Interim Hospice Transformation Lead – Edinburgh

Marie-Curie; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 67,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 25 days + 10 holidays

Parental/sick leave policy

Training programmes

Season ticket loan

Pension scheme (DC)

Bike loan

Friend referral scheme

Eyecare support

Blue Light Card

Discount Scheme

Life assurance

Job summary

Marie Curie in Edinburgh is seeking an accomplished interim Head of Edinburgh Hospice Transformation to drive cultural change, workforce improvement and a delivery plan across the hospice and associated community services.

You will lead with credibility, engage staff, partner with the leadership team, and deliver a structured action plan with milestones, ensuring a smooth handover at the end of the assignment.

Qualifications

• Substantial senior leadership experience in a complex, people-intensive organisation.
• Strong track record of improving culture, workforce stability or organisational people performance through change.
• Ability to establish credibility quickly, create psychological safety and engage constructively with different perspectives.
• Sound judgement in sensitive people matters and experience of working with People teams and staff representatives.
• Strong programme leadership, turning evidence and insight into practical action.
• Clear, confident and sensitive communication with executive and senior teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide visible, compassionate and inclusive presence across the hospice and associated community services.
• Partner with the existing leadership team to understand current strengths, challenges and priorities.
• Lead a structured cultural, workforce and people review, drawing on staff insight and stakeholder feedback.
• Co-produce a focused action plan with clear outcomes, milestones, responsibilities and measures of progress.
• Help address priority workforce, employee relations, recruitment, retention, wellbeing and attendance issues fairly and promptly.
• Strengthen leadership capability, role clarity and collaboration across staff levels.
• Provide clear assurance on progress, risks and dependencies, and complete a structured handover.

Skills

Senior leadership

Strategic change

Stakeholder engagement

People leadership

Programme delivery

Communication skills

Job description

Marie Curie in Edinburgh is seeking an accomplished interim Head of Edinburgh Hospice Transformation to drive cultural change, workforce improvement and a delivery plan across the hospice and associated community services.

You will lead with credibility, engage staff, partner with the leadership team, and deliver a structured action plan with milestones, ensuring a smooth handover at the end of the assignment.