Job Specifications
Venesky-Brown's client, a public sector organisation in Truro, is currently looking to recruit an People and OD Partner for a 6 month fixed term contract on a salary of PS48,526-PS54,619.
Responsibilities:
- In conjunction with the People & OD senior team, implement the People and OD Strategy in support of their business objectives.
- Provide assurance to the People & OD Service Manager of the development, implementation and delivery of the People and OD strategy through reporting on the progress in the achievement of the Key Performance Indicators set, and the achievement of individual mutually agreed objectives.
- Provide effective strategic support and advice to care groups to shape change management and business transformation initiatives in line with policy.
- Play an active role in the annual business planning cycle, ensuring that a System wide, integrated approach is taken to workforce planning including wider workforce projects.
- Understand the key drivers and challenges to help plan and provide assurance that local workforce plans are viable and are supporting the corporate workforce plan.
- Jointly monitor progress in the implementation of local workforce plans across the client groups to ensure the attainment of targets.
- Support the clients in planning their local learning and development needs, as part of the annual business planning cycle.
- Ensure that recruitment and retention hotspots are identified at an early stage, and take a pro-active, planned approach to ensure their resolution.
- Act as the gateway or facilitator for core People and OD services to ensure the appropriate HR strategy, support, and HR requirements are delivered and the required agreed outcomes delivered.
- Manage all Employee Relations (ER) activity to ensure that our appropriate policies and procedures are adhered to and that we deliver ER interventions within the agreed timeframes.
- Act as the subject matter expert for all ER related matters within the care group and take leadership responsibility.
- Refer all ER issues that fall outside of the People Partner team capability to the People and OD Service Manager and report any failures to achieve agreed timeframes on cases.
- Manage all ACAS and Employment Tribunal related issues arising.
- Personally, support the investigation and resolution of very complex employee relations cases, including matters regarding medical staff performance, conduct or attendance and employment tribunals.
- Promote the use of informal resolution of people management issues within the client groups, in line with Policy to ensure that the number of formal cases is kept to a minimum.
- Undertake mediation (if qualified) where working relationships have broken down in order to achieve successful team working between relevant parties, at all levels within the organisation.
- To contribute to the development and implementation of a framework of employment policies in line with best practice and in compliance with current employment legislation, terms and conditions of service and regulatory body requirements as appropriate, ensuring accurate and timely consultation and communication. This will include the related joint discussions to seek agreement on the adoption and implementation with trade union representatives.
- To ensure policies, procedures and guidance support cost reduction, increased efficiency and enable patient focused and efficient service delivery.
- Support management of service reviews, jointly planning change and undertaking consultation with colleagues and their representatives.
- Work with the Head of People Experience and their team to promote and facilitate staff survey and staff engagement including interpretation of data, links to strategies and plans and proactively support the implementation of any resulting action plans. Share with any positive changes that getting the feedback from the staff survey has provided, therefore potentially improving completion rates for the following year.
- Support the delivery of National and local HR performance standards and provide evidence including to external bodies.
- Produce formal reports, undertaking analysis, evaluation of data and present findings to executives and senior management as required.
- Assess and recommend potential courses (making clear any associated risks) of action on highly complex, specialist HR issues in sometimes pressurised circumstances. These may have conflicting priorities with no existing precedent and will require the post holder to balance risk versus cost to the organisation.
- On occasion take formal minutes of externally commissioned investigations at the highest level including highly sensitive information.
- To contribute to the provision of a high quality operational human resource service at a consistent standard, meeting agreed key performance indicators and service level standards and benchmarking against best practice.
- Support the mainstreaming of Equality, D
About the Company
Venesky Brown has established itself as a prominent resourcing solutions provider since 2005, with a growing presence in various sectors including Infrastructure, Energy and Public Sector throughout the United Kingdom.
Our diverse client portfolio enables us to deliver projects within multiple industries such as Local and Central Government, Further Education, Higher Education, Renewable Energy, Oil and Gas, as well as Major Road/Rail Infrastructure, spanning across the UK.
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