Senior HR Business Partner
Permanent Contract, Full Time Hours.
This role is aligned to the HSE Pay Scale of Clerical Officer Grade VII.
(Under the Governance of Mercy University Hospital Cork CLG.)
Mercy University Hospital (MUH)
Located in the heart of Cork City, MUH is a voluntary, general, acute hospital catering for both public and private patients. The hospital provides approximately 325 beds and offers a wide range of specialties which provide in-patient, day patient, outpatient and emergency services open 24 hrs. We are a growing hospital with over 1,500 staff, a teaching hospital, a centre of national and international excellence, and are renowned for our research and tertiary services.
We support staff development with approx. 100 promotions annually. We prioritize work-life balance with 28% of our team working part-time hours. We offer nationally agreed enhanced Salary Scales, Pension Scheme, excellent holidays, canteen, and Study Leave and Assistance. And from Cardiac Care to Intensive Care, our varied specialist services offer real career choice to our team. We live by our Core Values of Compassion, Excellence, Justice, Respect, and Team Spirit.
Responsibilities:
* Lead the delivery of the HR Strategy in line with business objectives.
* Act as a point of contact for employees and managers in their assigned departments.
* Manage workforce planning activities across disciplines.
* Lead and contribute to projects as assigned.
* Manage workforce planning within your designated departments.
* Espouse the MUH values and develop strategies to ensure their perpetuity in the MUH.
* Act as a role model and mentor for the HR agenda within the organization.
* Understand the operating environment of a unionized, acute hospital setting, presenting information about projects to a range of internal and external stakeholders.
* Manage Employee Relations and Industrial Relations on behalf of the MUH.
* Manage departmental quality and compliance initiatives, including establishing workflow processes, completing internal audits, creating and executing action plans.
* Implementation of HSE Circulars and Memos, and all other regulatory requirements as required.
* Maintain hospital-wide knowledge of relevant policies, procedures, guidelines, and practices to perform staff roles effectively and to ensure standards are met.
* Provide high-quality HR support during change projects, resource & headcount planning, IR/ER issues, probation management, grievances, dignity at work, training needs, audits, and all other HR-related needs while promoting employee satisfaction and engagement.
* Develop a deep understanding of the operational and strategic challenges of the area you support from a HR perspective and support the delivery of the objectives of that area from a HR perspective.
The Senior HR Business Partner role will be assigned to a business partner within a discipline or group of departments initially and may be rotated to business partner other departments thereafter.
Eligibility Criteria:
* Have 5+ years in a HR environment at Business Partner/People Leadership level.
* Level 8 Degree (or higher) in HR, Business, Coaching, Management, or Law.
* Strong ER experience required with IR experience preferable.
* Employment Law qualification preferable.
* Experience working and supporting numerous stakeholders.
* Proven ability to work on high-level value-add ad-hoc projects while continuing to achieve routine goals.
* Hospital and/or Public Sector experience a distinct advantage.
Full Job Description available on request.
A panel may be created from which permanent, fixed-term, and specified-purpose vacancies of a full or part-time duration may be filled.
Terms and conditions of employment are in accordance with the Department of Health and Children regulations. Mercy University Hospital is an equal opportunities employer. Canvassing will disqualify.