Deputy Chief People Officer

The Deputy Chief People Officer is the most senior People & Organisational Development (OD) leadership role below the Executive and has responsibility for developing and driving a high performance People & OD service culture whilst also putting in place a range of large-scale initiatives that give our people the best experience in the NHS.

The Deputy Chief People Officer will be responsible for oversight of all aspects of the Trust's People and OD team activities within their respective portfolios and will work closely with the Deputy CPO Learning & OD to deliver on our leadership development and education agenda.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will jointly lead the HR & OD function within the Trust, ensuring that it serves the needs of clinical and non-clinical departments across the organisation and works in partnership with our staff and staff representatives.

The post will also have direct accountability for the workforce transformation and innovation agenda, in particular the use of robotics and artificial intelligence, and support the Associate Directors of People and OD in the delivery of their operational people portfolio.

About us

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites--Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital--along with award-winning clinics across North West London.

Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A& E, and children's services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.

We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.

We welcome applications for flexible working arrangements, accommodating requests where possible to support our staff and patient needs.

The Trust is committed to equality and welcomes applications from all, regardless of background. Adjustments can be made for disabled candidates. Early application is advised as vacancies may close once sufficient applications are received. If you haven't heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probationary period.

Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.
Job description
Job responsibilities

Strategy and Policy

• Develop strategic people plans in line with the People Strategy to ensure that new ways of working, new ways of delivering care, and growing our future workforce are at the forefront and drive through all large-scale initiatives and transformation programmes.
• Take a regional and system role in leading, shaping and developing strategic plans that challenge the status quo and contribute to the development of a high-performance People & OD service culture that makes Chelwest a great place to work.
• Interpret and anticipate national, regional and local policy to ensure the Trust's strategic plans support effective recruitment, retention, leadership and management of staff.
• Contribute to the successful delivery of the APC & ICS objectives.

Organisational Development/Workforce planning

• Provide leadership, working with the Deputy Chief People Officer of Learning and OD, to ensure that there is an ambitious, highly visible, actively managed programme of organisational development initiatives in place, designed to shape the organisational culture in support of the Trust's mission, values and commitments.
• Introduce new, flexible roles and ways of working, putting workforce redesign at the heart of service transformation.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)

• Ensure that all HR services are truly inclusive and support the Trust's equality and diversity plans and strategies. Embed EQHIA into the development of all Trust policies and procedures and ensure the Trust is compliant with the Public Sector Equality Duty.

Workforce Planning and Performance

• Work with the CPO and Deputy CPO L& OD to develop and implement a workforce planning strategy, underpinned by an annual planning process that is integral to the Trust's annual plan, ensuring the organisation has an appropriately skilled and experienced workforce at all levels.
• Develop and implement proactive recruitment and retention plans, which ensure that the Trust has the right numbers of appropriately qualified and trained staff for both the short and long term.

Employee Relations

• Develop and promote productive partnership working with staff, trade unions and staff governors, involving them in strategic and operational planning.
• Work cooperatively with trade unions and professional bodies to enable the Trust to deliver its business objectives.

People and OD function

• Provide professional leadership, vision and direction for the People and OD function and provide high quality, innovative and consistent operational services to meet the needs of clinical and non-clinical departments across the Trust.
• Develop the capacity and capability across all aspects of the portfolio to ensure a fit for purpose team.

For the full job description and person specification please view the attachment/s. The full job description will provide you with an overview of tasks and responsibilities of the role. The person specification details the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential

• Educated to a master degree, equivalent post-graduate qualification, or evidence of working at that level.
• Membership of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development or equivalent.
• Evidence of ongoing personal and professional development.

Desirable

• Formal training or qualification in management and/or leadership.

Experience
Essential

• Working at Sub-board level within the NHS.
• Experience of workforce planning in an environment of comparable complexity.
• Leading the Human Resources function and developing and implementing sound workforce and employee relations strategies, policies and procedures.
• Successful track record in a senior Human Resources role in a comparatively complex environment.
• Building personal and professional credibility with Board, management teams and staff.

Desirable

• Strategic Health and Well Being.
• Strategic Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
• Talent Management development and implementation.

Skills and knowledge
Essential

• Broad understanding of the current NHS policy context, financial regime and workforce and training issues and of NHS working practices.
• Highly developed leadership, negotiation and influencing skills with the ability to motivate, challenge and engage individuals and teams.
• Ability to communicate directly to individuals at all levels both within the Trust and across partner organisations.
• Proven ability to analyse, interpret and present complex data and build business cases supported by clear evidence.

Employer details
Employer name
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Cross Site (Chelsea Site and West Middlesex Site)
London
SW10 0XD
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289-CR-1656-B