Head of People Services

As a result of recent investment in the People function, we are looking for a talented, enthusiastic, person-centred HR professional to lead our People Services team. The team provides services to support workforce planning, people systems, recruitment, job evaluation, as well leading on HR Quality and Governance.
As we are currently going through a period of change and quality improvement, this is an exciting time to join us. If you are looking for a challenge where you can have impact as well as having the drive and ambition to succeed, this is your opportunity to make a difference through leadership and compassionate development of the team. This role is essential to the quest to deliver a modern, fit for purpose, proactive HR function to support the transformation of the workforce in the way we recruit, retain, develop and support our staff.
The postholder will take a lead role in the QI/quality assurance of the whole HR function in addition to the governance and management of the HR function’s KPIs and key people metrics. In addition, they will ensure the effective implementation and compliance of workforce policies and standards including the identification and management of any people risks to the Trust.
The role sits within the Trust’s senior leadership team translating national, regional, and Trust strategies, plans and priorities into actionable initiatives with measurable impact enabling our ‘Great Care, Great People, Great Partner’ strategy and YAS Together culture.
The core responsibilities of the role are to ensure that
The provision of high-quality HR advice and HR transactional services are managed in line with policy, process, legislation, and best practice to ensure that all employees experience a full values-based employment journey from entry to exit.
The organisation’s culture and people management practices are delivered with a person centric approach in a timely way to ensure that our prospective and current workforce feel valued and are treated with respect and compassion throughout their employment journey from entry to exit.
The Trust’s bold ambition for ‘Our People’ is realised i.e. our ambition is to be a diverse and inclusive organisation with a culture of continuous improvement, where everyone feels valued, included, proud to work and can thrive.
Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities.
We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live.
We employ more than 7,100 staff, who together with over 1,300 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service.
Our ambition is to be an employer of choice, and we are continuously working across our partnership to improve our collective offer to staff in areas like health and wellbeing, benefits and flexible working incl. hybrid working.

**Benefits**:

- Flexible working including part-time hours, job shares and flexible hours, agile working (role dependant)
- 27 days annual leave, increasing to 33 with service.
- Contributory Pension.
- NHS Discounts including shops, restaurants, gyms etc.
- Car lease and other salary sacrifice schemes.
- Dedicated employee assistance and counselling service.
- Opportunities for research participation, career progression and ongoing development.
- Well respected, committed and supported staff networks for our workforce.

The entirety of the HR function has quality standards and metrics to ensure we are business-focused, conscious of our performance, quality and we can measure our outputs and impact.
Through QI, performance management and supporting the embedding of the YAS Together pillars, create the right conditions for continuous improvement and high performance, systems and organisations for YAS and its people to respond to challenges, deliver better care for patients and give better outcomes for communities.
Leadership and Team development is given a focus to support delivery, culture change and the professionalism of the service.
Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the role including person specification.