Associate Director of Culture, Leadership & Learning

at  Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

We are now recruiting an Associate Director of Culture, Leadership & Learning to continue to move us on the path to ‘Outstanding’.
To succeed, you will need substantial HR experience operating at a senior level in the NHS or large public or private sector organisation, in a multiple stakeholder environment. You will bring a strong track record in leading and developing OD teams and services and of operational and strategic achievement in HR and OD in a large /complex environment.
In return, we offer an influential role within a Trust where the Board and Leadership Team are committed to investing in our workforce. Our Trust is large enough to provide challenge and complexity, yet small enough that you have make a tangible impact in the role.
Interviews will be being held on site at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust 20th and 21st June 2024.

Reporting to the Chief People Officer as a member of the OD&P Leadership Team, your key responsibilities will include:

• Driving the cultural elements that complement the Improving Together Programme, which is at the heart of the Trust’s business plans and objectives and supports the new ways of working across the Integrated Care System (ICS).
• Developing the Trust’s approach to organisational design and development, ensuring it has a coherent and regularly reviewed plan which supports the organisation in fostering a compassionate & inclusive culture alongside increasing its effectiveness and overall organisational health.
• Developing robust strategies for leadership and management development, to enable effective leadership and management across the Trust, in accordance with the NHS leadership Compact and the Trust’s values.
• Being responsible for learning across the organisation, through the professional leadership, design, development and implementation of a new educational vision and long-term plan for the learning and development function.
• Championing inclusion in the Trust through delivery of the long-term EDI plan and policy.

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage. We are rated CQC ‘Good’ and are well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we provide for our patients and our staff. We offer a broad range of clinical care to a population of 270,000, and we have regional specialist centres for spinal injuries, rehabilitation, plastics and burns. Our longstanding links with local Armed Forces and veterans has seen us awarded Gold under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition scheme.
Our 5,500-strong workforce is at the very centre of everything we do, and we are committed to developing our people and their careers. We have high levels of staff engagement, an award-winning internal communications function, an innovative training partnership with Coventry University, and are one of 23 ‘NHS People Promise Exemplar’ sites.
Please see attached Recruitment Information Pack for full details on roles and responsibilities for this opportunit

• Driving the cultural elements that complement the Improving Together Programme, which is at the heart of the Trust’s business plans and objectives and supports the new ways of working across the Integrated Care System (ICS).
• Developing the Trust’s approach to organisational design and development, ensuring it has a coherent and regularly reviewed plan which supports the organisation in fostering a compassionate & inclusive culture alongside increasing its effectiveness and overall organisational health.
• Developing robust strategies for leadership and management development, to enable effective leadership and management across the Trust, in accordance with the NHS leadership Compact and the Trust’s values.
• Being responsible for learning across the organisation, through the professional leadership, design, development and implementation of a new educational vision and long-term plan for the learning and development function.
• Championing inclusion in the Trust through delivery of the long-term EDI plan and policy