Job Description

Fixed term contract/secondment opportunity for 12 months
We are looking for someone to join the HR Business Partner Team to provide crucial support as a maternity cover.
This is an exciting opportunity to step into the role of Care Group HR Business Partner. As a member of the HR Business Partner Team you will work closely with the Strategic HR Business Partners to support senior leaders and managers across the hospital. You will provide strategic HR guidance, ensure best-practice people management, and help create a positive, inclusive and high-performance culture. Care Group HR Business Partners are critical in the operational delivery of Trust-wide strategic improvement actions and supporting Care Group performance against workforce KPIs.
If you are interested in this opportunity and would like to learn more about the role please do not hesitate to get in touch with Anna Crichton, Strategic HR Business Partner via Teams or anna.crichton@nnuh.nhs.uk.
If you are considering applying for this post on a secondment basis, please discuss with your Line Manager prior to applying to ascertain whether this could be supported.
Main duties of the job
Candidates will be expected to hold CIPD Level 7, or be able to demonstrate equivalent experience in addition to experience working as an HR specialist in a larger complex and unionised organisation. Candidates should be able to evidence knowledge of good practice developments in Human Resources Management applying this with organisational values.
As Care Group HR Business Partner you will be able to identify, interpret and analyse complex information in order to identify trends, and measure and evidence improvement actions.
About us
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Flexible working hours
• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney Lane site
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH Colney Lane site
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
• On-site Nursery at NNUH Colney Lane
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts at NNUH Colney Lane
• Support in career development
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics

Details
Date posted
20 January 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
47,810 to 54,710 a year per annum, pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number
234-25-K1208-A
Job locations
Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital
20 Rouen Road
Norwich
NR1 1QQ
Job description
Job responsibilities

• Working closely with to support the Strategic HR Business Partner (S-HRBP) and Care Group Managers in the implementation of the Trusts HR Strategy
• To take a lead role and represent the Trust as required to ensure local delivery in relation to national, regional and local planning requirements/ systems and associated performance monitoring arrangements
• Support Care Groups with achieving and tracking of workforce KPI (Key Performance Indicators) as required by the internal Business Planning process.
• To provide the Care Groups with HR support in complying with the Trusts governance arrangements
• To be involved in and lead project and working groups as needed engaging with Trade Union colleagues, for example TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) and other change programmes
• To work closely with the Central HR team to ensure appropriate HR support for the Care Groups.
• To provide guidance to Care Groups and Departments and advise and monitor on the application of procedures for complex discipline, grievance, conditions of service, management of sickness, capability, recruitment and selection of staff, equal opportunities and employment law, encouraging a culture of delivery through empowering managers to know their staff and in support of our PRIDE values.
• Provide support and guidance in the management of complex employee relation cases taking into account best practice in relation to latest case law.
• To participate in the identification of training and development needs within the Care Groups and Departments and the choice, and decision and creation of training solutions. To provide training solutions in relation to HR policies and issues
• To promote the effective planning and utilisation of staffing resources within Care Groups and Directorates, including reviews of structures, skill mix, etc.

Please see the attached job description for full details. Job description
Job responsibilities

• Working closely with to support the Strategic HR Business Partner (S-HRBP) and Care Group Managers in the implementation of the Trusts HR Strategy
• To take a lead role and represent the Trust as required to ensure local delivery in relation to national, regional and local planning requirements/ systems and associated performance monitoring arrangements
• Support Care Groups with achieving and tracking of workforce KPI (Key Performance Indicators) as required by the internal Business Planning process.
• To provide the Care Groups with HR support in complying with the Trusts governance arrangements
• To be involved in and lead project and working groups as needed engaging with Trade Union colleagues, for example TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) and other change programmes
• To work closely with the Central HR team to ensure appropriate HR support for the Care Groups.
• To provide guidance to Care Groups and Departments and advise and monitor on the application of procedures for complex discipline, grievance, conditions of service, management of sickness, capability, recruitment and selection of staff, equal opportunities and employment law, encouraging a culture of delivery through empowering managers to know their staff and in support of our PRIDE values.
• Provide support and guidance in the management of complex employee relation cases taking into account best practice in relation to latest case law.
• To participate in the identification of training and development needs within the Care Groups and Departments and the choice, and decision and creation of training solutions. To provide training solutions in relation to HR policies and issues
• To promote the effective planning and utilisation of staffing resources within Care Groups and Directorates, including reviews of structures, skill mix, etc.

Please see the attached job description for full details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• CIPD Level 7 or equivalent experience

Experience
Essential

• Significant experience working as an HR specialist in a larger complex organisation
• Demonstrable knowledge of good practice developments in Human Resources Management applying this with organisation values

Skills
Essential

• Able to identify, interpret and analyse complex information
• Awareness of need to develop partnership working through staff involvement and employee relations

Attitude, aptitude
Essential

• Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
• Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• CIPD Level 7 or equivalent experience

Experience
Essential

• Significant experience working as an HR specialist in a larger complex organisation
• Demonstrable knowledge of good practice developments in Human Resources Management applying this with organisation values

Skills
Essential

• Able to identify, interpret and analyse complex information
• Awareness of need to develop partnership working through staff involvement and employee relations

Attitude, aptitude
Essential

• Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
• Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Skills Required