Assistant Human Resources Adviser

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the HR Business Partner team for an Assistant HR Adviser (Band 5).

The role is key in building people management capacity and capability across the Trust, through the provision of sound, risk based expert HR advice and coaching / support to line managers, in all aspects of employment, including terms and conditions of service and employee relations matters. The main focus of this role is supporting managers with effective sickness absence management and first level disciplinary issues.

The role requires a strong customer focus, excellent organisational skills, personal resilience attention to detail and a positive attitude.

You will be expected to deal with issues in a proactive and consistent manner, communicating professionally and appropriately with people at all levels of the organisation and build effective working relationships with the managers that you support.

If you are a motivated team player with the ability to successfully manage multiple priorities and would like to work as a key member of a busy and friendly team, then we would be eager to hear from you.

The hours for this post are 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm.

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics.

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career.

We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. Please ensure that you make your application as soon as possible.

All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required.

Please review all documents attached to this advert to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

It is essential that you have experience of actively supporting and advising managers on sickness absence cases.You will have proven recent generalist HR knowledge and experience, as well as up to date knowledge of employment law and be able to demonstrate excellent communication and analytical skills.