Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Deputy Chief People Officer
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and ambitious workforce leader to join Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as our Deputy Chief People Officer.
Reporting directly to the Chief People Officer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering our People Strategy, ensuring we have a sustainable, skilled, engaged, and high-performing workforce capable of delivering outstanding care to our patients. The role provides strategic leadership across a broad portfolio of workforce services, including HR Business Partnering, Employee Relations, Recruitment and Retention, Workforce Planning, Workforce Governance, and Temporary Staffing.
As a key member of the People Directorate senior leadership team, you will work closely with Executive Directors, clinical leaders, system partners, and staff-side representatives to deliver workforce transformation, organisational development, and continuous improvement programmes. You will be responsible for developing innovative workforce solutions, influencing strategic decision-making, and driving a positive staff experience across the Trust.
This is an outstanding opportunity for a compassionate, inclusive, and forward-thinking leader who is passionate about developing people, improving organisational performance, and making a difference to patient care through exceptional workforce leadership. You will also deputise for the Chief People Officer and represent the Trust at local, regional, and national forums as required.
The post holder will participate in the Trust's on-call rota.
The Deputy Chief People Officer will provide strategic and operational leadership for key workforce functions, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, innovative, and customer-focused HR services across the Trust.
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Key Responsibilities Include
- Support the Chief People Officer in delivering the Trust's People Strategy and workforce priorities.
- Provide strategic leadership for workforce services, including HR Business Partnering, Employee Relations, Recruitment, Retention, Workforce Planning, and Workforce Governance.
- Lead the development and delivery of workforce strategies that support high-quality patient care, workforce sustainability, and organisational performance.
- Act as a trusted adviser to Executive Directors, senior leaders, and clinicians on complex workforce and organisational development matters.
- Lead workforce transformation, service redesign, and organisational change programmes across the Trust.
- Ensure effective workforce planning, talent management, succession planning, and workforce deployment arrangements are in place.
- Build effective partnerships with staff-side representatives, system partners, and external stakeholders.
- Oversee workforce governance, statutory reporting, budgets, contracts, and commissioned services.
- Deputise for the Chief People Officer and represent the Trust at Board, system, and external meetings as required.
- Champion an inclusive, compassionate, and high-performing culture where colleagues are empowered to thrive.
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester, and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
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Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement, and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
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We understand relocating can be a big step. Hampshire Hospitals may be able to provide accommodation options for successful candidates, depending on availability. If this is something you would like to explore, please contact Southern Housing on 02080 360017.
For further details / informal visits, contact:
- Name: Heather Bennett
- Job title: Executive Assistant to Chief People Officer
- Email address: Heather.Bennett@hhft.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 01256 262256
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