Assistant Director of People Services

Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for driving workforce excellence?

We are looking for an experienced and inspirational leader to join our team as the Assistant Director of People Services at North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust. This pivotal role offers the opportunity to shape and lead workforce operations across a diverse and dynamic healthcare environment. You will play a key role in delivering innovative people solutions aligned with the Trust's strategic objectives, ensuring our services are safe, caring, effective, responsive, and well-led. If you're ready to make a significant impact and support the transformation of healthcare services, we want to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

As the Assistant Director of People Services, you will lead and innovate across all aspects of workforce operations, including recruitment, workforce planning, temporary staffing, and leadership support. Your responsibilities will include:

1. Collaborating with clinical and support teams to ensure effective workforce planning and management.
2. Driving the development and implementation of workforce plans aligned with the Trust's People Strategy.
3. Leading on the enhancement of HR systems and processes to maximise efficiency and service quality.
4. Supporting workforce transformation initiatives in line with national and regional strategies.
5. Providing expert advice on complex workforce challenges to senior leadership.
6. Managing key external partnerships and representing the Trust in regional and national networks.
7. Championing equality, diversity, and inclusion across the workforce.

You will provide visible, credible leadership, inspiring a culture of continuous improvement and innovation while deputising for the Director of People Services as needed. This is your chance to join a forward-thinking team committed to transforming workforce practices and ensuring outstanding outcomes for our patients and staff.

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

1. Being a clinically led organisation
2. Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
3. A positive patient experience every time
4. A great place to work
5. Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Important Information

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

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1. Junk Mail is checked regularly

Disclosure and Barring Service:

On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.

The changes mean that:

1. youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
2. the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.

If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.

Nacro Tel: 0300 123 1999, or email: helpline@nacro.org.uk

Unlock Tel: 01634 247350, email advice@unlock.org.uk or complete the online form on the Unlock website

Please note the cost of the DBS check is increasing from 2nd December and the new cost will be

Standard DBS check £21.50, Enhanced DBS check £49.50 + any admin costs.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

Enhanced Check: £38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.

A lease car may be available for this position further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

Excellent opportunities for development

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies

EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

These schemes are subject to availability

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

1. Master's level qualification in a People Management discipline or equivalent experience.
2. Chartered Membership of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
3. Evidence of continuous professional development.

Desirable

1. Fellowship of the CIPD.
2. Senior Leadership/Executive Development Program.

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

1. Proven experience leading multidisciplinary teams in a complex, large-scale organisation.
2. Proven ability to engage and influence a wide range of stakeholders.
3. Demonstrable expertise in advising on strategic workforce options and service delivery models.
4. Demonstrated success in achieving performance through others by fostering engagement and setting clear objectives.
5. Considerable experience working autonomously within defined parameters to meet strategic goals.

Desirable

1. Senior-level experience in employee relations within a culturally diverse organisation.
2. Experience managing service-level agreements and partnerships with other entities. Representing an organisation, policies or processes to the media.

Skills and Aptitudes

Essential

1. Highly developed analytical skills - able to review complex datasets and processes and draw appropriate conclusions and recommendations.
2. Able to provide authoritative advice on highly complex workforce issues and demonstrate developed persuasive, motivational and negotiating skills
3. Able to analyse and interpret complex, disparate and multi stranded information, drawing conclusions and themes and then presenting these (both verbally and written) in a coherent and easily understood format
4. Able to lead and inspire in a sense of shard purpose, overcoming challenges and delivering sustainable services and continuous transformation
5. Ability to be intellectually flexible and agile, able to look beyond existing structures, ways of working, boundaries and organisations to produce more effective and innovative services
6. Proven ability to foster an organisational culture that is positive about change and committed to the delivery of the Trust and People strategies
7. Strong communication and presentation skills

Desirable

1. Knowledge of best practice HR and wellbeing processes
2. Experience of working with and developing digital workforce systems Thorough and up to date knowledge of HR best practice and employment legislation

Personal Attributes

Essential

1. Role model for Trust values and behaviours, demonstrating a positive attitude and resilience under pressure. Strong commitment to quality and improving patient outcomes. Proven track record in fostering diversity, integrity, and collaboration within teams.

Other

Essential

1. Equality and Diversity (from KSF core dimension 6- one to be selected) Act in ways that support equality and value diversity (Level 1) Support equality and value diversity (Level 2) For all with managerial responsibilities: Promote equality and value diversity (Level 3) Develop a culture that promotes equality and values diversity (Level 4) Ability to travel to various sites across North East and North Cumbria when necessary.
2. Ability to travel to various sites across North East and North Cumbria when necessary.

Employer details

Employer name

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

NCIC

Kingmoor Park, Baron Way

Carlisle

CA6 4SJ

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