Head of Human Resources

at  East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

The Head of HR provides a strategic workforce and OD focus and direction for the Trust by working closely with the People & Culture senior leadership team, Divisional Senior Management teams and other senior stakeholders and providing leadership to the HR teams to support the forward planning, engagement and performance of our number one asset - our people.
In this role, you will influence and drive business objectives and support the delivery of the Trust People Strategy. You will lead on designated Trust-wide workforce projects, as a member of the Senior People & Culture Management Team to deliver the People & Culture contribution to the quality improvement agenda.
You will provide senior leadership to the HR Business Partnering and Operations Team and Workforce Information Systems Team, being responsible for the development of the service, ensuring that members of the team have the capacity and confidence to provide high quality advice on a wide range of subject matter.
To lead the Senior HR Business Partnering and Operations Team to deliver professional HR and people leadership to the Divisions, ensuring the highest standards of employee engagement along with optimal workforce effectiveness
To provide strategic and Trust-wide delivery of the People Strategy within the Divisions through the Senior HR Business Partners
Work closely with senior colleagues across People & Culture and the wider system to deliver on HR & OD priorities
To lead, develop and manage the operational HR teams, supported by the Senior HR Business Partners to provide an expert, professional and high quality operational HR service providing advice on a full range of workforce matters
To lead the development of Trust HR policies to support delivery of the Trust’s People Strategy and in particular support the delivery of the Trust Behaviour Framework, Culture and Leadership Programme
To support the Deputy Director of People & Culture in maintaining and building on excellent partnership working with trade union colleagues across the organisation through effective Trust wide partnership arrangements and the promotion of partnership working
The successful applicant will be joining a well-established, highly committed and talented HR team, in a Trust that is constantly looking to improve on how we deliver services to our local community.
To see some of the benefits of coming to join the ELHT family, please visit https://elht.nhs.uk/working-us/why-work-us
For full details of the role, please refer to the attached job description and person specification

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