• Job Description

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  Job summary

  The People Partnering team at Airedale are looking to recruit an experienced HR Business Partner to join our innovative and forward thinking team. We have a strong team ethos and work together effectively to ensure our people come first in everything we do. We are looking for someone who is highly motivated to work in a fast paced and exciting environment supporting a diverse portfolio. The role will work across the Trust, primarily supporting Corporate Services.

  Although a core member of the People and OD Team, you will be an integral part of the managementteams you support. As a HR People Partner you will lead on all aspects of the people agenda for the Directorate including strategic workforce planning, modernisation, engagement and performance of the workforce.

  You will be educated to masters level, CIPD qualified, possess good judgement, sound decision making and the ability to influence. You will need to have a high degree of attention to detail and the ability to manage and interpret data accurately. You must also have exceptional organisational skills and the skill to manage multifaceted change initiatives.

  Main duties of the job

  The successful HR People Partner will ensure that we provide the best HR service through thedevelopment of strong people practices, robust policies and procedures and ensuring a culture which isin line with our values and behaviours.

  With demonstrable experience in a senior HR position and a strong technical knowledge, you will be acompassionate leader and a good listener, someone who truly values collaborative working andengagement.

  A key component of the role is the development of excellent working relationships with senior managers and multi-professional staff, built on credibility and excellent technical knowledge and an expert in strategic HR management and positive transformation.

  About us

  We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:

  • Cycle to Work
  • Travel Scheme
  • Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
  • Onsite Nursery
  • Buying and Selling Annual Leave
  • Car Leasing
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Employee Health and Wellbeing
  • Extensive Reward Scheme
  • Counselling Service
  • Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
  • Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.

  Our values:

  We understand that it's down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience - we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:

  • Committed to Quality of Care
  • Compassion
  • Working together for patients
  • Improving Lives
  • Everyone Counts
  • Respect and Dignity

  Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.

  Details

  Date posted

  09 July 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 8a

  Salary

  £53,755 to £60,504 a year pro rata per annum

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Part-time, Flexible working

  Reference number

  423-7290196

  Job locations

  Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

  Steeton, Keighley

  BD20 6TD

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  For further information and full details of the role please see the attached job description and person specification.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  For further information and full details of the role please see the attached job description and person specification.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Specialist HR knowledge and experience, at Masters level or equivalent level of experience
  • Chartered MCIPD or equivalent CIPD advanced diploma (Level 7) with commitment to upgrade within 12 weeks
  • Evidence of on-going continuous professional development in HR and OD

  Desirable

  • Employment law qualification

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Expert knowledge of key current issues in human resources, across local, regional and national networks and the ability to apply this knowledge to the Trust's people strategy
  • A full understanding of the NHS workforce strategy and NHS people policy
  • Extensive specialist knowledge and understanding of a full range of HR policies and best practice, employment law and their application
  • An in depth knowledge of NHS Terms and Conditions of Employment and their application, including medical terms
  • Knowledge of OD and learning and development approaches and practice
  • Understanding of organisational change models and their application
  • Knowledgeable about workforce planning methodologies
  • High level knowledge and understanding of approaches to people engagement, health and well being initiatives
  • Knowledge of NHS job evaluation processes

  Desirable

  • An understanding of NHS funding streams and the wider healthcare economy
  • Comprehensive knowledge of project and programme management in line with principles such as Prince 2

  Experience

  Essential

  • Significant and varied experience in People and OD activity, working with managers to deliver high quality HR services with proven successful outputs
  • Significant experience working in large/complex unionised organisations at senior level (NHS or equivalent)
  • Experience of contributing to workforce planning, setting project vision, objectives, monitoring and reporting progress
  • Experience of interpretation and production of complex reports to support delivery of people transformation programmes
  • Significant experience of dealing with complex people management issues including disciplinary and grievance issues.
  • Experience of employment tribunals.
  • Significant experience of partnership working and trade union collaboration
  • Experience in leading the people aspects of major change programmes and associated employee relations requirements, including TUPE
  • Provision of leadership in relation to equality, diversity and inclusion issues
  • Experience of leading and motivating teams

