Band 8b Head of People - QEHB

Job summary

Head of People (12 Month fixed term contract)

Are you an HR professional with a passion for driving cultural transformation?

We have an exciting secondment opportunity for an inspirational leader to join the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) as the Head of People. Our vision is to build healthier lives in the communities we serve and to deliver excellent patient care.

As our Head of People, you will be a senior leader within QEH, contributing to the Hospital's strategic aims and reporting directly to the Hospital Executive Director. You will lead our site People Team, in delivering an excellent Employee Relations service and drive human resources initiatives, whilst ensuring the highest standards of employee engagement, development, and well-being.

We are open to individuals who are ideally looking to join us on a secondment basis, which could lead to a permanent position.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Leadership

* Lead the effective development of leadership and people management capability across the Hospital, so that staff are recruited, inducted, cared for, appropriately

managed, effectively deployed, retained, developed professionally and their concerns elicited and resolved in a timely and effective manner.

* Responsible for the inspiration, motivation and performance management of teams within the remit of the role.

* Develop the Employee Relations work streams to be effective, organised, integrated and managed to fully support the strategic aims of the People Directorate.

* Promote a culture which promotes a just and learning culture and ensures that decision-making is allocated to appropriate levels, allowing staff to make a valuable

contribution based on their development needs and career aspirations.

* Take a solutions-focused perspective to challenges to drive forward positive change, as well as resource needs.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

* Degree in Human Resources Management or similar field

* Evidence of further personal / academic development to Masters level or equivalent

* Membership of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development or equivalent

* Management qualification or evidence of practical application of expertise at this level

* Evidence of continuing professional development

Experience

Essential

* Proven track record of successful operational leadership of HR and direct management and development of professional staff in an acute NHS provider or equivalent large complex organisation

* Significant experience in complex case management, including preparations and attendance at employment tribunals

* Experience in the successful leadership, development and implementation of role-specific strategies, policies and performance management systems that deliver high

quality services and outcomes

* Evidence of employment relations expertise and working strategically and in partnership with Trade Unions / Staff side representatives.

* Experience in setting and achieving