Interim Deputy Director of People

Kindness, wellness, fairness. These are our Trust values and they need to run through everything we do. We're looking for someone who can help the People Services Team and the entire organisation embed our values and help us deliver exceptional people services to the organisation against the backdrop of significant financial challenge.
We have a new long term corporate strategy and People Plan and we are looking for someone who can provide inclusive, compassionate leadership to the People Services directorate while delivering against our ambitious People Plan priorities.
An ability to work collaboratively across internal and external teams, develop and deliver complex programmes of work with limited resources and provide assurance that we are operating to the highest possible standards. Experience of managing complex employee relations cases and developing processes that support a just and learning culture would be an asset. There will be opportunities to work with system partners on improving People Services across Norfolk and Waveney as well as our Electronic Patient Record and New Hospital programmes.
If your values and ambitions match ours and the opportunity to join our Trust attracts you, we look forward to meeting you through the recruitment process.
Fixed term or secondment for six months, We have made real progress as an organisation to modernise and improve the support we provide to the organisation, but we can do more to embed our values and develop an organisation and leadership team which reflect our population and workforce. We are also looking to take the next steps with the development and expansion of digital workforce systems and solutions., · Provide leadership in the delivery of major organisational and system change projects which may impact across and outside of QEH.
· Provide leadership to ensure the delivery of the Trust's People Strategy and national requirements, for example related to EDI and other areas of focus.
· Provide expert Human Resources advice to the organisation including employment law updates and dealing with complex and emotive employee relations issues.
· Ensure the appropriate management and resolution of employee relations cases.
· Ensure that the Trust has People policies and procedures which are legally compliant, embed best practice and have at their heart the organisation's values.
· Role model the values of the organisation and develop a positive organisational and team culture
· Support the Director in the development and deliver the Trust's People Plan
· Be responsible for ensuring the development of strategic plans affecting thew whole organisation and system over long time periods. E.g. Talent Management, Staff Wellbeing, Inclusion, and Recruitment
· Write Board papers, strategic plans and strategies which combine complex, contradictory or partial information in a way that is intelligible to a wide audience.
· Develop and use organisational data to provide information to inform decision making.
· Make judgements about significant organisational projects or priorities with incomplete, contradictory or confusing information and be able to explain the rationale to sometimes sceptical stakeholders.
· Innovate and improve the delivery of People Services in the Trust.
· Improve the capacity and capability of the People Services directorate.
· Influence internal and external stakeholders to support complex, long term and challenging projects, strategies and initiatives that support the delivery of the Trust's strategic objectives.
· Accountable for the development and delivery of substantial organisational and system wide projects and strategic priorities that affect substantial numbers of staff over several years.
· Responsible for the day to day management of the People Services Directorate and line management of the senior leadership team.
· Support the Director of People with leading the People Senior Leadership Team.
· Forge productive relationships and partnership working with Trade Union colleagues.
· Be an active member of our Deputy Director's Group, and the Trust Senior Leadership Team and appropriate system level groups.
· Participate in the Trust's on-call rota at the appropriate level.
Applications are welcome from anyone who meets the criteria specified in the person specification regardless of age, gender, disability, race ,ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation or other personal circumstances. Only those applicants who demonstrate in the application form how they meet the criteria in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We not only recruit employees based on their qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who possess and can demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our core values (attached).
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We offer our staff a wide range of benefits and support including:
+ Flexible working opportunities
+ Free counselling service
+ NHS Pension scheme
+ Access to Wagestream - an app-based service that provides instant earned wage access

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  + Support and advice for staff affected by either Peri-Menopause or Menopause
  + Opportunity to join our Staff Networks which include: Armed Forces, REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Culture Heritage), Disability and LGBTQ+ networks.
  We are committed to being a menopause friendly employer.
  Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this post may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role asap.
  Admin & Clerical staff may be required to act as Loggists for a major incident.
  Everyone within the Trust has or will shortly need to have a minimum level of skill for computer literacy for their day-to day- work as we become more digitally mature. Therefore all staff shoulld be computer literate.
  Team QEH are one of the most research-active organisations for our size in the UK, recruiting 2,188 in 20/21 and ranked 10/16 in the Eastern Region. We have a wide-ranging and diverse portfolio of clinical studies and also recognised as one of the fastest trusts in the country from set up to recruitment.
  
  We are actively seeking candidates from a variety of backgrounds who offer the leadership skills required to take our Trust forward. Your values and ability to inspire and harness the talents of others are more important than where you have gained your leadership experience. Candidates should have CIPD level 7, or be working towards and have significant academic or equivalent practical experience of Human Resources.
  
  The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King's Lynn is located near some of the most beautiful scenery in the UK, along the north Norfolk coast, and not far from Sandringham House.
  We provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based healthcare services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, in addition to parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire. We have more than 4,000 staff and volunteers, approximately 530 beds, and a helipad for air ambulances. We work with neighbouring hospitals for the provision of tertiary services, including as part of regional partnership and network models of care, such as the trauma network. Some specialist services and clinics are provided in community facilities, such as the North Cambridgeshire hospital in Wisbech.
  Please see attached candidate pack for full information regarding the role including job description and person specification.