Assistant Strategic People & OD Business Partner

Job overview

We are seeking a dynamic and proactive individual to join our People Team, supporting the Specialist & Acute Care System.

Working closely with the Strategic People & OD Business Partner, you will play a key role in providing strategic workforce and organisational development support across a diverse portfolio of services. This is an exciting opportunity to influence workforce transformation, support leaders to drive positive change, and help create an inclusive and high-performing culture.

The role will focus on delivering workforce improvements across the system, supporting leaders to address complex people challenges, and driving initiatives that enhance staff experience and organisational effectiveness. You will work collaboratively with operational and clinical leaders on a range of workforce priorities including equality, diversity and inclusion, leadership development, workforce planning and resourcing solutions in areas experiencing recruitment and retention challenges.

Alongside your system-focused responsibilities, you will contribute to key People Services projects across the Trust, helping to shape and deliver innovative workforce solutions that support our strategic objectives.

Main duties of the job

The Assistant People & OD Business Partner will support the Strategic People & OD Business Partner to provide a strategic organisation development (OD) and workforce focus and direction for the Trust System.

The post holder will support on all aspects of workforce planning and resource availability, leadership development, engagement and people management practices for the Trust System.The post holder will support with the development and implementation of initiatives which directly support the delivery of the Trust Strategy and add value to the overall performance of the Trust. They will develop excellent working relationships with senior and multiprofessional colleagues using highly credible and knowledgeable expertise in the application of people management and OD.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Principal job duties or main tasks:

• Support the Strategic People & OD Business Partner to develop a proactive and professional business partnering service, working closely with senior management and leadership teams.
• Support the Strategic People & OD Business Partner with the embedding of workforce planning and good people management practices within the team and across the organisation, which could include actions to increase engagement with the workforce, the facilitation of workforce redesign and new ways of working, management of organisational change people related issues, performance management and monitoring of workforce targets and developing managerial and team capabilities.
• Support the implementation of OD and workforce improvement initiatives.
• Support the People Services Team with the implementation of activity which directly supports the delivery of the People & OD strategy and adds value to the overall performance of the Trust System.
• Operate in and fully contribute to a continuous improvement environment which measurably delivers high quality, professional people practice.
• Provide effective, timely guidance and advice to managers and leaders on employment terms and conditions, policies and procedures and employment law matters, ensuring a consistent approach Trust wide.
• Supporting the implementation of all People & OD policies and practices.

Further tasks are included within People Services, workforce modernisation, transformation and organisational change, policy, terms and conditions and risk management, workforce development, performance and strategies and planning.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.