Job Summary

The postholder will provide the P&C Business Partnering service for a selected business unit and advise senior managers on the end-to-end employee life cycle. As part of the senior P&C senior management team, work across the business unit and the wider PML on strategic and operational HR matters with senior managers and key stakeholders delivering a tailored business partnering service and provide expert professional support on the development and implementation of effective people policies and processes.

Interviews will be held on-site at our Bicester Office on 31/03/2025 from 11:00am. All applicants should keep this time free if possible.

Main duties of the job

The Main Duties of the role encompass but are not limited to:

Business Partnering Services
HR Strategies and Policies
Talent Management
Business and Management Focus

About Us

PML is a successful not-for-profit, GP-led organisation providing various NHS community and primary care clinical services to patients across Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire. We have evolved as a NHS healthcare provider since 2004 and in the last few years have grown significantly, now employing around 300 staff with a turnover of circa £16m. PML holds GMS contracts, as well as being a GP Federation representing circa 50 GP practices covering approximately 650,000 patients.

We welcome applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds and circumstances and people with protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010

Date posted

03 March 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£50,000 to £55,000 a year FTE, Depending on Experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

E0176-25-0011

Job locations

Principal Medical Ltd

3 Barberry Place

Bicester

Oxfordshire

OX26 3HA

Banbury Cross Health Centre

South Bar Street

Banbury

Oxfordshire

OX16 9AD

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Business Partnering Services

Be accountable for P & C business partner service delivery, employee retention strategies, assessing HR risks and supporting positive employee relations outcomes.

Develop innovative and proportionate solutions to workforce planning, service delivery, employee engagement, people risk assessment and gap analysis.

Build strong relationships with client groups to become an outstanding professional HR and business advisor and influential on all key business decisions with people implications.

Provide expertise on performance management strategies and process, working closely with managers and colleagues to maximise performance within teams.

HR Strategies and Policies

Act as the lead expert on the legal framework within which P&C operates, developing agreed people strategies and policies in line with current legislation and keeping ahead of emerging people trends and best practice.
Coach and build the capability of senior managers to anticipate employee engagement and organisational issues. Collaborate with them on organisation design.
Support the Head of HR in providing specialist advice on the implementation and management of organisational pay, reward, and benefit activities.

Talent Management

Working with your P&C Business Partner colleague, design and implement innovative resourcing and development strategies and processes. Work closely with the Workforce Systems and Administration Team Leader, hiring managers and employees to develop and deliver the full resourcing life-cycle experience from resource planning to succession planning.
Devise proportionate and tailored resourcing & processes and campaigns, leading and building resourcing & recruitment capability across the organisation.
Advise hiring managers on sourcing & selection methodologies and, where necessary, participate in selection exercises. Ensure candidates are informed and supported during the recruitment process and our values, behaviours & EDI commitments are always brought to life and experienced.
Support the work on talent pools for key skillsets, ensuring alignment with organisational business needs and feed into the overall talent management initiatives across PML
Lead on the business units development and management of workforce planning and innovative solutions to talent acquisition. Work collaboratively with colleagues to proactively support the employment opportunities for apprenticeships, early careers, and interns.

Business and Management Focus

Work closely with managers across the business unit, supporting the implementation of business strategy from a people perspective.
Support the development of the wider P&C team
Demonstrate an exemplary approach to equality and diversity. Proactively encourage and embed inclusivity in all matters, challenging behaviours that do not exemplify these or the Programmes shared values and behaviours.

Key Stakeholders and Relationships

Directors and Senior Managers
P&C Team Colleagues
Consultants and suppliers of services to the P&C Team

Responsibilities

Job description Job responsibilities

Business Partnering Services

Be accountable for P & C business partner service delivery, employee retention strategies, assessing HR risks and supporting positive employee relations outcomes.

Develop innovative and proportionate solutions to workforce planning, service delivery, employee engagement, people risk assessment and gap analysis.

Build strong relationships with client groups to become an outstanding professional HR and business advisor and influential on all key business decisions with people implications.

Provide expertise on performance management strategies and process, working closely with managers and colleagues to maximise performance within teams.

