Chief People Officer
| Posting date: | 24 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 December 2025 |
| Location: | Wigan, WN1 2NN |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9302-25-0547 |
Summary
About the role: As CPO, you will be a strategic equal at the Board table, responsible for the design, implementation and evaluation of our People & Culture Strategy, aligned with the NHS People Plan, NHS People Promise and long-term workforce ambitions. You will lead the full portfolio of workforce, organisational development, culture, leadership, digital people services, education, recruitment, wellbeing and Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) including leading our journey to become a fully anti-racist organisation. You will provide visible, inclusive and compassionate executive leadership, strengthening people management capability across the Trust and driving service improvement, modernisation and high performance. You will also play a key system leadership role through the Greater Manchester HR Directors Network, the Healthier Wigan Partnership and wider locality programmes. Will be required to travel to all Trust sites. Key priorities include: Leading and embedding our People & Culture Strategy Overseeing workforce planning, modernisation and future workforce design Driving the acute-to-community shift and redesigning workforce models to meet growing demand Strengthening leadership capability, succession planning and talent development Improving colleague experience, wellbeing, psychological safety and engagement Leading EDI strategy and reporting, with explicit responsibility for anti-racism Ensuring robust employee relations, partnership working and Trade Union collaboration Supporting organisational transformation through high-impact OD and cultural change programmes Delivering People Services excellence with grip, control and service improvement focus A full Job Description and Person Specification is available in the attached candidate pack. A recruitment microsite with further information can be found at www.wwlopportunities.co.uk Applications are via CV and Cover Letter. Please email: jp@seymourjohn.com using the subject line: WWL CPO Application For an informal and confidential conversation, please contact: Jonathan Phillips 07817 988490 Key dates Closing date: Midnight, Monday 15 December 2025 First-stage assessment: Week commencing 15 December 2025 Final interviews: Week commencing 12 January 2026