Director of Culture, Leadership and Learning

Job summary

Reporting to the Trust's Executive Director of Workforce, you will work in collaboration with members of the Senior Workforce Team across the Trust's workforce agenda. You will directly lead on the culture, leadership and learning portfolio which includes Organisational Development (OD), senior leadership development, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) as well as education and training. You will share in and drive our passion, working organisationally as well as with system partners, to make real improvements in these areas.

You will be a compassionate, creative, and inclusive leader with credible senior OD experience in large and complex organisations. You will inspire confidence through your knowledge and expertise and support our workforce functions to enable the Trust to deliver its strategic ambitions; improving patient care, supporting our staff, and building for the future.

Working collaboratively with system partners you will deliver the culture and leadership aspects of the system workforce plan, the NHS People Plan and the NHS People Promise.

Main duties of the job

The role of Director of Culture, Leadership and Learning has three core elements:

To work with the Executive Director of Workforce and members of the Workforce Senior Management Team to lead on all aspects of the Trust's workforce and OD strategies and plans

To directly lead the following areas of work:

• Leadership and Organisational Development.
• Workforce Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion.
• Employee engagement and retention.
• Multi professional Education, Learning and Development.
• Employee and management development.
• Talent and career progression.
• The 'Good Work' agenda, a series of areas that will change over time where we seek to make a step change improvement in the experience of CUH staff

Work with the relevant Associate Director of Workforce on leading the Trust's multi-professional education, learning and development agenda.

About us

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 11000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people - patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing 'outstanding' care to our patients and rated 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH's values - Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent - are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people's age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.