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Head of Leadership and Culture

3 months ago


Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Do you have a passion for change and the experience to drive large-scale cultural programmes of work? Do you truly understand the value of good leadership and have a track record of embedding this?If this sounds like you, we would love to speak to you about our newly created Head of Leadership and Culture role.


As a key member of the People & OD Directorate team the post holder will have responsibility for the delivery of a comprehensive culture & OD programmes.

They will continue to oversee, refine & deliver on our Leadership Development Pathway as well as begin to build a Cultural Programme of works based around the outputs from the Trust's first Cultural Audit alongside the staff survey results as we push forward with our Restorative Just & Learning Culture plans.

Like many organisations we have existing programmes of work in place but we are also working to embed & towards a number of other key priorities:

  • Ongoing development of our highly rated comprehensive Leadership Development Pathway including work with the Kings Fund & NHS Elect
  • Working with Staff Survey results & our recent culture audit with our colleagues to develop our culture
  • Developing our plans around staff experience including establishment of a Staff Experience Reference Group
  • Restorative Just & Learning Culture and workplace civility
  • Developing an excellent Welcome and onboarding experience
  • Introduction of a coaching & mentoring network
  • Supporting Team development & team coaching
..and so much more.


Reporting into the Associate Director of OD and Culture, the Head of Leadership and Culture will work collaboratively with the People Leadership Team to ensure the service we offer to the organisation and our colleagues is integrated, right first time and able to deliver the best possible outcomes.

The post holder will lead the delivery of a high-profile, proactive & professional OD service for the Trust. The aim of the OD service is to improve organisational performance through developing the workforce & organisational culture.

This is achieved via a programme of activity that includes leadership development, talent management, coaching & mentoring, staff engagement, change management and behavioural change interventions.


The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that the team provides a proactive service to the organisation ensuring that its work aligns with the Trust's overarching strategy and the People Strategy.

They will also ensure that organisational development & design best practice principles are embedded into divisions and interventions as they work collaboratively with the operational people teams.


One of the largest Trust's in East Anglia, East Suffolk & North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital & community health services to people living across a wide geographical area.

We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals & in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.


Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts.


What really matters to us?Culture is key to what we do, & we play a vital role in supporting what it really feels like to work around here & create a sense of belonging.


Our Purpose:

We deliver high quality accessible OD interventions, supporting patient care, by creating the conditions that enable our people to feel valued & be the best that they can be.


As such, we're really looking for the right person, who is passionate about leadership, culture & OD, is an excellent compassionate leader and behavioural role model, who has a real passion for people with excellent interpersonal, facilitative & organisational skills.


As you seek to develop the effectiveness and capability of the organisation, it's also fundamental that the post holder is passionate about continuously developing their own skills and expertise ensuring they have a continuous improvement mindset.


  • The Head of Leadership and Culture will be a visible, inclusive and collaborative leader, ensuring delivery of the Trust's vision to provide the highest possible standards of compassionate care; the very best patient and colleague experience; and to listen to and involve patients, employees and carers
  • The post holder will provide expert, highly specialised organisational development advice and guidance underpinned by a comprehensive knowledge of organisational psychology, behavioural sciences or similar training or experience
  • They will have the skills to assess complex cultural and behavioural issues and design and deliver bespoke interventions which yield measurable, demonstrable results
  • The post holder will have demonstrable skills to supervise and develop practitioners in OD and facilitation work supporting and enabling tal