Assistant Chief People Officer
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Prescot, L35 5DRView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£94,356 to £108,814
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
1 November 2026
12 days leftJob description
Assistant Chief People Officer 37.5 hours (8D, Subject to AFC) Base: Whiston Hospital with frequent travel to other sites ie. Ormskirk and Southport a...
As Assistant Chief People Officer, you will help shape the future of people services at Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
This is a strategic leadership role with significant scope and influence. You will lead a portfolio of people services, drive transformational change, develop organisational capability and play a critical role in delivering a modern, digitally enabled and experience-led people function. Working alongside the Chief People Officer and Deputy Chief People Officers, you will influence the direction of the organisation, support the delivery of strategic priorities and help create a culture defined by accountability, inclusion, high performance and continuous improvement.
We are looking for an exceptional leader who thrives in complexity, combines strategic thinking with a strong focus on delivery, and has a proven ability to build high-performing teams, lead change at scale and improve organisational performance.
As Assistant Chief People Officer, you will be a visible, credible and values-driven leader who leads through influence, accountability and delivery. As a key strategic leader, you will work alongside the Chief People Officer and Deputy Chief People Officers to deliver an ambitious People Strategy, organisational transformation and a modern, digitally enabled people function. You will lead transformation, create a high-performing culture, drive performance, holding yourself and others to account by building a strong team capable of delivering meaningful and sustainable improvement and help define the future of people services.
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
- Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.
Our Values
Essential: - We are Kind; - We are Open; - We are Inclusive
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level and/or equivalent qualification
- MCIPD professional registration
- Master's degree in HR Management or related qualification and / or equivalent experience
- Postgraduate qualification in specialist area e.g. leadership or equivalent experience
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable: - Formal training in organisational change, system leadership or coaching
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Significant experience operating at senior strategic level within HR / People / Workforce in a large, complex organisation, preferably within the NHS or public sector
- Proven track record of leading complex, high impact workforce transformation, organisational change and service redesign programmes
- Experience of providing strategic advice and challenge to Executive Directors and senior leaders on complex workforce, organisational and cultural issues
- Demonstrable experience of leading multi disciplinary teams and senior managers, with accountability for performance, delivery and improvement
- Substantial experience of managing significant financial and workforce resources, including delivery of efficiency and cost improvement programmes
- Strong working knowledge of employment legislation, NHS workforce policy, governance and regulatory frameworks, including CQC Well Led and ED&I requirements
- Experience of building and sustaining effective relationships with Trade Unions and staff side representatives at a senior level
- Experience of operating across organisational and system boundaries, including partnership and collaborative working
Desirable
- Experience of leading digital transformation within people services, including automation, workforce systems and use of data and analytics
- Experience of contributing to or leading system wide workforce initiatives or ICS level programmes
Skills
Essential
- Ability to lead, inspire and hold senior leaders and teams to account for delivery, performance and behaviour
- Ability to lead culture change, embedding inclusive, compassionate and accountable leadership behaviours
- Strong financial acumen and ability to manage complex budgets and resources
- Ability to model and embed the Trust's values and behavioural standards in leadership practice
How to apply
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Provenance
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First seen
13 October 2026
Last checked
15 October 2026
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