This senior role sits in the HR Directorate of Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, joining the senior leadership team during a transformation of workforce services. The post leads a portfolio of people services, driving change and building capability alongside the Chief People Officer and deputies. It is full-time with hybrid working and frequent travel between hospital sites. Fit turns on MCIPD registration and substantial senior HR experience in a large, complex organisation.
What the job involves
- Lead a portfolio of people services
- Drive transformational change across the people function
- Deliver a digitally enabled, experience-led people function
- Deliver the People Strategy with the Chief People Officer and deputies
- Influence the direction of the organisation and its strategic priorities
- Build organisational capability and high-performing teams
- Hold senior leaders and teams to account for delivery, performance and behaviour
- Lead culture change towards accountability, inclusion and continuous improvement
- Lead change and improve organisational performance at scale
- Embed the Trust's values and behavioural standards in leadership practice
Qualifications
- Degree-level education or equivalent
- Master's in HR management or related field, or equivalent experience
- Postgraduate qualification in a specialist area such as leadership, or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Registration & licences
- MCIPD professional registration
Experience
- Significant senior strategic experience in HR, people or workforce in a large, complex organisation, preferably NHS or public sector
- Track record of leading complex workforce transformation, organisational change and service redesign
- Strategic advice and challenge to executive directors and senior leaders on workforce and cultural issues
- Leading multidisciplinary teams and senior managers with accountability for performance and improvement
- Building and sustaining senior-level relationships with trade unions and staff side
- Working across organisational and system boundaries, including partnership working
Skills & knowledge
- Strong working knowledge of employment law, NHS workforce policy, governance, CQC Well Led and ED&I requirements
- Substantial experience managing significant financial and workforce resources, including efficiency programmes, with strong financial acumen
- Ability to lead, inspire and hold senior leaders to account
- Ability to lead culture change through inclusive, compassionate and accountable leadership
- Ability to model and embed the Trust's values in leadership practice
Nice to have
- Formal training in organisational change, system leadership or coaching
- Experience leading digital transformation in people services, including automation, workforce systems, and data and analytics
- Experience contributing to or leading system-wide workforce initiatives or ICS-level programmes
What's offered
- Hybrid working
- Flexible working
- Compressed hours
#J-18808-Ljbffr
Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
