HR Manager Job at Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Trust

HR Manager Job at Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Trust – We are looking for a HR Manager to join us for a period of up to 1 year, to provide operational management of the HR Advisory Service. The role also ensures the Trust is able to fulfil the employee relations / people management objectives. This will be achieved through formal line management, advising and coaching of team members and developing systems and processes that enable a high quality service provision. 

Management & leadership
• Line management to the HR advisory team including operational management duties 
Casework and maintaining attendance
• Oversight of all cases, including absence cases and ensure high quality advice provision and timely cases progression throughout. 
• Provide a proactive, professional and comprehensive response to employee relation / people management challenges though informal advice and guidance. 
• Provide support and leadership to formal casework through specialist advice 

Job Evaluation 
• Advise managers on job evaluation and give specialist advice on developing job descriptions within a service structure. Participate in job matching panels and consistency checking. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Post graduate Diploma (Level 7) qualification or equivalent in HR Management or equivalent experience.
• Evidence of a commitment to ongoing personal development.

Desirable criteria

• Master’s Degree (or equivalent) and possession of MCIPD level membership.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Broad experience in a HR Advisory role including supporting and advising on a wide range of employment issues e.g. disciplinary, grievance, sickness absence and bullying and harassment and broad range of complexity and sensitivity
• Experience of working independently at a senior level, advising on a wide range of highly complex employee relations matters without supervision
• Understanding of the key issues on the NHS HR agenda.
• Demonstrable ability to identify a range of options, associated risks and barriers in relation to a range of employee relations scenarios
• Understanding of human resource policy and practice issues

Desirable criteria

• Management of staff

Accepting applications until: 23-Nov-2025