Associate Director - People Services

Role: Associate Director - People Services

Sector: Public Sector

Duration 3 Months

Location: Peterborough

Salary: Competitive

Sellick Partnership are currently recruiting for an experienced Associate Director - People Services to join our public sector client on an interim basis for 3 months. This role is offered on a hybrid basis with a minimum of 1 day a week onsite, in Peterborough

The Associate Director - People Services will lead and manage the People Services functions within the wider Workforce and OD function for the organisations. The ideal candidate will deputise for the Deputy Chief People Officer providing professional leadership, strategic focus to all members of the Workforce and OD function, ensuring the delivery of the organisation's objectives.

The duties of the Associate Director - People Service include:

• Working closely within the organisation's executive team, divisional leadership teams and HR/OD senior management teams to ensure their involvement and understanding of HR services information systems, policies and procedures
• Drafting reports to present these at board level and committees to share highly complex, sensitive or contentious information
• Communicating with system partners to ensure the achievement of performance targets, and strategic objectives
• Implementing mechanisms to deliver widespread stakeholder engagement, partnership working and effective consultation
• Facilitating briefings and partnership working, ensuring the delivery of key national, regional and local priorities to promote the wider objectives of transformational change
• Analysing, reviewing and auditing services provided by the HR people services team to ensure best practice and optimum service delivery to agreed KPIs
• Leading and developing the organisation's approach to effective employee and staff side relations
• Reviewing organisation wide processes and procedures to seek better ways of working and improve efficiency and effectiveness
• Analysing complex and detailed reports to monitor performance against KPIs and strategic goals, taking corrective actions where necessary
• Analysing data and reviewing processes to identify and draft proposals for improved ways of working and new systems, to secure funding and a mandate for trust wide change
• Developing short, medium and long term workforce systems strategy and business plans to ensure systems and processes are efficient as possible, delivering the best value for money now and in the future
• Monitoring supplier performance to ensure value for money and take corrective action
• Maintaining a key strategic focus by effectively identifying, analysing and prioritising risks/issues external to the allocated projects and work streams and reconcile these within internal priorities
• Managing resource levels across all work streams, reallocating resources and reprioritising tasks to meet fluctuating demands.
• Overseeing the Workforce Systems Programme plan, ensuring relevant projects are delivered to timeframe and budget.
• Ensuring all areas of Workforce planning are reviewed and assessed, identifying risks and issues and taking corrective or avoidance actions as required.

The Associate Director - People Services will ideally have:

• CIPD Level 7 qualified or equivalent, or qualified by experience
• Experience of working within the NHS or similar organisation
• Experience of planning, managing and delivering complex program of projects in a change management environment
• Experience in influencing and challenging at executive level with credibility and confidence
• Experience in performance management, workforce planning, talent management, and organisational development.

How to apply for the Associate Director - People Services:

Our client is hoping to have the Associate Director - People Services in the role as soon as possible, therefore if you believe your experience meets the criteria above, please contact Charlotte Broomfield by Friday 22^nd May by submitted your CV directly.

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