People Systems Manager
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Middlesbrough, TS4 3BWView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
27 October 2026
7 days leftJob description
Are you passionate about people, technology and transforming people experience? This is an exciting opportunity to join University Hospitals Tees at a...
This is much more than a systems management role.
Reporting into the Head of People Services, you will provide strategic leadership for workforce systems, driving innovation, continuous improvement and digital transformation across People Services.
You will lead a dedicated team responsible for the delivery, development and optimisation of ESR and future workforce technologies, ensuring systems are efficient, integrated, user-friendly and aligned to organisational priorities.
Working closely with clinical, operational and corporate leaders, you will identify opportunities to maximise technology, streamline processes and improve the experience of employees and managers throughout the employment lifecycle.
- Leading the strategic development and management of ESR and associated workforce systems.
- Preparing the organisation for the implementation and ongoing development of the Future Workforce Solution.
- Driving digital transformation projects that improve workforce processes and colleague experience.
- Identifying opportunities to automate and simplify people processes.
- Working collaboratively with senior stakeholders to translate organisational needs into innovative system solutions.
- Ensuring data quality, governance, compliance and system integrity.
- Leading, motivating and developing a high-performing systems team.
- Representing the organisation regionally and nationally on workforce systems developments and best practice initiatives.
- Has significant experience of ESR and workforce systems management.
- Can think strategically whilst delivering operational excellence.
- Is passionate about improving services through technology and innovation.
- Has strong project management and change management skills.
- Builds effective relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
- Can translate complex technical information into practical business solutions.
- Has experience of leading and developing teams.
Consideration may be given to appointing an applicant at Band 6 as a development opportunity, with progression to Band 7 subject to achievement of the required competencies and criteria. This approach recognises that applicants may not currently meet all aspects of the Band 7 person specification but may demonstrate the potential, relevant experience and commitment required to develop into the role.
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.
Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.
We are committed to supporting our staff through an inclusive and supportive working environment, offering health and wellbeing initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive recruitment process and welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates, including those who first language is not English.
We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
Qualifications
Essential: - Educated to Degree level or equivalent experience
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Comprehensive knowledge of the Administration of the Electronic Staff Record (ESR), as well as other key workforce systems and their reporting tools
- Strong understanding of the workforce agenda and management information in the health sector
- Knowledge and experience of developing information solutions in a large/complex organisation and of ensuring solutions are designed to optimise data analysis and reporting
- Understanding of Agenda for Change
- Working knowledge of Oracle HR/Payroll information management systems
- Expert knowledge of Microsoft suite of products including Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Project. (Minimum level of advanced MS Excel
Experience
Essential
- Experience of programme or project management involving collaborative working with stakeholders to deliver aims and objectives through a coaching approach
- Experience of setting up, rolling out, embedding and sustaining processes and systems
- Demonstrable experience of statistical analysis, report writing together with experience of handling, analysing and manipulating large, complex datasets
- Experience of preparing complex written information and presenting information verbally
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
14 October 2026
Last checked
15 October 2026
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