Assistant Director / Senior Manager, HR Business Partner Nursing or Medical

We are seeking a seasoned HR Business Partner to be a strategic partner to Clinical and Senior Leadership, translating divisional priorities and shifts in the healthcare landscape into integrated workforce strategies and change initiatives.

This role combines highlevel workforce planning and stakeholder influence with handson delivery of HR programmes that strengthen clinical capability, drive organisational performance, and support longterm talent sustainability.

You will partner closely with clinical heads and multidisciplinary leaders to design and implement people strategies that respond to evolving service models, complex manpower requirements, and emerging workforce trends. The successful candidate will be a trusted advisor who shapes HR solutions that enable service transformation, strengthen leadership capability, and optimise talent across the nursing or medical workforce.

Key responsibilities

Strategic HR Partnership

• Act as a senior HR advisor to Clinical Heads, Division leadership and key stakeholders, shaping workforce strategy that aligns with service priorities, clinical transformation programmes and longterm organisational goals.
• Translate changes in the healthcare operating environment into actionable people plans, including manpower modelling, role redesign and capability development initiatives.
• Anticipate future workforce needs and lead strategic initiatives to close capability gaps, improve retention, and build leadership pipelines.

Workforce Planning

• Lead strategic manpower and succession planning, applying datadriven insights to forecast demand, optimise staffing models and recommend sustainable deployment strategies.
• Design and steward talent programmes for critical clinical roles, including leadership development, career pathways, reskilling and postretirement reemployment frameworks.
• Partner with talent acquisition and learning teams on targeted attraction and development strategies to secure highquality clinical talent.

Employee Relations & Organisational Effectiveness

• Provide senior guidance on complex employee relations, performance management and disciplinary cases, ensuring fair, consistent and legally compliant outcomes.
• Work with leaders to improve organisational culture, employee engagement and productivity through targeted interventions and change management support.
• Drive crossfunctional alignment for performance appraisal cycles, compensation reviews and recognition programmes to achieve equitable and strategic outcomes.

Operational Delivery & Governance

• Oversee timely resolution of operational HR matters (contracts, onboarding, terminations, changes to employment terms) while ensuring compliance with HR policies and statutory obligations.
• Maintain robust HR data integrity and reporting through monthly audits and management dashboards to enable evidencebased decision making.
• Support internal and external HR audits, and ensure adherence to regulatory and governance requirements.

Continuous Improvement & Project Leadership

• Identify process inefficiencies and lead endtoend improvements or transformation projects that strengthen HR service delivery and stakeholder experience.
• Lead or contribute to organisationwide HR initiatives and crossfunctional projects as required.

Other Responsibilities

• Perform other ad-hoc assignments as required to support the HR function and organisational needs.

Job Requirements

• Degree or diploma in Human Resources, Business, or a related discipline, with at least 15 years of progressive HR experience and a minimum of 5 years in senior HR business partnering or HR leadership roles.
• Strong stakeholder management and consultative skills, with the ability to shape strategy and deliver practical HR solutions in complex environments.
• Excellent analytical capability, experienced in HRIS and MS Office; able to translate data into strategic recommendations.
• Proactive, meticulous and resourceful, with strong project management and change leadership capabilities.
• Good knowledge of employment legislation and HR governance requirements.
• Experience in healthcare is highly desirable; candidates from other sectors who can demonstrate rapid learning agility and the ability to navigate complex service environments are encouraged to apply.