Group Chief People Officer

Reporting to the Group Chief Executive, Matthew Shaw, and operating as a key member of the Executive Team, the Group Chief People Officer will provide strategic leadership for people, culture, organisational development, and workforce transformation across gesh.

This is much more than a traditional People leadership role.

You will be a trusted adviser to the Chief Executive, Board and Executive Team and one of the principal architects of our future organisation. You will help us create a single organisational identity, strengthen leadership at every level, and develop the workforce and culture required to support transformation on a significant scale.

You will lead the development and delivery of a progressive People and Culture Strategy, ensuring our workforce plans are aligned to the Group's ambitions for quality, productivity, operational performance, and financial sustainability.

At the same time, you will ensure that our People function provides excellent day-to-day services. We want modern, efficient, digitally enabled and data-driven People services that support our managers and colleagues, reduce unnecessary bureaucracy, and enable our clinical and operational teams to focus on delivering outstanding care.

Our ambition is for gesh to become one of the most engaged and inclusive NHS organisations in London, creating an environment where every colleague feels valued, supported, included and able to thrive.

As Group Chief People Officer, you will be central to this journey.

Please download the attached candidate pack to find out more about this opportunity.

We care for more than half a million people across South West London and Surrey, providing acute hospital services alongside a growing range of community and integrated care services. Every day, our colleagues deliver care that's safe, compassionate and centred on the needs of the people and communities we serve.

Our organisation is built on partnership. We work closely with local authorities, primary care, community providers and mental health services because we know that improving health doesn't begin and end at the hospital door.

As part of the St George's, Epsom and St Helier Hospital Group, we're also strengthening the way we work across our hospitals, sharing expertise, developing services together and creating new opportunities to improve care for patients across South West London.

Please submit your CV and a supporting covering letter outlining your motivation for applying, how your experience meets the requirements of the role and what you would bring to gesh. Applications should be sent to: GESH@mlcpartners.co.uk

For a confidential discussion, please contact

Adrian Watts at MLC Partners | 07816 290865 |adrian@mlcpartners.co.uk

Pete Marshall at MLC Partners | 07930 153672 | pete@mlcpartners.co.uk

Qualifications

Essential: - Degree-level education or equivalent professional experience