Head of People and Culture

Salary: circa £75,000 per annum + generous benefits 

Contract: Full time, permanent  

Location: Victoria, London (hybrid working with one to three days in the office each week) 

Closing date: at 12 noon, Thursday 16 January 2025

Interviews: week commencing 27 January 2025 

NHS Providers is the membership organisation for the NHS hospital, mental health, community and ambulance services that treat patients and service users in the NHS. We help those NHS foundation trusts and trusts to deliver high-quality, patient-focused care by enabling them to learn from each other, acting as their public voice and helping shape the system in which they operate. 

NHS Providers has all trusts in England in voluntary membership, collectively accounting for £124bn of annual expenditure and employing 1.5 million people. 

Leading the people function, you will be the HR expert bringing good practice and leading on people related projects for the organisation. You will bring your generalist experience to bear in leading all strategic and operational management of the HR function’s contribution to an excellent organisation. As a member of the Senior Management Team (SMT) you will be the key advisor and business partner to both the executive leadership team and the SMT.

You will bring excellent people management skills to manage the function in delivering core activities in a dynamic and changing environment and be adept at steering the organisation through a period of change. You will be a collaborator, used to leading with compassion and working collaboratively across the organisation whilst delivering transformational and sustainable change.

We actively support equality of opportunity for all our staff and welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, any disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, or belief. We particularly encourage applications from those from underrepresented communities.  

To apply, please send a CV and cover letter setting out why you are interested in the role and how you meet the person specification to HR Team. 

Visa sponsorship

You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. NHS Providers is not able to offer visa sponsorship.