Director for Workforce and Organisational Development

Overview

In this senior role you will lead the Trust’s Workforce & OD function and strategy, aligning people plans with clinical, quality and transformation aims. As a trusted Exec Committee member, you’ll shape culture, improve staff experience, and drive workforce governance across complex systems. You will partner with unions and leaders to support high-quality patient care and strategic priorities. This is a values‑led, influential position with a mandate to deliver sustainable culture and capability improvements.

Pay / Benefits

• Flexible working policy
• Access to fitness centre (SRH)
• Hospital libraries
• Chaplaincy support
• Education, training and career progression
• Care Co-ordinator support for staff childcare

Responsibilities

• Lead the W&OD Directorate and Workforce Strategy to enable delivery of clinical, safety and quality priorities
• Provide strategic leadership across workforce planning, employee relations, OD, culture and climate, inclusion, staff experience, and leadership development
• Serve on the Executive Committee, ensuring workforce risks and opportunities are considered in organisational decisions
• Offer authoritative professional advice on complex workforce matters to Executives and Board committees
• Drive transformation programmes and strategic partnerships, across organisational and system boundaries
• Develop people services through digital transformation and new operating models to improve capability and staff experience

Key requirements

• Substantial experience leading a complex W&OD function or service
• Deep understanding of the NHS landscape, ICSs and People agenda in patient care
• Experience at director or deputy level in a complex organisation with senior executive collaboration
• Ability to provide authoritative advice on sensitive workforce issues to senior leaders
• Track record of managing significant workforce risks and executive assurance
• Expert knowledge of employment legislation, NHS terms and conditions, employee relations and OD methodologies in a complex NHS setting
• Experience leading major change, cultural transformation and union engagement
• Experience working across partnerships or system arrangements with cross-boundary people and culture considerations

• Resilience under pressure
• Inclusive leadership and empowerment
• Trustworthy and credible demeanor
• Strategic leadership and executive influence
• Organisational development and culture diagnostic capability
• Workforce intelligence and staff experience insights

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