Deputy Chief People Officer

• Is an experienced senior People leader with a track record of delivering strategic workforce and organisational change.
• Can build credibility and influence at Board, Executive and system level.
• Is passionate about staff experience, organisational culture, inclusion and wellbeing.
• Has experience of leading large teams and delivering high-quality People services within complex organisations.
• Brings a collaborative and compassionate leadership style, with the resilience to operate in a fast-paced and evolving environment.
• Is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all colleagues can thrive.

• Help design and embed a newly restructured People and Culture Directorate.
• Work at the heart of a large, innovative and ambitious NHS Trust at a unique moment in time
• Lead major people and culture transformation programmes.
• Make a tangible difference to the experience of thousands of colleagues and the communities they serve.
• Develop your leadership experience whilst working alongside an experienced and supportive Executive Team.

• We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
• With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
• We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
• We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
• Excellent internal staff network

• We Are Kind
• We Are Respectful
• We Work Together
• We Keep Things Simple
• We Empower
• We Are Proudly Diverse

Essential

• Chartered Member CIPD (Chartered MCIPD) or equivalent
• Master's degree in HR, Employment Law, Business, Public Administration, Organisational Development, or related field or equivalent senior level experience
• Evidence of ongoing CPD

Desirable

• Chartered Fellow CIPD (Chartered FCIPD) or equivalent.
• Employment law qualification
• Mediation, coaching, or OD related training

Essential

• Able to take difficult and challenging decisions that support strategic aims and long-term vision
• Lead a large team successfully and build staff capacity and capability
• Ability to maintain personal resilience and exhibit high levels of emotional intelligence
• Examples of positive use of disruptive innovation to deliver sustainable change

Essential

• Senior HR leadership in a large and complex organisation
• Experience of providing strategic and technical HR&OD advice to the NHS or comparable organisations
• Track record of delivery at Director/Senior management level, including exposure at Board
• Track record of delivering large scale change and knowledge of quality improvement methodologies and evidence
• Experience of large budget management
• Tactical understanding of employment law issues NHS policy and regulatory frameworks
• People systems procurement experience e.g. rostering
• Knowledge of digital transformation and sustainability in health services.

Essential

• A commitment to the highest ethical and professional standards, the values of public service and the NHS and the core values and behaviours of the Trust.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written and the ability to represent the Trust in front of staff, patients, the public and the media.
• A high degree of self-awareness of own emotions, the impact on the emotions and behaviours of others and being sensitive to the needs, values and beliefs of others in personal interactions.
• Show caring and well-informed management of our most important resource, our staff, including proper involvement, support, personal development and sensible delegation