Head of People Culture

A well-known NHS organisation in the South East is looking for a dynamic Head of People Culture for an initial 6 months which may extend.

The purpose of this role is to lead, develop and deliver culture change across the organisation in the ways of working to reduce incidents of bullying and harassment and improve staff survey results.

Main Responsibilities include:

• Develop and deliver cultural change programme to ensure people have the skills, ability and psychological safety to continuously improve services for patient care, reducing incidents and staff survey reporting of bullying and harassment within the trust
• Lead and line manage the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion team to ensure the delivery of the Inclusion Board objectives and action plan
• Facilitate cultural change to ensure that our people can bring their whole self to work regardless of their personal circumstances and background, ensuring they feel respected and treated appropriately in all people interactions.
• Develop and deliver the freedom to speak up reporting
• Ensure that effective reporting mechanisms are developed and implemented to provide oversight of the just culture
• Actively promote and implement the people strategy and partnering delivery model across the business
• Facilitate excellent partnership working with trade unions
• Actively participate in the annual business planning cycle for the trust, ensuring an integrated approach is taken to organisational and workforce design
• Write board and committee reports to provide assurance on delivery and where slippage occurs provide assurance of plans to recover

The successful candidate will have:

• Experience of writing complex business cases and reports
• Previous experience of working within an National Health Service environment
• Experience developing approaches to reducing levels of bullying and harassment
• Drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude
• Commitment to promote Equality, diversity and inclusion
• Extensive track record of operational and strategic HR achievement

If you have relevant experience, skills and qualifications, please submit your CV.