People Partner | Provide CIC

Posting date:	22 May 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£46,148 - £52,809 pa
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	21 June 2025
Location:	Colchester, CO4 9YQ
Company:	Provide CIC
Job type:	Contract
Job reference:	7221466/8285-PROVIDE3537

Summary

Reporting to the Lead People Partner, the People Partner will ensure that they contribute People expertise to business decision making and develop innovative people solutions to support business plans and strategy.

You will work as a strategic HR Business Partner supporting the Provide Group, providing specialised workforce focused expertise and advice to ensure our people are capable, effective and healthy, and ultimately able to deliver great care.

You will support organisational change to help implement the business strategy and foster a climate of positive employee relations.

Key responsibilities of the role will be to:



· investigate, manage, and advise on complex and sensitive people issues providing advice and guidance to all levels within the Provide Group.



· create insight, impact and challenge to support the drive for positive change by working in partnership with management through being evidence based, and outcomes driven in approach.



· support the creation and embedding of excellent people practices within the Provide Group, including reporting on workforce KPIs and taking appropriate action to improve KPIs as required.



· help build and sustain people management capacity through effective coaching of managers in applying HR policy and practice and helping deliver improvements in how employee performance is maximised.



· To lead change management and TUPE programmes, ensuring legal compliance.

Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.

We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.

A highly respected, award winning health and social care provider. We expect our staff to demonstrate and uphold our values at all times:

Vision: Transforming Lives

Values: Care, Innovation and Compassion

Mission: An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.

Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+, Ethnic Minority and Men’s Networks.

We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.

Employee relations



· To facilitate informal resolution of Disciplinary, Grievance, Dignity at Work, Capability, Whistleblowing, Freedom To Speak Up matters to ensure an early resolution is gained, where appropriate.



· In conjunction with other colleagues within the People Directorate interpret and advise on employment legislation, HR Policies, procedures and terms and conditions of service, ensuring professional advice is always given, seeking expert advice from the Director – People Partnering as required.



· Provide specialist HR support to managers in formal panel hearings (Disciplinary, Performance, Grievance and Management of Attendance) attending as the HR expert adviser.



· To proactively manage through liaison with colleagues the throughput and quality of employee relations casework ensuring appropriate and effective timeframes for casework management are achieved.



· Support the Lead People Partner with highly complex and sensitive fixed term contract cases/as well as cases related to senior medics and senior management.


This advert closes on Tuesday 27 May 2025

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