Associate Director of People
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Job summary
We are currently undergoing major organisational change and cultural transformation, and we have great ambition and intent to create the best and safest place to work, where our people thrive through better and healthier lives made possible by fulfilling work in an inclusive environment with a strong sense of belonging.
We have created four new roles of Associate Directors of People to drive the people priorities and delivery in a single hospital site. We need exceptional and progressive-thinking, people-centred leaders with a breadth of HR, OD and EDI expertise: there are few leadership opportunities in the sector that offer such scale of opportunity to impact positively for staff and the communities we serve.
As Associate Director of People, you will provide strategically-minded and delivery-focused expertise on People priorities to the Hospital Executive Director to enable an inclusive and highly engaged workplace. You will anticipate and get ahead of people-related challenges and opportunities, shaping and delivering strategies and practices -- which when done right will give our people a psychologically safe and inclusive environment to work in.
You will live and breathe our values of being kind, connected and bold, and be inclusive, fair and compassionate.
You will work to the Hospital Executive Director, with professional accountability to the Group Chief People Officer.
Main duties of the job
The Associate Director of People is a core member of the Hospital Executive Leadership Team and integral to shaping local strategies to meet people and service needs, and will share accountability with the Hospital Board for ensuring a values-led, inclusive and psychologically safe culture.
The role leads the development and implementation of People improvements for the hospital, ensuring that we attract, retain, develop and place the wellbeing of our people at the core of hospital strategy. Working in collaboration with the Group and drawing on expertise as required from the Group People function, the Associate Director of People will be responsible for workforce planning and effective workforce redesign appropriate to local models of care.
With other members of the Hospital Executive Leadership Team, the post holder will take accountability and responsibility for decisions made on people matters. The post holder will enable local resolution of all medical and non-medical employee relations' issues and ensure provision of exemplary, pro-active and business focused local people services.
You will bring about candour and openness on difficult issues, in the pursuit of a collective understanding and action. For example, diversity and inclusion and speaking up. You will work closely with other Hospital Associate Directors of People and Hospital leaders to introduce new, flexible roles and ways of working, putting workforce redesign and people at the heart of service transformation.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Details
Date posted
22 September 2023
Pay scheme
Very senior manager (VSM)
Salary
£75,000 to £90,000 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
304-ADOP
Job locations
Trustwide
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Trustwide
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
Employer's website
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