Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for an experience People Lead to join us in developing our plans for a new hospital for Airedale. On May 2023, the Government announced that Airedale General Hospital will be rebuilt by 2030, in recognition of the current structural issues facing the existing hospital.
This is a once in a generation opportunity to be involved in a major hospital development and we are seeking an enthusiastic People Lead to join our team and help to take our scheme forward.
The postholder will be comfortable operating in an environment of significant complexity and ambiguity, and be adept as fostering collaboration within the operating environment as well as demonstrating good judgement, offering guidance and support. They will role model behaviours that live our organisational values of collaboration, even-handedness, involvement, and impact, and encourage similar behaviours in colleagues.
The programme team is a newly developing team and will be based at Airedale General Hospital whilst offering a range of flexible and agile working opportunities. There is likely to be a small amount of off-site travel to support local events and activities as required.
Main duties of the job
The Securing the Future People Lead will lead and manage all people-related activities, ensuring the successful delivery of this critical NHS initiative. The post holder will provide strategic leadership in workforce planning, change management, and staff engagement to ensure that the programme's goals are met while supporting the trust's long-term vision. This role involves close collaboration with senior leaders, People and Organisational Development team, and operational teams to develop and implement both short- and long-term strategies that align the programme's priorities and Trust existing strategic priorities ensure a smooth transition during times of change.
The Securing the Future People Lead will play a key role creating conditions for continuous improvement in workforce practices, focusing on engagement, retention, and the development of talent across the programme and linking to existing work across the organisation. As the programme evolves, the role will adapt to address emerging workforce challenges. This position will ensure that the programme's people strategies are robust, aligned with NHS and NHP requirements, and designed to maximise colleague well-being, minimise operational disruption, and ensure the programme's success through effective people management and engagement.
About us
We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:
- Cycle to Work
- Travel Scheme
- Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
- Onsite Nursery
- Buying and Selling Annual Leave
- Car Leasing
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Health and Wellbeing
- Extensive Reward Scheme
- Counselling Service
- Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
- Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.
Our values:
We understand that it's down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience - we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:
- Committed to Quality of Care
- Compassion
- Working together for patients
- Improving Lives
- Everyone Counts
- Respect and Dignity
Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details of the role, please see attached the full Job Description and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details of the role, please see attached the full Job Description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's degree in a relevant field, or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Highly experienced in leading large scale organisational change
- Experience at working in a whole system approach, including ICS
- Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
- Evidence of relevant and recent CPD
- Experience in leading change management efforts
Desirable
- Charted Fellow of the Charted Institute Of Personnel and Development
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the NHS Constitution & 'Understanding the New NHS'
- Knowledge of the New Hospital Programme
- Strong knowledge of workforce planning, organisational development, workforce strategy development, talent management, change management principles and best practice across all areas of the people agenda
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent.
- Knowledge of contemporary HR&OD legislation, employment law and other relevant policies and standards, advanced and specialist communication and solution focused negotiation skills.
- Knowledge of delivering transformational change to generate successful outcomes.
- Knowledge and experience of leading large-scale programmes of work.
- Knowledge and experience of the factors that influence staff experience and staying in the NHS.
Desirable
- Knowledge and understanding of Foundation Trust status
Skills
Essential
- Strong ability to identify and drive credible action
- Proficient aptitude in working with ambiguity
- Strong collaborator and fosterer of teamwork
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to influence and negotiate at all levels.
- Strong conflict resolution skills
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Ability to deal with sensitive/confidential issues
- Demonstrable resilience, with the ability to maintain performance under pressure.
- Excellent ability to establish and maintain a positive culture and working environment.
- Strong innovative thinker
- Highly organised with results orientation and strong attention to detail.
- Advanced presentation skills to influence and inform, including dealing with complex and difficult questions and challenge.
- Developed communication skills for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders both internal and external (including outside the NHS) to the organisation, some at very senior level
- Excellent leadership and motivating skills, including experience of motivating and inspiring
- Ability to build trusted stakeholder relationships and wide support networks
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in a senior HR&OD role in a large organisation, including leading a team and/or function.
- Significant experience of liaison with managers, staff and trade unions at all levels, internally and external organisations
- Experience in attracting, selecting and hiring skilled professionals.
- Experience of a highly complex, sensitive environment and/or working in contentious hostile situations and finding solutions
- Proven experience of delivering change-management programmes
- Experience of leading and delivering complex change and strategy development
- Evidence of policy development and implementation.
- Expertise in resource management
- Expertise in business change and implementation
- Expertise in leading change management
- Senior level experience in HR in a large complex organisation
- Highly experienced in leading large scale organisational change
- Experience at working in a whole system approach, including ICS
- Experience of successfully building effective relationships and networks, including within the HR profession and with trade unions/staff side organisations.
- Experience of working within a politically sensitive environment.
Desirable
- Senior level experience within the NHS in HR
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's degree in a relevant field, or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Highly experienced in leading large scale organisational change
- Experience at working in a whole system approach, including ICS
- Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
- Evidence of relevant and recent CPD
- Experience in leading change management efforts
Desirable
- Charted Fellow of the Charted Institute Of Personnel and Development
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the NHS Constitution & 'Understanding the New NHS'
- Knowledge of the New Hospital Programme
- Strong knowledge of workforce planning, organisational development, workforce strategy development, talent management, change management principles and best practice across all areas of the people agenda
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent.
- Knowledge of contemporary HR&OD legislation, employment law and other relevant policies and standards, advanced and specialist communication and solution focused negotiation skills.
- Knowledge of delivering transformational change to generate successful outcomes.
- Knowledge and experience of leading large-scale programmes of work.
- Knowledge and experience of the factors that influence staff experience and staying in the NHS.
Desirable
- Knowledge and understanding of Foundation Trust status
Skills
Essential
- Strong ability to identify and drive credible action
- Proficient aptitude in working with ambiguity
- Strong collaborator and fosterer of teamwork
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to influence and negotiate at all levels.
- Strong conflict resolution skills
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Ability to deal with sensitive/confidential issues
- Demonstrable resilience, with the ability to maintain performance under pressure.
- Excellent ability to establish and maintain a positive culture and working environment.
- Strong innovative thinker
- Highly organised with results orientation and strong attention to detail.
- Advanced presentation skills to influence and inform, including dealing with complex and difficult questions and challenge.
- Developed communication skills for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders both internal and external (including outside the NHS) to the organisation, some at very senior level
- Excellent leadership and motivating skills, including experience of motivating and inspiring
- Ability to build trusted stakeholder relationships and wide support networks
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in a senior HR&OD role in a large organisation, including leading a team and/or function.
- Significant experience of liaison with managers, staff and trade unions at all levels, internally and external organisations
- Experience in attracting, selecting and hiring skilled professionals.
- Experience of a highly complex, sensitive environment and/or working in contentious hostile situations and finding solutions
- Proven experience of delivering change-management programmes
- Experience of leading and delivering complex change and strategy development
- Evidence of policy development and implementation.
- Expertise in resource management
- Expertise in business change and implementation
- Expertise in leading change management
- Senior level experience in HR in a large complex organisation
- Highly experienced in leading large scale organisational change
- Experience at working in a whole system approach, including ICS
- Experience of successfully building effective relationships and networks, including within the HR profession and with trade unions/staff side organisations.
- Experience of working within a politically sensitive environment.
Desirable
- Senior level experience within the NHS in HR
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
