Director of Culture, Leadership and Learning | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 14 April 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £112,782 - £129,783 p.a. pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 14 May 2026 |
| Location: | Cambridge, CB2 0QQ |
| Company: | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7935127/180-F-265017 |
Summary
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) is seeking an outstanding and values driven Director of Culture, Leadership and Learning to lead some of our most important people agendas at a pivotal time for the organisation.
Reporting to the Chief People Officer, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across People Experience and Engagement, Learning and Development, and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). Working as a senior member of the Workforce leadership team, you will shape and deliver ambitious organisational development and education programmes that enable our workforce to thrive and support the Trust’s strategic priorities.
This is a highly influential role requiring a credible, inclusive leader with significant experience of organisational development, leadership learning and workforce EDI in a large, complex organisation. Working collaboratively with colleagues across the Trust and engaging with regional and national partners you will deliver measurable improvements in staff experience, leadership capability and culture.
CUH is one of the largest and best known Trusts in the country, combining excellence in care, learning and research. Our values — Together, Safe, Kind, Excellent — are at the heart of everything we do, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can fulfil their potential.
Lead the Trust’s Organisational Development agenda including Experience and Engagement and workforce Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion:
Provide expert leadership of the Trust’s OD agenda and ambitions, leading internal and external partners to best meet organisational needs.
Lead on employee engagement; promoting and encouraging excellence in staff experience with demonstrable improvement including through national staff survey and quarterly surveys.
Lead the workforce Equality Diversity and Inclusion agenda, including the Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) and the Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES), working collaboratively with staff and other networks.
Commission and manage external capacity and capability including in organisation development, design and people experience design.
Previous experience working at senior level in a complex environment is essential; previous NHS experience is desirable.
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
- applied for a Graduate visa
- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment
This vacancy will close at midnight on the 28th April 2026.
Interviews are due to be held on the 8th May 2026.
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
This advert closes on Tuesday 28 Apr 2026