Associate Director of Organisational Development, Culture & Leadership
| Posting date: | 04 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £109,179 to £125,637 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £109179 - £125637 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 February 2026 |
| Location: | Bournemouth, BH7 7DW |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9153-26-0071 |
Summary
Shape and lead the Trusts organisational development, culture and engagement strategies, ensuring alignment with the Trusts mission, values and long-term strategic objectives. Provide executive leadership for the cultural elements that complement the Patient First Improvement Programme, enabling new and improved ways of working across UHD and the wider Integrated Care System. Lead the development and delivery of Trustwide leadership and management development strategies, aligned to the NHS Leadership Compact and Trust values. Establish and oversee a systematic approach to talent management and succession planning for critical roles, including the delivery of a Trustwide Talent Management Strategy. Act as the Trusts senior lead for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, ensuring EDI principles are embedded across organisational development, leadership, engagement and culture. Provide executive oversight of the Trusts staff engagement approach, including the annual NHS Staff Survey and pulse surveys, ensuring insight is translated into meaningful, sustained improvement. Build and maintain strong internal and external partnerships, influencing senior leaders and system partners to support organisational effectiveness, leadership maturity and cultural change. You will be a highly credible, enterprise-level leader,with the presence, judgement and authority to operate confidently at Executive Board and system level. You will bring: Extensive experience of leading organisational development, culture change and leadership development at scale within a complex organisation. A strong track record of shaping and delivering Trustwide OD and cultural strategies with measurable impact. Experience of advising, influencing and supporting Executive leaders and senior stakeholders. Highly developed leadership, coaching and facilitation skills, with the ability to lead other senior leaders and specialist teams. A clear and demonstrable commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, and to embedding inclusive practice at organisational level. A Masters qualification (or equivalent experience) and CIPD membership (or equivalent) are required. Our closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 22nd February 2026 Shortlisting will take place on Monday 23rd February2026 We will be contacting applicants from Tuesday the 24th February 2026 onwards The selection process will take place on Thursday 12th March 2026 or Friday 13th March 2026 - please ensure you are available on these dates