All Locations
Hemel Hempstead, Hybrid/Remote, London
Vacancy ID:
4768
Position
Human Resources
Advertising Salary
Competitive
Vacancy Type
Fixed Term/Secondment

About The Role

Shape the future of our organisation

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Chief People Officer to join our Executive Team.

Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, you will lead our people strategy and help shape the future of our organisation. This is a key leadership role where you will influence business decisions, strengthen organisational performance, and create an environment where our people can thrive.

As our Chief People Officer, you will lead the development of a modern people function that supports both our corporate workforce and the flexible workforce solutions we provide. You will play a central role in helping us build a high-performing, inclusive organisation that is ready for the future.

About the role

  • Lead the organisation's People strategy and align it to business priorities
  • Work closely with the Board, Chief Executive and Executive Team as a trusted strategic partner
  • Lead organisational design and workforce planning to support long-term success
  • Build reward and performance frameworks that attract and retain talent
  • Strengthen leadership capability across the organisation
  • Develop talent pipelines and future workforce capability
  • Lead employee relations and maintain positive trade union partnerships
  • Ensure employment law compliance across all people services
  • Use data and insight to improve workforce performance and employee experience
  • Champion inclusion, wellbeing and a positive workplace culture

Skills/Responsibilities:

  • Be a Chartered Member of the CIPD or have equivalent senior leadership experience
  • Have significant experience leading a People or HR function at executive level
  • Demonstrate success in delivering large-scale organisational change programmes
  • Have strong knowledge of organisational design and workforce planning
  • Understand reward, performance and talent strategies
  • Have strong knowledge of UK employment law and employee relations
  • Build strong relationships with senior leaders and key stakeholders
  • Communicate clearly and influence at Board level
  • Use workforce data to support decision-making and performance improvement
  • Lead with credibility, integrity and a people-focused approach
  • Champion an inclusive culture where people can perform at their best
 

About The Candidate

  To be successful in this post you will need to:
  • Be a CIPD member with evidence of continued professional development
  • Hold a degree in HR, business, or have equivalent experience
  • Have significant senior-level HR / People leadership experience
Experience leading:
  • organisational change
  • TUPE transfers
  • workforce planning
  • organisational design
 Strong knowledge of:
  • Employment law
  • Employee relations
  •  EDI
  •  NHS or public sector workforce frameworks
  • Experience developing and delivering people strategies that improve performance
  • Ability to build strong relationships and influence at Executive and Board level
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
  • A strong track record of leading teams and delivering change
  • Commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

Desirable attributes:

  • Experience working within the NHS or wider public sector
  • Executive coaching or leadership development experience
  • Knowledge of Freedom to Speak Up or whistleblowing frameworks
  • Experience working with senior government or healthcare stakeholders

Why join us?

  • The opportunity to shape the future of a growing organisation
  • A senior leadership role with real influence
  • A supportive and collaborative Executive Team
  • Competitive salary and benefits
  • The chance to make a meaningful difference to people's working lives

Apply today

If you are a strategic people leader who can help us build a stronger future, we would love to hear from you.

Apply now to join our Executive Team as Chief People Officer.

About Us

In return for your commitment, we will offer you some fantastic benefits:

  • Generous annual leave allowance with the ability to buy and sell - 27 days per year, plus bank holidays
  • A commitment to talent management & development
  • Values Star of the Month! -  Our star of the month award enables you to recognise colleagues or teams that have gone the extra mile and they could win £100 worth of shopping vouchers
  • Pension – We’ll contribute up to 10% towards your pension if you join our stakeholder pension scheme
  • Life Assurance
  • Group Income Protection
  • Wellbeing Programme
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Employee Engagement & discounts platform

About Us:

NHS Professionals (NHSP) run the largest NHS flexible staff bank, placing highly skilled temporary workers in NHS Trusts to meet their short, medium and long-term needs. Uniquely we are owned by the Department of Health and Social Care and we therefore reinvest any surplus we make directly back into the NHS.

NHSP is committed to being an inclusive employer of choice, working with a variety of partner organisations which provide valuable insights and best practice. We are accredited as a Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute and recognised as one of the Sunday Times Best Places to Work. As part of our ongoing commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion, we have been awarded the  Race Equality Code Quality Mark and are a signatory of Disability Confident, Menopause Pledge and Mental Health at Work Commitment.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI)

As part of our commitment to EDI, as well as having a number of related staff support networks and calendar of activities, NHS professionals is also working to the following aims:
 
  • To ensure we become an inclusive recruiter of choice, encompassing a fully diverse workforce, which truly reflects society
  • To proactively embed the EDI agenda, in a meaningful way, in all that it does 
  • To create a psychologically safe environment in which everyone can thrive and be at their best 
  • To actively support and Include disabled people as part of our commitment to the Disability Confident scheme, including offering an interview to applicants to who meet the minimum criteria and choose to apply under the scheme.
 
We particularly welcome applications from people from minority groups and will provide support to ensure an equitable process.
 
 
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