HR Officer

at  Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

The main purpose of this post is to support the HR Advisory team to provide specialist advice on all employment matters relating to all staff and the provision of a high quality, proactive and efficient HR service.
To assist in providing a comprehensive, pragmatic and well-informed Human Resource Management support service to Managers and Staff within the Trust. In particular, the focus of this role is supporting the Care Groups to manage their sickness cases in line with the Trusts Policy and best practice.
The post-holder will also be required to provide advise on the application of Trust policies and procedures and employment legislation, monitor professional registrations, fixed term contacts, respond to Subject Access Requests, and provide administration support to Job evaluation panels.
The HR officer will work in the People Absence and Wellbeing Support (PAWS) team, a sub team within the HR Advisory Team, and will focus on providing wellbeing advice and support to colleagues and managers on workforce related themes such as sickness. The postholder will be aligned to a care group and will carry a case load of long and short term sickness and will act as a point of reference to provide advice for queries on terms and conditions of employment, including salary, annual leave, sick pay, maternity leave etc
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 6,400 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world’s most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
See attached detailed job description and person specification:
Staff benefits
Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
Excellent pension
Cycle to work scheme
Salary sacrifice car scheme
Wellbeing programme
Blue Light Card Discount

Please refer the Job description for details