Senior Workforce Business Partner

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team on a permanent basis.

As a Senior Workforce Business Partner, you will work strategically, with designated divisions, to understand their service strategies and business objectives and work collaboratively to identify develop business focused solutions.

You will be responsible for developing and supporting the delivery of divisional workforce and organisational development strategies as well as providing regular reports, analysis and recommendations for action against key performance indicators and transformational change objectives.

You will directly manage your "business unit" team, ensuring that they are fully supported and that their work delivers against both the divisional and people directorate objectives.

You will be required to support hearings, appeal panels and complex investigations as needed and undertake policy development.

You will form strong partnerships with your divisional teams, the HR/Workforce Business Partner Team, other teams across the Trust as well as Trade Union representatives to progress the people agenda.

With the development of the new hospital underway, this role will be pivotal in leading the workforce planning required to ensure the services, teams and roles are in place for a successful opening, and beyond.

Applicants must be available to attend a face to face interview on 13th March 2026.

Main duties of the job

• Strategic Business Partnering
• Workforce Planning
• Workforce Transformation
• Role Redesign
• Talent & succession planning
• Quality Improvement
• Transformation & Change
• Project Management
• Complex Employee Relations and Risk Management
• Delivery of Workforce KPIs

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a Senior Workforce Business Partner, you will work strategically, with designated divisions, to understand their service strategies and business objectives and work collaboratively to identify develop business focused solutions.

You will lead on the delivery of the Trust’s Workforce Strategic Plan at a divisional level and provide proactive, professional, expert advice to senior managers on a range of workforce and OD issues.

You will act as a senior member of the Trust’s People Directorate and represent the directorate at Divisional Boards, Divisional Performance Meetings and at other corporate meetings.  You will also take the lead on Trust-wide projects where appropriate.

As a SWBP,  you will be responsible for developing and supporting the delivery of divisional workforce and organisational development strategies as well as providing regular reports, analysis and recommendations for action against key performance indicators and transformational change objectives.  You will lead on workforce planning and talent and succession planning at a divisional level and advise on complex change management processes.

You will directly manage your "business unit" team, ensuring that they are fully supported and that their work delivers against both the divisional and people directorate objectives,. You will also provide assurance to the Associate Director of People that employee relations case work is being appropriately managed, highlighting risk and identifying actions to address.

You will be required to support hearings, appeal panels and complex investigations as needed and undertake policy development.

You will form strong partnerships with your divisional teams, the HR/Workforce Business Partner Team, other teams across the Trust as well as Trade Union representatives to progress the people agenda.

With the development of the new hospital underway, this role will be pivotal in leading the workforce planning required to ensure the services, teams and roles are in place for a successful opening, and beyond.