Deputy Divisional Head of Workforce (2 posts)

This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious, driven HR professional to develop their strategic business partnering experience in support of our OUH People Plan 2022-25. As well as developing top-quality people solutions to improve performance and staff experience you will also deputise for our Divisional Heads of Workforce and contribute to corporate policy development and Trust-wide projects.

This role is evaluated at Band 8A but we would consider a link grade role from Band 7 to 8A for some-one who wishes to gain the experience against a set of key competencies and transition into this role.

Interview date: 3rd February 2025

Main duties of the job

The Deputy Head of Workforce will work in close partnership with the Divisional Heads of Workforce and Divisional and Corporate colleagues. This critical role is responsible for supporting the development, implementation and evaluation of people plans and strategies at Divisional and service level, bringing in best practice solutions to achieve service goals and organisational objectives. The postholder will support the Divisional Heads of Workforce in analysing all sources of data to identify hotspots in their Divisions and will use workforce information reports to drive change and report progress highlighting mitigations and interventions to improve performance against key performance indicators (KPIs)

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call thisDelivering Compassionate Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.

Job description

Job responsibilities

This is an ideal opportunity for experienced HR professionals who are looking for progression to a role that introduces a mix of strategic and operational working. We would welcome applications from candidates who have previous HR business partnering or consultant experience along with demonstrable experience of working on various initiatives in their role that support the achievement of Trust Key Performance Indicators.

For further information, please email Laura Bick, Director of Workforce, email address laura.bick@ouh.nhs.uk to arrange a time to discuss this opportunity.

Person Specification

Shortlisting

Essential

• CIPD
• Masters
• Senior HR role in the NHS
• ESR, TRAC and Goodshape experience

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

John Radcliffe Hospital

Headley Way

Oxford

OX3 9DU

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