HR Business Partner
- Full time
- £38,173 – £39,991
- Any CHAS Site - Edinburgh, Kinross, Balloch, Stepps, Aberdeen
- Closing 9th August 2023
- Advertised from 26th July 2023
- Permanent. 35 hours per week
Role
Are you a HR professional looking for an exciting opportunity? We are looking for a motivated HR Business Partner to join our dynamic team of professionals.
At CHAS, we provide unwavering care across homes, hospices, and hospitals for children who may die young. We create moments of joy and support families at every step on this hardest of journeys.
The Role
As our HR Business Partner you will play a crucial role in partnering with our leaders to drive strategic HR initiatives, and ensure alignment of HR practice with our people strategy.
You will have the opportunity to contribute to the development and implementation of innovative HR strategies, policies and programs that will enhance our talent acquisition, development and retention efforts.
Acting as a partner to our clinical care team, you will provide coaching, guidance and support on all HR matters, including talent management, workforce planning, performance management, organisational change, attendance, job evaluation and employee relations.
Key Responsibilities
- You will provide expertise, analysis and coaching in partnering managers across our nursing, family support and medical teams to identify, manage and evaluate workforce issues and trends and deliver HR solutions to support our people
- Act as a source of professional and proactive expertise to provide advice and information as well as practical support to Line Managers and staff. This will include sensitive and confidential issues
- Support leaders to implement workforce modernisation including new ways of working and new HR models and tools which enable organisational and cultural change
- Support the Head of HR in the prioritisation, planning, management and delivery of key HR Initiatives. Some of these initiatives will include; key projects and change programmes, facilitating employee involvement and identifying risk to support CHAS’s strategic objectives and plan
- Analyse HR data and metrics to identify areas of focus or improvement and develop strategies to enhance engagement, performance, retention and employee satisfaction.
- Collaborate with various stakeholders, coaching and influencing to progress strategies and initiatives that promote an inclusive and engaging culture
- Provide training and coaching on HR policies, procedures and HR systems.
- Oversee employee relation matters, including investigations, conflict resolution, and performance matters
- Keep up to date with industry trends and HR best practice, sharing knowledge and recommending enhancement to existing practise
- Working with the HR Team to drive continuous improvement, streamlining internal processes and harnessing innovative technologies to ensure our people receive a first-class HR service.
About you
You will be a proactive HR Business Partner with an ability to collaborate with others and develop strong and effective working relationships.
You will have:
- Experience of influencing and guiding managers on all HR related matters and have the ability to work autonomously.
- Strong understanding of HR best practice and employment law
- Proven experience of advising on a wide range of HR topics in a generalist role, with the ability to balance project work alongside daily operations.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with an ability to liaise at all levels of the organisation
- Ability to analyse and interpret HR data and make informed decisions
- Strategic thinker with the ability to drive and implement change initiatives
- High level of integrity and professionalism
- Excellent IT skills, fully conversant in Microsoft Office suite. Additional expertise in Microsoft Office 365 tools is preferred.
Why CHAS?
At CHAS, we care for dying children and their families. However, we also care about you! Some of the benefits of a career at CHAS include:
- Development opportunities for your career and leadership progression, and the time to prioritise your personal development
- A supportive and collaborative work environment.
- Opportunity to make a real impact on the community by delivering best-in-class services
- Working across different parts of Scotland with diverse stakeholders.
- Flexible and hybrid working available across any of our CHAS sites (Edinburgh, Glasgow, Kinross or Balloch)
- A robust induction programme to set you up for success
- The opportunity to continue paying into existing NHS pension schemes (subject to eligibility), or membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
Application notes
Closing Date: Wednesday 09 August 2023
We expect interviews to take place on 24th August 2023.
Please visit our website to find out more and apply.
If you would like an informal and confidential discussion about the role please email our Director of People & Strategy at morvenmaclean@chas.org.uk or on 07483453922
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- Develop, monitor and implement supervision and appraisal systems for staff.
About You
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You should also have:
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- The ability to negotiate with a wide range of internal and external partners and build positive relationships including local authorities and housing associations.
- Excellent planning and organisational skills with the ability to effectively prioritise your own time and workload to meet a number of different and competing tasks in sometimes pressurised environment.
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- Full time
- £32,287
- Hybrid: Edinburgh, office (60% min) and from home base.
- Closing 22nd December 2025
Positive Help is a well-established, third sector service provider – a registered charity – based in central Edinburgh. We have almost 40 years’ experience of supporting adults, children and families living with /affected by HIV and or Hepatitis C.
With the support of a cohort of trained and supervised volunteers, we provide a range of services to help people who have complex needs live fulfilling, healthy lives in the community.
We are now looking for a Temporary Children’s Services Manager with proven experience of working in a leadership role to join our dedicated team to provide maternity cover for the existing postholder as we further develop the organisation. We work from our centrally situated office in Edinburgh, although there is the option to work from home depending on business need.
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As a member of our leadership team, you will play a key role in ensuring that children and their parents receive the right support from us and others timeously, and that volunteers are appropriately matched and well supported / supervised to maintain a high standard of practice and satisfaction.
You will be outcome focussed and have a keen interest in demonstrating the impact of services as well as working across boundaries and developing and sustaining positive relationships with internal colleagues, volunteers, partner agencies, referrers and a wide range of stakeholders.
You will have experience of managing or coordinating projects inspiring people to work together towards shared goals. You will be a problem-solver with an empathic approach, and excellent communication skills.
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Our operational hours are 9am to 5pm. However, occasional work on Monday to Thursday (up to 6:30 pm) and Saturday (up to 3:00 pm) is required on a rotational basis as part of our telephone on-call rota to support volunteers. There are also occasional volunteer training sessions in the evenings and on Saturdays. All such out-of-hours working is planned and shared across the team.
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- Full time
- £33,098 – £36,775
- Hybrid: Glasgow or Edinburgh, with the option to work from home for some of the working week.
- Closing 23rd December 2025
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Your expertise and strong communication skills will be crucial in delivering technical assistance while maintaining a customer-focused approach that aligns with our values and service standards.
Join us and be part of a team committed to making a difference in the IT landscape of the voluntary sector.
Part time hours and other flexible working options, including working from home for part of the week, will be fully considered. We encourage you to apply if you believe you meet most of the criteria in the person specification. We share our interview questions in advance. If you want to have a chat about the job or our flexible working approach, get in touch with us at recruitment@scvo.scot
SCVO is the membership organisation for the voluntary sector in Scotland and our mission is to champion the role of voluntary sector organisations in building a flourishing society and support them to do work that has a positive impact.
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- Full time
- £48,050
- Hybrid: Edinburgh (min of 3 days office based)
- Closing 11th January 2026
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We are seeking an energetic and enthusiastic individual to lead our communications function in our small but mighty team.
We need an experienced, innovative and proactive comms all-rounder with a passion for our mission, and the ability to reach audiences with the right information, in the right way, in the right place and at the right time to activate public demand and political action- for a fair water future for all.
This senior role will lead our press, social media, content and digital approaches to grow awareness in key audiences, build our brand, land our policy asks, collaborate with our partners and networks, and deliver measurable public and political engagement.
You’ll bring your talent for identifying and landing press stories, your experience of creating great content that cuts through, and your expertise in purposeful storytelling that informs, inspires and engages target audiences. We’ll support you with development opportunities, trust in your authority, and a brilliant working culture with a bundle of staff benefits. We live our core values: Justice, Tenacity, Truth and play to our strengths: Strategic, Resilient, Influential &Trusted.
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