Job reference: 244454
Salary: Band 8A (£65,125 - £70,303)
Job closing date: 19/05/2026
Job Type: Administrative Services
Location: Kirklands - NHSL Headquarters
Employment type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 36
Job posted date: 28/04/2026
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lanarkshire
Department: Human Resources - Workforce

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HR Business Partner

£65,125 to £70,303 per annum

The role of HR Business Partner within NHS Lanarkshire continues to evolve and operates as the senior HR professional supporting Divisional Senior Management Teams. Reporting directly to the Deputy Director of Human Resources, HR Business Partners are aligned to Directors within the Divisions, ensuring that HR is fully and strategically integrated within business planning and service delivery.

As the senior HR professional embedded within a Divisional Senior Management Team, you will:

  • Provide strategic HR leadership aligned to divisional and organisational priorities
  • Develop and deliver workforce strategies and local people plans
  • Lead and advise on complex and high‑risk people management and employee relations matters
  • Use workforce intelligence, data and insight to inform effective HR interventions
  • Champion safe, sustainable workforce planning and service delivery
  • Influence, challenge and negotiate at senior level to resolve workforce and organisational challenges

We are seeking an individual who can demonstrate:

  • Proven experience of strategic HR leadership within a complex, unionised organisation
  • Strong analytical capability, with the ability to translate workforce data into actionable insight
  • Excellent stakeholder management, influencing and relationship‑building skills
  • A proactive, solutions‑focused approach to workforce and organisational development
  • High levels of resilience, emotional intelligence and professional credibility in sensitive and high‑stakes situations

For further information on what we need you to bring to the role, please refer to the job description and person specification for this post.

If you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact Jonathan Pender, Deputy Director of Human Resources, at jonathan.pender@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk.

For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Michelle Gormley, Recruitment Manager at michelle.gormley@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk.

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