Human Resources Team Leader
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 17/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Human Resources Team Leader to support Operational HR across Divisional Teams. You will lead a team, coordinate HR processes, and ensure workforce compliance. The role involves overseeing medical recruitment and resident doctor changeover programmes. You will also have the chance to develop wider HR Advisory skills and influence HR systems for continuous improvement.
Key responsibilities
- Provide operational leadership for a busy HR Administration function.
- Oversee medical recruitment, resident doctor changeover programmes, and workforce compliance.
- Oversee the end-to-end recruitment activity for medical colleagues, including consultant appointments and resident doctor onboarding.
- Work closely with HR Business partners and HR Advisory colleagues to deliver workforce priorities.
- Influence and improve HR systems, streamlining processes and using data to drive continuous improvement.
Essential criteria
- CIPD Level 3 or equivalent level of qualification wihtin a relevant field and demonstrable experience within HR administration
- Active CIPD Membership or willingness to obtain
- Experience of HR Administration ideally within an NHS Setting
- Knowledge of HR processes and NHS Terms and Conditions of Service.
- Experience of coordinating multiple processes within set SOP's, managing competing priorities.
- Experience of co-ordinating or supervising work activities or teams
- Standard Keyboard skills
- Line management experience to supervise and co-ordinate HR Assistants activities.
- Excellent communicator across a wide range of internal colleagues
- Able to use systems for data entry, extracting information to report around relevant KPI's
Desirable criteria
- Experience of Resident doctor change over processes
- Experience of Medical Recruitment processes
- Experience of using HR Systems (e.g ESR, TRAC recruitment system)
- Experience of overseeing compliance to successfully manage key performance indicators
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £28,392 – £31,157 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Human Resources Team Leader
The closing date is 17 September 2026
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to support Operational HR across the Divisional Teams. This is far more than a traditional administration role, you will be at the centre of key workforce activites, leading a team, coordinating HR process, supporting workforce compliance and helping to ensure our organisation attracts, recruits and supports the talented colleagues who deliver outstanding patient care every day.
If you're looking for a role where you can combine leadership, operational excellence and HR expertise while developing your career within a large and complex organisation, we'd love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Working alongside another HR Team Leader, you will provide operational leadership for a busy HR Administration function, overseeing medical recruitment, resident doctor changeover programmes and workforce compliance. With the opportunity to develop wider HR Advisory skills as you will report directly into Senior HR Advisors who will provide oversight and leadership guidance and work with you build and develop skills.
You will oversee the end-to-end recruitment activity for medical colleagues, including consultant appointments and resident doctor onboarding, ensuring the highest standards of compliance and se
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