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Job overview

We are looking for a Deputy Chief People Officer to join us at the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.  If you are a compassionate, collaborative, innovative senior People professional we hope this role will be of interest to you.

 The UHN Group includes Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust with a combined turnover of circa £900M and 11,000 employees.  Working together KGH and NGH serve the healthcare needs of a population of 2 million people.  As a university teaching hospital, teaching and research are important, with a focus on developing strong wide ranging academic partnerships leading to improved patient outcomes and exciting opportunities for colleagues.

 A member of the senior People team, the Deputy Chief People Officer plays a key role in leading the delivery of the UHN People strategy.  The post holder will act as a role model in terms of organisational values and behaviours and support the Chief People Officer in their responsibilities covering all aspects of leadership and people management across UHN. The post holder will support the Chief People Officer in providing a comprehensive workforce service, leading initiatives to develop high levels of workforce engagement and performance to support delivery of the organisation’s strategic and performance goals and improvement priorities.

Main duties of the job

The Deputy Chief People Officer is a key member of the senior People team and plays a key role in leading the delivery of the UHN People strategy.

 The Deputy Chief People Officer will act as a role model in terms of organisational values and behaviours and support the Chief People Officer in their responsibilities covering all aspects of leadership and people management across UHN. The post holder will support the Chief People Officer in providing a comprehensive workforce service, providing leadership for the People Plan, annual business plan, Care Quality Commission standards and other workforce related governance and compliance requirements.

 The post holder will lead initiatives to develop high levels of workforce engagement and performance to support delivery of the organisation’s strategic and performance goals and improvement priorities.

 The Deputy Chief People Officer has a wide-ranging and extensive portfolio including strategy and policy and major change programmes. With the Chief People Officer, the post holder will ensure that the people directorate’s structure and functions – and the capacity and capability of people that work in the directorate – are fit for purpose and designed to support business needs, whilst maintaining the highest professional standards.

Working for our organisation

Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values

Compassion

Accountability

Respect

Integrity

Courage

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.

We are a Defence positive trust, supporting our reservists, veterans, spouses and partners.

The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.

We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.