Job Description

Overview

We\'re seeking an exceptional and experienced HR Professional to join us and it\'s an exciting opportunity for the right person. This role focuses on supporting the creation of a Single Digital Team (SDT) across three acute Hospital Trusts: James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (JPUH), Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NNUH), and The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King\'s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust (QEH). We are proud to provide an HR service that supports staff to deliver exemplary care for every patient. If this inspires you and you share our values, we really want you to join our team.

Main duties

• To provide a Human Resources Manager role to one of four Divisions, initiating HR solutions as required.
• To actively participate in the development and implementation of the Trust\'s Human Resources and Organisational Development Strategies and provide HR advice and support to heads of department, service managers and divisional general managers to support delivery of the Trust\'s strategic and operational agendas.
• To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate NNUH\'s PRIDE values of People focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence.

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 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 our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world. We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, home to N\u0026N Hospitals Charity. We offer the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and additional benefits listed below.

Benefits

• 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: 29 September 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for Change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum pro rata

Contract: Fixed term

Duration: 5 months

Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working, Compressed hours

Reference number: 234-00-AHRBP

Job responsibilities

• Performance management (e.g. management of sickness absence and poor performance)
• Interpretation of Human Resources Data
• Promotion of multi-disciplinary team working
• Change management to assist new ways of working
• Staff involvement and employee relations
• Training and development
• Embedding a culture of management in line with our PRIDE values and know your staff.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• CIPD Level 7 or equivalent experience
• Evidence of further relevant study, i.e. Masters level qualification or equivalent experience

Desirable

• MCIPD

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
• Demonstrable knowledge of current employment law and its application
• Evidence of previous experience projects and change management

Skills

• Interpersonal and communication skills
• Assertiveness and influencing skills
• Strategic awareness
• Planning and organising skills
• Innovation and change management
• Problem solving and decision making skills
• Facilitation
• Delegation
• Negotiation
• Computer literate, including Microsoft Office applications
• Able to identify, interpret and analyse complex information
• Awareness of need to develop partnership working through staff involvement and employee relations
• Confident and adaptable
• Able to work individually and as part of a team
• Maintains an interest in staff development both personally and for the workforce

Attitude

• Essential: Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH\'s PRIDE values of People focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence

Disclosures

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here: Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Employer details

Employer: Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

Address: Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UY

Employer's website: https://teamnnuh.co.uk/