About the role
The People Team are the first point of contact for employees and managers, providing a proactive, professional service, and advice across the organisation.
This is a great opportunity to develop and embed business partnering across the Group, leading and developing a great team of experienced HR professionals and working collaboratively across the People Services team to deliver Group business and people plans.
The role will be advisor to senior leaders as well as delivering an HR service supporting our employees in key work including health and wellbeing, talent management, change and talent acquisition.
You'll be
- An experienced HR Business Partner with a proactive and business focused approach.
- Analytical in approach identifying areas for development in talent management, talent acquisition and performance management, and develop solutions in response.
- Knowledgeable of employment legislation and able to oversee and support in employee relations, organisational change and skills development.
- Able to create visibly of the team in the Group and engaging with employees to understand our culture, establishing key working relationships.
- Confident using systems and people metrics to inform decision making, identifying trends, and working as a team to develop proactive solutions.
- Able to demonstrate excellence in your own practice to lead a high performing team providing an agile, expert and professional HR Service.
About us
Southern Hospice Group is the largest group of hospices in Sussex and one of the largest in the UK. We are committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to adults, children and their families across Sussex. Bringing our teams and resources together as one organisation means we can focus on new and exciting visions and plans for our people and patients and provide even greater opportunities for our workforce.
St Barnabas House provides specialist palliative care to adults in the Worthing, Adur, Arun and Henfield areas through a range of services, including in-patient care and community living well services.
Chestnut Tree House is the children’s hospice for East and West Sussex and South East Hampshire, providing specialist palliative care for children and young people with life-limiting conditions.
Martlets provides essential care to people affected by terminal illness in Brighton and Hove and surrounding areas. Our expert teams provide the very best care and support, helping patients and their loved ones to live life to the full during the precious time they have together.
Benefits
- Company pension scheme or NHS pension scheme for eligible employees
- Up to 35 days’ annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
- On-site education support and study leave opportunities
- Option to access Medicash and cover your everyday cost of healthcare for less
- Free parking, subsidised meals and various social activities
- Corporate rate gym membership, discounts with local complementary therapies and Blue Light Card
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Death in Service
We warmly welcome applications from all sections of our community. We also invite applications from suitably experienced people for all industry sectors who can demonstrate the skills, ability and enthusiasm to work with a people-centric organisation like ours.
Artificial intelligence (AI)
Your application and interview should give us an accurate and authentic picture of your skills and experiences. Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.
Before you submit an application, we will ask you to confirm the information you provide is true and accurate. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.
Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy before the published closing date where applicant volume is high.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for an Enhanced submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
