical Staffing employment issues
• Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
• Agenda for Change Job Evaluation training
• Workforce Planning expertise
• Experience of Trade Union consultation and negotiation.

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

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.