Head of Human Resources (HR) Partnering and Digitalisation

Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB); Lancashire; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) is seeking a Head of Human Resources Partnering and Digitalisation to provide senior operational and strategic leadership for a substantial part of the People function.

The role leads HR Partnering and Digitalisation, supported by deputies and HR advisory teams, with accountability for governance, quality assurance and continuous improvement across the service.

Qualifications

• Lead performance and continuous improvement of the HR Partnering and Digital Services portfolio.
• Provide authoritative professional leadership for HR advisory/employee relations and governance with compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the HR Partnering and Digital Services portfolio with governance, measurable outcomes and alignment to the ICB strategy.
• Provide leadership for HR advisory/employee relations ensuring high-quality practice and compliance with employment law and NHS terms.
• Deputise for the Director of People when required at executive and governance meetings.
• Lead organisational change and workforce transformation programmes with effective risk management and staff engagement.

Job description

The Head of Human Resources (HR) Partnering and Digitalisation provides senior operational and strategic leadership for a significant part of the People function, ensuring delivery of a high-quality, consistent and values-led service across Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB. The postholder leads the HR Business Partnering and Digitalisation portfolio, supported by the Deputy Head of Business partnering and the HR advisory/employee relations service, and is accountable for the operational oversight, governance, quality assurance and continuous improvement of the service. The role provides authoritative leadership and advice on highly complex and sensitive workforce, organisational development and employee relations matters, including organisational change, service redesign, workforce risk and collective employment issues. The postholder leads implementation of workforce priorities aligned to corporate objectives, translates corporate and People strategy into strategic and operational plans
for the portfolio with organisation-wide impact, builds strong partnerships across the system and with staff side colleagues, and deputises for the Director of People as required. The role also supports the Head of Workforce Design and Organisational Development in the delivery of workforce health and wellbeing priorities, including inclusive initiatives, oversight of employee support schemes, and partnership working to identify and share best practice.

Main duties of the job

• Lead the performance, direction and continuous improvement of the HR Partnering and Digital Services portfolio, ensuring clear priorities, effective governance, measurable outcomes and alignment to the ICB strategy and People priorities.
• Provide authoritative professional leadership for HR advisory/employee relations, ensuring consistent, high-quality practice and compliance with employment law, NHS terms and conditions, organisational policies and governance requirements, with clear escalation routes, quality standards and decision-making thresholds.
• Deputise for the Director, including representing the function at executive, system and governance meetings and leading decision-making as required.
• Lead the People contribution to highly complex organisational change, service redesign and workforce transformation programmes, ensuring effective consultation, risk management, staff side engagement and delivery of strategic workforce objectives.

The People function is a small team that supports the ICB in all aspects of workforce. The ICB has been through a significant period of change and restructure that is due to end in November. This will require significant support and development for leadership, teams and individuals as new teams and roles have been developed across the organisation. The People function has a People plan and a number of key priority areas to support the next phase of the ICB transformation. This will be a pivotal time to join the team and the organisation and to make a real difference. The ICB will continue to grow over the next period as it hosts more services.