HR Strategies and Policies

Act as the lead expert on the legal framework within which P&C operates, developing agreed people strategies and policies in line with current legislation and keeping ahead of emerging people trends and best practice.
Coach and build the capability of senior managers to anticipate employee engagement and organisational issues. Collaborate with them on organisation design.
Support the Head of HR in providing specialist advice on the implementation and management of organisational pay, reward, and benefit activities.

Talent Management

Working with your P&C Business Partner colleague, design and implement innovative resourcing and development strategies and processes. Work closely with the Workforce Systems and Administration Team Leader, hiring managers and employees to develop and deliver the full resourcing life-cycle experience from resource planning to succession planning.
Devise proportionate and tailored resourcing & processes and campaigns, leading and building resourcing & recruitment capability across the organisation.
Advise hiring managers on sourcing & selection methodologies and, where necessary, participate in selection exercises. Ensure candidates are informed and supported during the recruitment process and our values, behaviours & EDI commitments are always brought to life and experienced.
Support the work on talent pools for key skillsets, ensuring alignment with organisational business needs and feed into the overall talent management initiatives across PML
Lead on the business units development and management of workforce planning and innovative solutions to talent acquisition. Work collaboratively with colleagues to proactively support the employment opportunities for apprenticeships, early careers, and interns.

Business and Management Focus

Work closely with managers across the business unit, supporting the implementation of business strategy from a people perspective.
Support the development of the wider P&C team
Demonstrate an exemplary approach to equality and diversity. Proactively encourage and embed inclusivity in all matters, challenging behaviours that do not exemplify these or the Programmes shared values and behaviours.

Key Stakeholders and Relationships

Directors and Senior Managers
P&C Team Colleagues
Consultants and suppliers of services to the P&C Team

Person Specification

Experience Essential

Demonstrable and significant experience of operating as a generalist Business Partner within a changing environment
Proven depth of expertise in the management of complex employee relations matters and providing best practice guidance on the full portfolio of people management issues.
Strong generalist experience and expertise, with demonstrable skills in developing and managing creative and proactive resource programmes of work including learning and development
Well-developed change management, negotiating and influencing skills, with evidence of application.
Demonstrable problem solving and analytical capability; experience of developing, managing and analysing people metrics to inform and drive decision-making.
Experience of developing, managing, and embedding HR strategies and policies across the full spectrum of the HR portfolio of work and measurement of success.
Able to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, and engage with colleagues at all levels of the organisation.
Consultative, able to work collaboratively while providing constructive challenge and holding line managers to account.
Thorough and up-to-date knowledge of employment legislation & compliance, and regulatory issues facing the HR function, their practical application in the workplace and dealing with related issues.
Resilience and the ability to manage work well in a changing environment and manage conflicting priorities.

Desirable

Experience of working in the health sector

Qualifications Essential

Chartered MCIPD (or similar qualification)

Person Specification Experience Essential

Demonstrable and significant experience of operating as a generalist Business Partner within a changing environment
Proven depth of expertise in the management of complex employee relations matters and providing best practice guidance on the full portfolio of people management issues.
Strong generalist experience and expertise, with demonstrable skills in developing and managing creative and proactive resource programmes of work including learning and development
Well-developed change management, negotiating and influencing skills, with evidence of application.
Demonstrable problem solving and analytical capability; experience of developing, managing and analysing people metrics to inform and drive decision-making.
Experience of developing, managing, and embedding HR strategies and policies across the full spectrum of the HR portfolio of work and measurement of success.
Able to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, and engage with colleagues at all levels of the organisation.
Consultative, able to work collaboratively while providing constructive challenge and holding line managers to account.
Thorough and up-to-date knowledge of employment legislation & compliance, and regulatory issues facing the HR function, their practical application in the workplace and dealing with related issues.
Resilience and the ability to manage work well in a changing environment and manage conflicting priorities.

Desirable

Experience of working in the health sector

Qualifications Essential

Chartered MCIPD (or similar qualification)

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Principal Medical Limited

Address

Principal Medical Ltd

3 Barberry Place

Bicester

Oxfordshire

OX26 3HA

Employer's website

https://www.principal-medical.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)

PRINCIPAL MEDICAL LIMITED

Latest Jobs

People & Culture Business Partner