  Desirable

  • Experience of working in the NHS
  • Experience of workforce analysis and benchmarking
  • Experience in recruitment and selection techniques and of running senior level recruitment campaigns/exercises

  Skills

  Essential

  • Ability to quickly establish professional and credible working relationships with managers, employees and their representatives
  • Must be able to make an impact at all levels within the organisation to motivate and enthuse others of the need for change
  • Ability to handle highly sensitive and contentious information and issues. High level of communication and interpersonal skills required
  • Analysis and judgment of highly complex situations and information and ability to provide sound advice based on a range of options
  • Strategic Change management
  • Highly developed negotiation skills and understanding of their application in sensitive and controversial discussions with staff, senior leaders and trade unions
  • Strategic planning and delivery, including development of strategic HR plans which impact across an organisation
  • Ability to develop, interpret and apply HR policies and procedures in a complex setting
  • Ability to apply HR knowledge in new situations
  • Ability to analyse and interpret business, financial and workforce data

  Desirable

  • A skilled facilitator
  • Trained mediator
  • Strong coaching skills
  • Formal NHS job evaluation skills
  • Project management skills

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Specialist HR knowledge and experience, at Masters level or equivalent level of experience
  • Chartered MCIPD or equivalent CIPD advanced diploma (Level 7) with commitment to upgrade within 12 weeks
  • Evidence of on-going continuous professional development in HR and OD

  Desirable

  • Employment law qualification

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Expert knowledge of key current issues in human resources, across local, regional and national networks and the ability to apply this knowledge to the Trust's people strategy
  • A full understanding of the NHS workforce strategy and NHS people policy
  • Extensive specialist knowledge and understanding of a full range of HR policies and best practice, employment law and their application
  • An in depth knowledge of NHS Terms and Conditions of Employment and their application, including medical terms
  • Knowledge of OD and learning and development approaches and practice
  • Understanding of organisational change models and their application
  • Knowledgeable about workforce planning methodologies
  • High level knowledge and understanding of approaches to people engagement, health and well being initiatives
  • Knowledge of NHS job evaluation processes

  Desirable

  • An understanding of NHS funding streams and the wider healthcare economy
  • Comprehensive knowledge of project and programme management in line with principles such as Prince 2

  Experience

  Essential

  • Significant and varied experience in People and OD activity, working with managers to deliver high quality HR services with proven successful outputs
  • Significant experience working in large/complex unionised organisations at senior level (NHS or equivalent)
  • Experience of contributing to workforce planning, setting project vision, objectives, monitoring and reporting progress
  • Experience of interpretation and production of complex reports to support delivery of people transformation programmes
  • Significant experience of dealing with complex people management issues including disciplinary and grievance issues.
  • Experience of employment tribunals.
  • Significant experience of partnership working and trade union collaboration
  • Experience in leading the people aspects of major change programmes and associated employee relations requirements, including TUPE
  • Provision of leadership in relation to equality, diversity and inclusion issues
  • Experience of leading and motivating teams

  Desirable

  • Experience of working in the NHS
  • Experience of workforce analysis and benchmarking
  • Experience in recruitment and selection techniques and of running senior level recruitment campaigns/exercises

  Skills

  Essential

  • Ability to quickly establish professional and credible working relationships with managers, employees and their representatives
  • Must be able to make an impact at all levels within the organisation to motivate and enthuse others of the need for change
  • Ability to handle highly sensitive and contentious information and issues. High level of communication and interpersonal skills required
  • Analysis and judgment of highly complex situations and information and ability to provide sound advice based on a range of options
  • Strategic Change management
  • Highly developed negotiation skills and understanding of their application in sensitive and controversial discussions with staff, senior leaders and trade unions
  • Strategic planning and delivery, including development of strategic HR plans which impact across an organisation
  • Ability to develop, interpret and apply HR policies and procedures in a complex setting
  • Ability to apply HR knowledge in new situations
  • Ability to analyse and interpret business, financial and workforce data

  Desirable

  • A skilled facilitator
  • Trained mediator
  • Strong coaching skills
  • Formal NHS job evaluation skills
  • Project management skills

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

  Steeton, Keighley

  BD20 6TD

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.airedale-trust.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

  Steeton, Keighley

  BD20 6TD

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.airedale-trust.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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