Director of People & Culture

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	05 Mawrth 2026
Cyflog:	£90,000.00 bob blwyddyn
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£90000.00 a year
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	22 Mawrth 2026
Lleoliad:	Bicester, OX26 3HA
Cwmni:	NHS Jobs
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	E0176-26-0017

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Strategic Leadership & Organisational Direction Shapes and drives the organisations long term strategy and priorities. Contributes fully to Executive Team discussions, influencing organisational vision, culture and strategic decisions. Leads directorate level strategic plans, ensuring alignment with corporate aims. Anticipates future trends, risks, opportunities and system level developments. Ensures strategic decisions reflect the organisations values and Leadership Code of Conduct. Operational Leadership & Performance Holds end to end accountability for operational delivery and service performance within their directorate. Ensures services are safe, effective, efficient and financially sustainable. Leads transformation, service redesign and continuous improvement initiatives. Establishes governance, performance standards and assurance mechanisms. Ensures operational practice aligns with organisational values and professional conduct standards. Decision Making & Authority Acts as the final decision making authority within their directorate, including on highly sensitive, complex or high risk matters. Applies expert judgement, evidence, and risk analysis to support final decisions. Contributes to cross organisational decisions as part of collective Executive accountability. Balances competing priorities, service pressures and organisational risks. Ensures decisions are transparent, ethical and aligned to the Leadership Code of Conduct. People, Leadership, Culture & Values Provides visible, inclusive and values led leadership, modelling the organisations Leadership Code of Conduct at all times. Sets clear expectations for behaviour, professionalism and conduct, ensuring teams understand and uphold organisational values. Leads senior managers and professional teams, ensuring accountability, high performance and a positive working culture. Champions wellbeing, inclusion, learning and staff development, supporting talent pipelines and succession planning. Builds a culture of openness, trust and psychological safety, encouraging staff to speak up and contribute ideas. Intervenes early and appropriately where standards of behaviour or performance are not met, ensuring consistency and fairness. Ensures decision making and communication demonstrate integrity, transparency and ethical leadership. Financial Governance & Resource Management Holds delegated responsibility for directorate budgets, resource planning and financial management. Ensures robust internal controls, value for money and financial sustainability. Leads business cases, investment decisions and financial risk assessments. Ensures efficient use of people, systems and assets to support organisational objectives. Stakeholder, Partnership & External Leadership Represents the organisation at senior internal and external forums. Develops influential, collaborative relationships across the system. Communicates strategic priorities and performance effectively with key stakeholders. Negotiates and manages sensitive or high impact external issues with professionalism and integrity. Governance, Risk & Compliance Ensures strong governance, assurance and regulatory compliance within their directorate. Identifies, assesses and mitigates organisational risks, escalating as appropriate. Ensures policies, statutory responsibilities and professional standards are met. Supports organisational audits, regulatory inspections and improvement plans. Person Specification Qualifications - Essential Degree level education or equivalent senior level experience Evidence of ongoing professional development Strong understanding of governance, leadership and organisational responsibilities Desirable Relevant professional qualification (sector specific, where applicable) Formal leadership, management or executive level training Postgraduate qualification (e.g., MBA, MSc, or equivalent) Experience - Essential Significant senior leadership experience at directorate, divisional or organisational level Proven track record of leading complex services, programmes or operational areas Experience developing and delivering strategy in a multidisciplinary environment Ability to make high risk, high impact decisions Experience managing senior managers and professional teams Experience in financial oversight, risk management and resource planning Desirable Experience working as part of an Executive Team Experience interacting with Boards, committees or regulatory bodies Experience operating within a regulated sector Leading cross organisational transformation or systemwide initiatives Experience representing an organisation at regional or national level Skills & Knowledge - Essential Strong understanding of strategic planning and organisational performance Knowledge of governance, risk management and regulatory responsibilities Understanding of people leadership, culture, workforce planning and organisational development Deep understanding of values based leadership and conduct Desirable Understanding of broader sector specific challenges and external landscape Advanced knowledge of quality, assurance or compliance frameworks Understanding of digital transformation and data driven decision making Knowledge of change methodologies or formal improvement frameworks Skills & Leadership Competencies - Essential Strategic thinking and ability to set long term direction Strong operational leadership and delivery capability Excellent decision making, judgement and risk assessment Strong communication, negotiation and influencing skills Ability to build collaborative relationships internally and externally Ability to lead and develop senior teams Demonstrates behaviours aligned to organisational values and Leadership Code of Conduct Desirable Coaching or mentoring capability for senior leaders Facilitation or organisational development skills Experience supporting organisational culture change High level presentation or media facing experience Experience in cross sector partnership working Experience leading multiagency or systemwide programmes Personal Qualities - Essential Integrity, professionalism and sound ethical judgement Confidence, resilience and ability to work under pressure Inclusive, visible and values driven leadership style Courage to challenge constructively and make difficult decisions Emotionally intelligent, reflective and committed to continuous learning Pragmatic, solution focused and able to balance competing demands Role Accountabilities Strategic View Provides the strategic leadership to deliver an organisation wide people and organisation development strategy and plan aligned to the annual plan and consistent with PML vision and values while supporting the organisation to support its performance targets. Programme Management Commissions and ensures delivery of organisation wide multi-disciplinary and people programmes which deliver return on investment. Leading Team Leads and builds a high performing P&C team that ensuring a smooth operation that enables operational partners to shape and build a culture that inspires and motivates their people to deliver measurable outcomes that service the patient and enable PML to continue to innovate Specialist Expertise With a focus on employee experience, provides generalist expert guidance across all areas of the employee life cycle which also cover remuneration, workforce planning, recruitment, employee relations, employee engagement, business partnering, learning and development, talent management and succession planning. Strong organisation design and development skills to enable the organisation to shift to the next stage of development Operational Excellence Provides a data driven and client focussed HR service for General Practice, Community Services and Corporate Services with measurable outcomes and clear standard operating standards. Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement Collaborates with Executive team and senior leaders to support workforce planning efforts ensuring that the services have the right talent and resources within the financial envelope and contract requirements Continuous Improvement Identifies and implements business improvements using leading edge tools and embeds into operation. Person Specification Qualifications Degree MBA or MSc People and Organisation Development or equivalent CIPD Level 7 or equivalent Experience Demonstrated experience of operating at Board level Strong and broad HR generalist who has operated in a customer/patient focussed environment and has embedded employee engagement and culture change Sound knowledge of Corporate Governance and Board accountabilities Embedding talent management and succession planning models within medical, clinical and non-clinical populations Demonstrated ability to lead, develop and motivate teams with specialist expertise Demonstrated knowledge in moving services to scale Exceptional inspirational leadership skills to gain the trust and commitment of team and peers alike Skills & Knowledge Exceptional influencing skills Commercial acumen holding P&L responsibility within a large organisation Exposure to larger scale organisations within regulated and complex stakeholder environment Strong business intelligence and analytical skills to inform future direction and trends Solid experience in healthcare preferably primary care Overseeing employee engagement and internal communications Strong awareness of employment legislation, statutory guidance and employment law Behaviours & Attributes Highest level of integrity Ability to deliver complex messages to diverse stakeholder groups and gain buy-in Politically astute and high levels of stakeholder sensitivity Resilient and knows how to create psychologically safe environments for others Commitment to continuous improvement and learning Ability to balance strategic thinking with operational delivery High emotional intelligence and self-awareness