Interim Deputy Director of People and Organisational Development

1 week ago


King's Lynn, Norfolk, United Kingdom The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT Full time

About the Role

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT is seeking an experienced and skilled professional to fill the position of Interim Deputy Director of People. This role will play a critical part in supporting the Director of People in leading the People Services Directorate and contributing to the delivery of the Trust's strategic objectives.

Key Responsibilities

  • Deputise for the Director of People and provide leadership in the delivery of major organisational and system change projects.
  • Provide expert HR advice to the organisation, including employment law updates and dealing with complex employee relations issues.
  • Ensure the appropriate management and resolution of employee relations cases.
  • Develop and implement People policies and procedures that are legally compliant, embed best practice, and reflect the Trust's values.
  • Role model the Trust's values and develop a positive organisational and team culture.
  • Support the Director of People in developing and delivering the Trust's People Plan.
  • Be responsible for ensuring the development of strategic plans affecting the whole organisation and system over long time periods.
  • Write Board papers, strategic plans, and strategies that combine complex, contradictory, or partial information in a way that is intelligible to a wide audience.
  • Develop and use organisational data to provide information to inform decision making.
  • Innovate and improve the delivery of People Services in the Trust.
  • Improve the capacity and capability of the People Services Directorate.
  • Influence internal and external stakeholders to support complex, long-term, and challenging projects, strategies, and initiatives that support the delivery of the Trust's strategic objectives.

Requirements

  • Member or Fellow of CIPD.
  • Evidence of continuous professional development.
  • Proven high-level leadership skills in a multifaceted complex organisation.
  • Substantial and relevant senior management experience in a key operational role with healthcare.
  • Significant NHS experience.
  • Can demonstrate achievements in workforce effectiveness and managing within budgets.
  • Business planning, objective setting, and performance management experience.
  • Experience of leading, coaching, and building capability in an organisation.
  • Experience of collaborative working, building effective partnerships with Trade Union representatives.
  • Demonstrable experience of implementing EDI initiatives and of championing EDI at scale across a large and complex organisation.
  • Experience of leading on Staff Experience, including reward, recognition, engagement, wellbeing, diversity, and inclusion.

About the Trust

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT provides a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics, and community-based healthcare services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, in addition to parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire, and South Lincolnshire.

We have more than 4,000 staff and volunteers, approximately 530 beds, and a helipad for air ambulances. We work with neighbouring hospitals for the provision of tertiary services, including as part of regional partnership and network models of care, such as the trauma network. Some specialist services and clinics are provided in community facilities, such as the North Cambridgeshire hospital in Wisbech.



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