Associate Director of Workforce

Job summary

This vacancy is only open to those within HR & OD for Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and POD for Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust only.

Are you a strategic HR leader ready to shape the future of workforce resourcing in the NHS? We're looking for an exceptionalAssociate Director of Workforceto lead and innovate across our HR & OD services.

In this pivotal role, you'll drive improvements, align with national priorities, and deliver high-impact workforce strategies. You'll oversee recruitment, onboarding, e-rostering, and flexible staffing, ensuring excellence in service delivery and people experience.

This is your opportunity to influence change, lead a talented team, and make a real difference to the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Main duties of the job

The Associate Director of Workforce has overall responsibility for the strategic and operational running service areas within Workforce Resourcing. This includes overall leadership and management of the services, processes & policies, systems, associated SLAs & KPIs and day to day management of the HR & OD budgets.

Working with the Chief People Officer and Deputy Director of HR & OD, the Associate Director of Workforce will lead on developing policy for, and implementation and delivery of systems improvement across the HR & OD. This will impact on all strategic change initiatives and will ensure the alignment of the Trust strategy and policy with the NHS People Plan, the NHS Long Term Plan and national/regional priorities.

About us

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increase the numbers of people who use out services.