This is an exciting opportunity to join the HR team at Barchester Healthcare, a leading provider of care homes in the UK. As an HR Business Partner, you will have the chance to work with a diverse range of care home managers, providing strategic HR support and ensuring the delivery of outstanding employee experiences.
Main duties of the job
As an HR Business Partner at Barchester Healthcare, you will be responsible for supporting approximately 25-30 care homes across the Midlands region. This hybrid working role will involve occasional UK-wide travel. You will be part of an established team of HR Business Partners, who will guide you through your first months to ensure you provide the best possible service to our care home managers. This varied position will allow you to engage with multiple aspects of HR, demonstrating your strategic understanding of employee relations law and your commercial acumen to deliver an outstanding operational service. About us
Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes in the UK, with a track record of being one of the best companies to work for in the country. They are committed to providing high-quality care and ensuring that their employees have a positive and fulfilling experience. The company has a strong focus on employee development and offers excellent career progression opportunities. Job responsibilities
As the only care provider in the UK to be accredited as one of the best companies to work for in 2019, 2020, and 2021, our expanding HR department is fundamental in ensuring that we are market leaders in employee experience. This is a hybrid working role supporting homes across the Midlands area with occasional UK-wide travel. Our established team of HR Business Partners is based both in our Inverness office and regionally across the UK, and we are looking for an additional, talented candidate to join us remotely in the North of England. Our existing team will guide your first months with Barchester to ensure that you are providing the best possible service to approximately 25-30 of our Care Home Managers. This varied position will allow you to engage with multiple and unique aspects of HR activity, demonstrate a strategic understanding of employee relations law, and put into practice your commercial acumen, all to ensure the delivery of an outstanding operational service. This is a 12-month fixed term contract. Rewards and Benefits
Competitive salary Generous car allowance Access to a range of retail and leisure discounts Career progression opportunities Essential Skills
Level 5 CIPD qualification (or equivalent experience) Demonstrable experience as an HR generalist/business partner Business exposure in a fast-paced work environment with multiple complex requirements Excellent communication skills Key Tasks
Support approximately 25-30 care home services across the North of England with all people management issues and providing a business partner service. Maintain up-to-date knowledge of employment legislation. Provide sound ER advice to Managers with an understanding of the wider impact. Identify high-risk HR cases and support throughout the process to ensure employees are treated fairly and ethically, whilst minimizing the risk to Barchester. Advise and support throughout disciplinary and dismissal procedures. Support Home Managers to reduce staff sickness and turnover. Attend management meetings and reviews within the region. If you are looking to develop a career with an employer that is supportive and offers progression opportunities, Barchester is an empowering and rewarding place to be. Person Specification
Qualifications
You will need to have a Level 5 CIPD qualification (or equivalent experience) and demonstrable experience in an HR generalist/business partner role. You should also have business exposure in a fast-paced environment with multiple complex requirements, as well as excellent communication 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. Depending on experience, salary expectations will be discussed at the interview stage.
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As an HR Business Partner at Barchester Healthcare, you will be responsible for supporting approximately 25-30 care homes across the Midlands region. This hybrid working role will involve occasional UK-wide travel. You will be part of an established team of HR Business Partners, who will guide you through your first months to ensure you provide the best possible service to our care home managers. This varied position will allow you to engage with multiple aspects of HR, demonstrating your strategic understanding of employee relations law and your commercial acumen to deliver an outstanding operational service. About us
Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes in the UK, with a track record of being one of the best companies to work for in the country. They are committed to providing high-quality care and ensuring that their employees have a positive and fulfilling experience. The company has a strong focus on employee development and offers excellent career progression opportunities. Job responsibilities
As the only care provider in the UK to be accredited as one of the best companies to work for in 2019, 2020, and 2021, our expanding HR department is fundamental in ensuring that we are market leaders in employee experience. This is a hybrid working role supporting homes across the Midlands area with occasional UK-wide travel. Our established team of HR Business Partners is based both in our Inverness office and regionally across the UK, and we are looking for an additional, talented candidate to join us remotely in the North of England. Our existing team will guide your first months with Barchester to ensure that you are providing the best possible service to approximately 25-30 of our Care Home Managers. This varied position will allow you to engage with multiple and unique aspects of HR activity, demonstrate a strategic understanding of employee relations law, and put into practice your commercial acumen, all to ensure the delivery of an outstanding operational service. This is a 12-month fixed term contract. Rewards and Benefits
Competitive salary Generous car allowance Access to a range of retail and leisure discounts Career progression opportunities Essential Skills
Level 5 CIPD qualification (or equivalent experience) Demonstrable experience as an HR generalist/business partner Business exposure in a fast-paced work environment with multiple complex requirements Excellent communication skills Key Tasks
Support approximately 25-30 care home services across the North of England with all people management issues and providing a business partner service. Maintain up-to-date knowledge of employment legislation. Provide sound ER advice to Managers with an understanding of the wider impact. Identify high-risk HR cases and support throughout the process to ensure employees are treated fairly and ethically, whilst minimizing the risk to Barchester. Advise and support throughout disciplinary and dismissal procedures. Support Home Managers to reduce staff sickness and turnover. Attend management meetings and reviews within the region. If you are looking to develop a career with an employer that is supportive and offers progression opportunities, Barchester is an empowering and rewarding place to be. Person Specification
Qualifications
You will need to have a Level 5 CIPD qualification (or equivalent experience) and demonstrable experience in an HR generalist/business partner role. You should also have business exposure in a fast-paced environment with multiple complex requirements, as well as excellent communication 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. Depending on experience, salary expectations will be discussed at the interview stage.
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