Deputy Director Culture

Overview

In this role you will shape and lead a new Culture Team within a restructured People and Culture Directorate, driving the North London Way and a long-term culture strategy. You will influence senior leaders to create conditions for cultural success, lead staff engagement and culture-change initiatives, and embed inclusion and compassionate leadership. You’ll enable the organisation to thrive and deliver outstanding care, aligning culture with the Trust’s five-year strategy and values.

Pay / Benefits

• NHS Discounts
• generous annual leave
• NHS pension scheme
• flexible working
• staff wellbeing initiatives
• internal staff network

Responsibilities

• Build and guide the newly established Culture Team
• Drive development and implementation of the North London Way
• Shape long-term organisational culture vision across the Trust
• Influence executive and senior leaders to enable cultural success
• Lead innovative staff engagement, OD and culture-change initiatives
• Utilise insight and staff voice to prioritise interventions
• Embed inclusion, belonging and compassionate leadership across the organisation
• Support a culture where colleagues can thrive and deliver outstanding care

Key requirements

• Chartered Fellow CIPD (FCIPD) or working towards
• Master’s degree in HR, Employment Law, Business, Public Administration, Organisational Development, or equivalent senior level experience OR equivalent senior level experience
• Evidence of ongoing CPD
• Strategic thinking and political awareness
• Strong influencing, negotiation, and coaching
• Ability to lead change and improve services
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills
• Experience in education/learning and development or OD; large-scale cultural change; KPIs and budgets
• Knowledge of NHS People Plan, engagement, equality and diversity, and regulatory frameworks
• Experience with digital transformation and sustainability

• Compassionate and inclusive
• Collaborative and transparent
• Calm, credible and improvement-focused
• Strategic thinking
• Stakeholder engagement and negotiation
• Change management and OD interventions

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