HR Project Lead – Absence and Wellbeing inGreat Yarmouth inGreat Yarmouth PUBLISHED TUE 12 NOV 2024

A preventative approach to employee wellbeing is a focus for us at the James Paget University Hospital and to embed this approach we are seeking a HR Project Lead with generalist HR experience to work collaboratively with our Wellbeing Manager, and Operational and Clinical colleagues to develop, lead and implement plans for sustained improvements. This is an opportunity to support frontline NHS colleagues and make a real difference to service delivery.

The successful candidate will be joining our small, friendly, and supportive People & Culture Business Partnering Team where a performance driven, collaborative and flexible approach to work in a busy acute hospital environment is essential. Our team work flexibly and the successful candidate will have opportunities for hybrid working but the ability to attend meetings with project stakeholders onsite is required.

This is a 1 year Fixed Term full-time role which will report to the Employee Relations Manager, working closely with managers and employees, focusing primarily on the prevention and management of mental health and musculo-skeletal-related sickness absence. This role will involve developing, implementing and evidence-based plans which align with HR best practice and Just and Learning Culture, engagement with different professional leads and staff-side will support sustained success. Leadership Development and Coaching will be a key focus of the role.

We are looking for a CIPD qualified candidate who:

• Has previous experience of providing advice and support to leaders and staff on a wide range of HR operational issues, including formal casework, interpreting and applying their knowledge of employment law.
• Experience leading projects and/or initiatives with a range of stakeholders.
• Is comfortable interpreting and working with data, to develop understanding and insight, informing solutions.
• Will act as a role model both within the Trust and externally, demonstrating our Trust values and behaviours at all times.
• Is able to work both autonomously and collaboratively with key stakeholders to improve our patient and staff experience.

About us

• Working as a Senior HR Advisor leading a 1-year project to supporting the organisation with sustainable approvements in absence and wellbeing. To develop and maintain good partnerships with managers and project stakeholders, develop plans and drive HR best practice for a preventative approach to absence and wellbeing.
• Team level deep dive and analysis of data to understand trends, themes, priorities and to assess the impact of interventions implemented.

Collaborative working with Organisational Development to develop tools, coach and develop manager skills around proactively supporting staff wellbeing (Wellbeing Fundamentals) and the effective management of absence, aligned to best practice.

Proactive, timely, dedicated case management working alongside line managers, prioritising longest durations and most frequent occurrences of absence.

• Focus to include identification of systemic causes of absence and organisational learning, working with relevant managers, teams and others to support organisational change / improvement.
• Review and development of Human Resources' practice and line manager toolkits.

Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post. We welcome discussions on secondment opportunities from partner organisations, supporting development and collaboration across the system.