Associate Director of People - London, United Kingdom - South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
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1 month ago

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This is an exciting time to be joining us as our new Associate Director of People and OD - Culture, in your first strategic leadership role, having consolidated your knowledge and experience of business partnering, employee relations and just culture principles and practice in your current or previous roles.


Working closely with the Deputy Chief People Officer, you will ensure that our service fulfils the needs of our clinical and non-clinical teams in a way that demonstrates compassion and kindness, in line with our newly launched values - Together, Kindness and Respect.


You will play a key role in the People and OD leadership Team and will support the Deputy Chief People Officer to shape the development of the functions operating model in order to support realisation of the Trust's objectives within our five-year strategy: Aiming High; Changing Lives.


Bringing energy, insight and a passion for inclusion and reducing inequalities, you will demonstrate compassionate leadership and nurture a culture of continuous improvement and excellence across key people practices and processes, ensuring that we get the basics right.


Ultimately, you will be a catalyst for change and will play a pivotal role in supporting the delivery of a highly capable People and OD team that delivers customer focussed solutions.

You will also demonstrate the drive and energy required to support making SLaM a great place to work, taking our people with us along the way.


You will already have had significant experience of driving strategy and change in a large scale, complex environment, working with senior leadership teams and at subcommittee level, with the ability to establish strong working relationships across systems and inspire your teams to deliver and improve the services we offer to our staff and service users, through the implementation of the People Plan and People Strategy.


You will use this experience to work with our partners at system level to formalise our plans around a collective workforce and participate fully in the modernisation of our estate, leading on employee engagement to ensure teams have every opportunity to design their new environments and explore new roles and different ways of working.


South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol.

We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre.

There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness.

Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations:
care and treatment, science and research, and training.

SLaM employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services.

Currently, provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark:
as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich.

By coming to work at SLaM, you will gain experience of being part of an organisation with a rich history and international reputation in mental health care.

You will have access to professional development and learning opportunities and have the chance to work alongside people who are world leaders in their field.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities

HR Strategy and Policy

  • To support the Chief people Officer in providing a comprehensive HR service to the Trust and providing input to the HR strategy, business plan, Care Quality Commission standards and other HR related governance and compliance requirements.
  • To lead in the development of the People & Culture directorate's annual objectives and people strategy relating to own areas of responsibility.
  • Work on strategic areas of HR as identified by the Trust and the P&C Senior team ensuring these fit with the ongoing programme of workforce transformation.
  • Ensure operational delivery of aspects of People Plan pertaining to areas of responsibility for the role, ensuring that it is in line with the strategic vision and overall strategy of the Directorate.
  • To provide expert knowledge in relevant employment legislation to senior managers within the Trust to support development of a positive Employee Relations culture and the Business Partnering team in the delivery of Trust business.
  • To ensure the delivery of Trustwide workforce performance targets and to contribute to the development and review of key workforce performance indicators.
  • To produce and present reports to senior management and Trust committees and groups on HR issues.
  • To ensure the Trust is aware of, and working towards, the operation of best practice app
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