Head of Employee Services | Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Are you ready to take the next step in your career?

We are offering a unique and exciting opportunity to join our senior leadership as our Head of Employee Services.

This role will provide you with an opportunity to lead, motivate and inspire a dedicated team to deliver high-quality recruitment and workforce systems functions, and manage the contract with our outsourced payroll provider.

You'll also gain strategic experience, driving change in relation to our commitment to inclusive recruitment, and working in collaboration with external partners across the Greater Manchester system to scale-up and improve the efficiency of employee services.

This role is ideal for someone with a strong background in recruitment and workforce systems who is ready to step into a leadership position and make a real impact across our Trust. It is offered on a fixed-term basis for 6 months, due to the substantive postholder being successful in obtaining a career development opportunity of their own.

You will be part of a friendly, supportive, and enthusiastic HR senior leadership team, under the direction of our newly appointed Chief People Officer., This is a senior role within the People and OD directorate, providing strategic and operational leadership to Recruitment and Workforce Systems Teams.

This role is the most senior expert in recruitment and workforce systems and is responsible for setting the strategic direction for these areas in alignment with local and national strategy and best practice as well as organisational strategy and objectives, with a focus on candidate attraction and inclusive recruitment and selection. They are also responsible for leading and managing high-performing Recruitment and Workforce Systems Teams, ensuring the achievement of key performance indicators and positive relations with employees and managers.

The postholder will need to complete regular audits on quality and compliance with legislation, regulations and local policies, and maintain appropriate processes for managing risks and ensuring continuous service improvement. They will produce reports for various internal and external stakeholders and provide assurances to board and sub-board level committees.

The postholder will work in collaboration with senior leaders and executive directors across corporate functions and care groups on recruitment and workforce matters, supported by the Resourcing Manager, Workforce Systems Team Leader, and Recruitment Partners aligned to our care groups, and responsible to the Associate Director of HR.

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.