Marie Curie seeks an interim head to lead change across Edinburgh Hospice and Lothian community services on a six-month fixed-term basis. The work centres on a cultural, workforce and people review, then a co-produced action plan and help with priority people issues. Full time, it requires on-site presence at the hospice at least four days a week, plus visibility across community services. Hospice experience is welcome but not essential, provided candidates show substantial senior leadership in a complex, people-intensive setting.
What the job involves
- Maintain a visible, compassionate and inclusive presence across the hospice and community services
- Work with the existing leadership team to identify strengths, challenges and priorities
- Lead a structured cultural, workforce and people review using staff insight, workforce data and stakeholder feedback
- Co-produce a focused action plan with outcomes, milestones, owners and progress measures
- Work with leaders and People/HR Advisory colleagues to resolve workforce, employee relations, recruitment, retention, wellbeing and attendance issues fairly and promptly
- Build leadership capability, role clarity, accountability, staff voice and joint working across all staff groups
- Give clear assurance on progress, risks and dependencies, and deliver a structured handover at the end of the assignment
What’s required
Qualifications
- Degree-level qualification or equivalent senior professional experience
- Professional experience in organisational development, people leadership, workforce transformation or a related field
- Evidence of continuing professional development on culture, leadership, workforce and organisational change
Experience
- Substantial senior leadership in a complex, people-intensive organisation
- Track record of delivering culture, workforce or people improvement through change, with measurable progress
- Using staff insight, workforce data and stakeholder feedback to identify strengths and agree priorities
- Co-producing and delivering practical action plans on people, leadership and workforce
- Working in partnership with People teams, staff representatives, senior leaders and external partners on sensitive matters
- Leading teams through uncertainty and change while keeping trust, pace and shared accountability
Skills & knowledge
- Providing clear, constructive assurance to executive and senior teams on progress, risks and outcomes
- Establishing credibility quickly, creating psychological safety and engaging with different perspectives
- Sound judgement in sensitive people matters
- Strong programme leadership, turning evidence into measurable action
- Clear, confident and sensitive communication, including with executive and senior leadership teams
- Resilience and adaptability, maintaining pace and focus in an evolving environment
Nice to have
- Postgraduate leadership, organisational development, human resources, change or management qualification
- Experience in a clinical, health, care or hospice setting
- Significant success in cultural change, organisational development or workforce transformation in another complex service environment
What’s offered
- 25 days annual leave plus 10 public holidays (pro rata)
- Parental and sick leave policy
- Continuing professional development and industry-leading training programmes
- Season ticket loan
- Defined contribution pension, including Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme
- Life assurance for all employees
- 15% staff discount in Marie Curie shops
- Loan schemes for bikes, computers and satellite navigation systems
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
