Associate Director of People and Culture
NEMS Community Benefit Services Ltd
Nottingham, NG2 3AJView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£95,000
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
11 October 2026
11 days leftJob description
The Associate Director of People and Culture will provide director level leadership for the organisation's people and culture agenda, with overall acc...
The Associate Director of People and Culture will act as the organisation's lead for people and culture, providing strategic counsel to the Chief Executive, Executive Team and the Board, ensuring the people, culture, workforce and organisational implications of strategic, operational and financial decisions are fully considered, planned for and assured.
The Associate Director of People and Culture will provide operational leadership, leading the HR function ensuring that day to day operational delivery remains efficient, effective and responsive. The post holder will lead the overall people function through senior colleagues, setting strategic direction for workforce planning, organisational development, equality, diversity and inclusion, leadership capability and HR transformation.
- Provide clear executive and senior management leadership on people strategy, organisational
development, workforce planning, organisational design and cultural change which brings about lasting
and sustainable change.
- Provide strategic people advice to the Chief Executive, Executive Team and the Board and senior
leaders, including oversight of the organisation's approach to complex or sensitive employee relations
matters where appropriate.
- Provide strategic oversight of the HR function, setting direction and accountability. Lead the efficient
and effective running of the HR function including ensuring that HR policies, systems, processes and
management information are effective, up to date and support consistent, legally compliant and high
quality people management across the organisation and are aligned with operational needs.
- Develop, implement and maintain an effective people strategy to incorporate HR, organisational
development, workforce planning, culture and capability priorities aligned to NEMS agreed business
strategy.
- Lead organisational development activity that supports cultural change, employee engagement
leadership capability, management development and improved organisational performance.
- Be responsible for HR and OD budgets and resources, ensuring that they are allocated effectively for
the delivery of intended outcomes in a manner which demonstrates value for money and compliance
with relevant policies and guidelines.
- Lead responsibility for equality, diversity and inclusion across the organisation, setting the strategic
direction, measures and leadership expectations needed to support an inclusive workplace culture.
- Sponsor and lead the leadership and capability development strategy for non-clinical services, ensuring
that programmes support organisational capability, employee performance and future workforce
needs.
- Work with the Operations Director and Medical Director to ensure that clinical and non-clinical
mandatory training requirements are clearly defined, appropriate, compliant, effectively monitored
and regularly reviewed.
- Lead relevant HR transformation and improvement projects, including the implementation and
effective use of HR systems, data and reporting to support decision making and service improvement
- Provide regular assurance to the Executive Board on workforce risk, employment compliance, culture
equality and leadership succession, using data and insight to inform strategic action.
- Sponsor organisation-wide workforce transformation and organisational design programmes
delegating day-to-day delivery through the senior people team.
- Provide executive leadership to the communications function to ensure internal communications are
clear, consistent and aligned with NEMS business, people and cultural objectives.
CBS is a high quality, high performing; not-for-profit organisation which
delivers integrated urgent care and urgent primary care services to over 1
million patients. Responsive, adaptable and continually evolving, we have a
reputation for delivering locally-tailored, safe, effective and cost-efficient
services with high levels of patient satisfaction.
We
are committed to investing in our people and have an established programme of
learning and development, successfully developing our own Urgent Care
Practitioners, Telephone
triage clinicians and Advanced Clinical
Practitioners.
currently operates 3 main services: (1) Integrated Urgent Care across
Nottinghamshire serving a patient population of over 1 million, including home
visiting, remote consultation and clinical assessment services; (2) Urgent
Primary care provision located within the A&E Department at QMC, (3) A
24-hour walk-in urgent primary care service adjacent to Kings Mill Hospital
A&E, Mansfield.
is committed to the NHS Values (as set out in the NHS Constitution March 2023).
Qualifications
Essential: - CIPD Level 7 qualified or equivalent senior professional experience.; - Evidence of ongoing professional development.
Desirable: - Degree in relevant business or other discipline.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial senior experience leading organisation-wide people strategy, workforce planning and organisational development across a complex service environment.
- Experience of leading a multi disciplinary people function through senior managers and influencing Executive and Board level decision making.
- Experience of working with a HRIS and generating workforce data reports.
Desirable
- Experience of shaping organisational strategy, leading large-scale change and delivering workforce transformation aligned to business objectives.
- Experience of coaching senior leaders and managers.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Strong understanding of UK employment law and best practice.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to influence and build trust at all levels.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and working independently to meet deadlines.
- Analytical skills with the ability to interpret HR data to support decision making.
- Confident in coaching and supporting manages to build people management capacities
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Desirable: - Familiarity with EDI principles and implementation in the workplace.; - Skilled in preparing clear, concise reports and policy documentation.
Behaviours and Values
Essential
- Committed to upholding confidentiality, discretion and professional integrity.
- Champions inclusive, values led working practices.
- Proactive, solution focussed and committed to continuous improvement
- Flexible and adaptable to organisational change and growth.
- Calm and effective under pressure.
- Uses plain language when carrying out duties.
- Aware of the impact of own behaviour on others.
- Challenges bias, prejudice and intolerance if appropriate or brings to the attention of a manager.
- Empowered and able to deliver.
- Maintains the highest standard of integrity in all interactions.
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First seen
24 September 2026
Last checked
28 September 2026
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