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Assistant HR Business Partner
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Key details
Location
- Site
- St. Marys, Oxford Road campus
- Address
- Oxford Road
- Town
- Manchester
- Postcode
- M13 9WL
- Major / Minor Region
- Manchester
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (5 days per week, Monday to Friday)
Salary
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 6)
Specialty
- Main area
- Human Resources
Job overview
Assistant HR Business Partner (band 6)
An opportunity has arisen for an Assistant HR Business Partner to join one of our busy HR Business Partner team. You will work alongside the HR Business Partner and the wider HR team in the provision of a high quality strategic and operational people management support service to ensure best practice people management.
The role will provide an excellent opportunity to develop and expand your skills and experience as an HR professional.
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To support the Specialist Hospital Clinical Group Director of Workforce & OD in the provision of a high quality strategic and operational workforce support to ensure best practice people management within their areas of responsibility and across the wider workforce function.
To take responsibility for designated portfolios of work that support the delivery of the overall Workforce and OD agenda.
To deputise for the HR Business Partner as required.
To liaise with other Workforce colleagues to maintain effective communication links, ensuring that best practice is shared and developed and to facilitate cross-cover of Workforce services.
Working for our organisation
Join Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT), the largest provider of specialist services, and our Oxford Road Campus in Manchester, the largest health academic campus in Europe – a great place to shape your career.
With a workforce of over 30,000 colleagues, we work together to deliver exceptional care to more than 1 million people every year.
Behind every patient cared for are people like you - keeping services running smoothly, supporting clinical teams, and helping create safe, welcoming environments for patients and our people alike.
At MFT, we believe in the power of teamwork, respect, and inclusion. Our People Plan reflects our commitment to making MFT a place where everyone feels they belong, where your ideas are heard, and your contribution is truly valued. Join us and work smarter with our digital technology and thrive in a collaborative culture that empowers you to deliver your best to ensure that your work behind the scenes creates seamless, high-quality care and exceptional patient outcomes.
Whether you're just starting out or looking to grow, we offer clear pathways for development and a culture that supports your wellbeing, ambition, and success. Everything you do makes a real difference to the lives of others.
At MFT, your role matters, your impact is real, and you’re part of something bigger from day one.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in your application
Here at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, we’re proud to be ALL HERE FOR YOU—for our patients, our communities, and each other.
As part of our commitment to fairness, transparency, and personal integrity, we ask all applicants to ensure that their job applications reflect their own experiences, skills, and motivations. While AI tools can support spelling, grammar, or formatting, we expect that the content of your application—especially personal statements and responses to role-specific questions—is written by you. This helps us get to know the real you and ensures that our recruitment process remains equitable and meaningful for everyone.
Thank you for helping us uphold the values that make our Trust a place where people belong, grow, and thrive. We look forward to receiving your application.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, please contact the manager named below.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- High level of general education to degree level or equivalent.
- Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resources Management or equivalent relevant professional qualification
- Demonstrate through CPD, employment law updates and various other training courses an upto-date knowledge of HR practices and evidence to continuous personal and professional development in current role.
Desirable criteria
- Agenda for Change Job Evaluation training
- Workforce Planning expertise
Experience
Essential criteria
- An understanding of the national NHS agenda and the Human Resource contribution at both a strategic and operational level.
- Detailed understanding of Employment Law, current HR Practice and medical employment issues.
- An understanding of the principles of change management.
- Operational experience, gained across a range of HR specialties in a progressive HR function
- Supervisory experience
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of Medical Staffing employment issues
- Experience of Trade Union consultation and negotiation
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Montrose
- Job title
- Senior HR Business Partner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
If you are interested in applying please contact Sarah Montrose, Senior HR Business Partner to discuss this role further,
Email: [email protected]
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