Associate HR Business Partner

Job overview

The Associate HR Business Partner will deliver a high-quality HR advisory service, working closely with the HR Business Partner to support Hosted Services in achieving exceptional performance, engagement, and productivity aligned with key workforce and organisational priorities.

As the primary point of contact for Hosted Services, the post holder will adopt a solution-focused approach, proactively generating and monitoring HR processes and workforce metrics to ensure successful outcomes. In collaboration with the HR Business Partner, they will address and resolve HR issues promptly and accurately.

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 6th January 2026

Main duties of the job

This role offers a genuine opportunity to gain exposure to a broad generalist remit, providing the right candidate with significant scope for learning, development, and career progression. The ideal candidate must be comfortable taking a hands-on approach across all areas, from administrative tasks to strategic development.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• In line with the Business Partner model, act as a key point of contact for the Hosted Services, providing a high quality, customer focused professional HR service on a range of workforce issues, ensuring that best practice is applied and equal opportunities principles are adhered too.
• In partnership with the HR Business Partner, develop robust workforce plans to cover the short, medium, and long-term needs of the division and the Organisations Workforce Agenda.
• Identify ways to improve the capability and productivity of the Hosted Services;  generate, analyse and interpret workforce metrics (from both internal and external workforce related data sources) to identify trends, and inform the development and improvement of workforce policies and processes, management development activities and employee engagement. Ensure the impacts of these initiatives are measurable and evidenced using insight and experience to recommend solutions.
• Assist the Human Resources Business Partner in providing a range of support and advice on issues such as service and contract planning, skill mix and workforce planning, budget setting, and proposals for organisational change, ensuring these are sound in in line with good practice and policy.
• Work in partnership with managers to ensure they utilise workforce data to inform their management decision-making, and improve the organisations performance in relation to key HR performance indicators.
• Prepare workforce reports and narrative to be presented at Divisional and Trust Wide meetings.
• Provide advice on all aspects of recruitment and retention, ensuring that appropriate standards of quality are maintained and assist managers in ensuring induction of new recruits is carried out appropriately, effectively and in accordance with Trust requirements.
• Where required, lead on the development, review and implementation of HR policies and procedures, taking into account legislation, good practice and NHS guidance, working in partnership with the Staff Side.
• Support the local implementation of the Trust’s health and well-being agenda.
• Support with the development of local action plans to address staff survey results and Staff Family and Friends test results.
• Participate in training initiatives designed to raise managers’ awareness and competency in HR related issues within the organisation; this includes developing, designing and delivering the training programmes with the aim of increasing competence and confidence in making balanced decisions relating to a range of people-management issues