We are seeking an experienced and credible Strategic People Business Partner to join our People and Inclusion Directorate on a 12-month fixed term contract or secondment basis. This is an exciting opportunity for a senior people professional to make an immediate impact by supporting organisational and culture change, workforce transformation and improvement across a complex NHS environment.
Working as a trusted partner to divisional, clinical, operational and corporate leaders, you will provide strategic people leadership, expert workforce advice and constructive challenge. You will help translate organisational priorities, the Trust’s People Strategy, the NHS People Plan and the NHS People Promise into practical workforce plans and people interventions that support safe, compassionate, inclusive and sustainable services.
You will lead and support the people aspects of organisational and culture change programmes. You will ensure that change is delivered in a way that is legally compliant, well governed, evidence-based, compassionate and aligned to the Trust’s values. You will also:
Provide strategic people business partnering support to designated divisions, directorates or corporate services.
Lead the development and delivery of workforce plans that support service transformation, workforce sustainability, quality improvement and financial recovery.
Support the Trust’s sickness absence recovery programme
Use workforce data, staff experience insight and operational intelligence to identify risks, trends and improvement opportunities.
Champion compassionate, inclusive and values-led people practice.
You will be a highly experienced senior HR professional with the confidence to operate at senior leadership level and the credibility to influence across a large, complex and unionised organisation. You will bring specialist knowledge of employment law, workforce planning, organisational change, equality legislation and good people practice.
You will be educated to master’s level or have equivalent senior professional experience, with Chartered CIPD membership or equivalent demonstrable professional expertise. Experience of leading or supporting organisational change, advising senior leaders, working with staff side colleagues and delivering measurable workforce improvements will be essential.
Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.
CQC rated us as 'GOOD’ overall, commenting on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.”
Benefits include:
Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years’ service
Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
Generous NHS pension scheme
Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
Health service discounts and online benefits
Incremental pay progression
Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
Health and wellbeing opportunities
Structured learning and development opportunities
See the attached job description and person specification for more information on the main responsibilities of the role
