Deputy Human Resources Business Partner

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Deputy HR Business Partner to join our team supporting the Division of Medicine and Acute Care Division within the Trust. You will report to two HR Business Partners to deliver a high-quality HR service across the two Divisions. The key elements of the roles is to provide leadership and direction to the team, supporting complex cases, provide mentoring and leading proactive initiatives for the Divisions. As a key member of the Operational HR Team, you will support our clinical and operational managers in achieving their workforce objectives, offering expert advice and guidance on a range of HR topics including employee relations, performance management and change management. We support our employees to achieve a balance between work and other priorities such as caring responsibilities, family commitments, further learning and other interests.,

• To lead a team on the management of employee relations cases and generalist HR advice in an effective and consistent manner in line with Trust policies and procedures.
• To analyse HR data to identify trends and support your decision making, influencing and negotiating skills.
• Working closely with and supporting the HR Business Partners, the post holder will provide highly specialised advice, HR training and support to managers within their assigned portfolio to ensure the implementation of the Trust's HR objectives and deputise at meetings for the HR Business Partner.
• Provide HR advise to managers on a range of highly complex workforce issues including TUPE, organisational change, role redesign, policy and practice.
This is no doubt a challenging time for the NHS but as a team we are growing our capacity and shaping ourselves to meet this challenge and to ensure that we can support our workforce to continue to deliver excellent patient care, each and every time.

We provide care and support to over a million people in Wakefield and Kirklees in their homes, community settings and across our three hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury and Pinderfields (Wakefield). Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront of innovation and research, and we invest in teaching and the development of our workforce. We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectful and maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make Mid Yorkshire the best place to work and receive care. We value diversity and welcome talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances including providing unpaid carers support to someone with a health and care need. As ethnic minority groups, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and people with a disability/neurodivergence are currently under-represented across the organisation, we encourage applications from members of these groups. We have policies and procedures to ensure all applicants are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud of our staff networks - who offer valuable guidance and feedback from those with lived experience. We have a clear vision and you could be part of this! If you share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.