Senior People and Culture Lead

NHS; Newcastle upon Tyne; Remote; GBP 55,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A health and care organization in the UK is seeking a Senior People & Culture Lead to shape culture and capability across its services. The role combines strategic HR leadership with significant influence over operational goals, requiring regular travel. Ideal candidates will have experience in HR and a passion for fostering a positive workplace culture. Competitive compensation and extensive benefits are offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary with group pension

Private medical insurance

Access to discounts via My Reward Hub

Mental and physical wellbeing support

Access to eLearning and development opportunities

Encouragement for innovative ideas

Qualifications

• Experience in HR leadership roles with a strategic focus.
• Ability to develop and implement people plans aligned with organizational goals.
• Strong analytical skills with a focus on data-driven decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Act as a strategic partner to Regional Directors.
• Develop tailored people plans for each region.
• Coach managers to strengthen leadership capabilities.
• Champion a positive and inclusive culture.
• Embed organizational change and sustain transformation programs.

Skills

Influence

Coaching

Relationship Building

Data Analysis

Cultural Advocacy

Job description

Please note:Were sharing this opportunity across a number of job boards and in different locations to reach as many potential applicants as possible. However, this is one single position so wherever you see it, its the same great role.

At HCRG Care Group, we believe our people are at the heart of delivering excellent care and driving sustainable change. Were proud to deliver vital health and care services across the country, and were looking for two exceptional Senior People & Culture Leads to join us at a pivotal time.

This is a unique opportunity to step into a role that combines the scope of a senior HR business partner with the influence to shape culture and capability across diverse services. You will work closely with our Regional Directors - building trusted partnerships, embedding recent transformation programmes, and helping managers develop the skills and confidence they need to deliver consistently high-performing services.

No two days will look the same. One week you might be in Surrey, supporting leaders in our prison healthcare services; the next in Essex, helping managers make the link between absence management, agency use, and service performance. Youll play a key role in shaping the people strategy for our sexual health services, inc the integration of SH24.

Although the role is remote-based, it will require regular travel and visibility across the regions.

This is not about policy writing or transactional HR. Its about influence, coaching, and impact.

Main duties of the job

• Act as a strategic partner to Regional Directors, building trusted relationships and ensuring people strategies directly support operational and service delivery goals.
• Develop and deliver tailored people plans for each region, aligned with organisational strategy, KPIs, and local priorities.
• Embed organisational change- ensuring that recent transformation programmes are sustained, capability is built, and managers feel confident in leading new ways of working.
• Coach and support managers to strengthen leadership capability, particularly in areas such as absence management, performance management, and employee engagement.
• Create clear links between people data and business outcomes, helping leaders understand how areas such as absence, agency usage, and retention impact both cost and service quality.
• Champion a positive and inclusive culture.
• Provide visible presence across services, regularly travelling to sites and attending leadership and team meetings to offer hands-on support and guidance.
• Use data and insights to inform decision-making, identify people risks, and recommend pragmatic solutions that balance commercial and colleague needs.
• Work collaboratively with centres of excellence within the wider People team, ensuring policies, practices, and initiatives are consistently applied and adapted for local needs.
• Promote equality, diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing across all people practices.

About us

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

Job responsibilities

As a Senior People and Culture Lead, you\'ll be part of our valued team at HCRG Care Group.

You will feel valued as aSenior People and Culture Leadwithin HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• £55,000 - £60,000 with group pension
• Private medical insurance with fast access to the most used specialists including for musculoskeletal problems and for mental health support at locations across the country
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Person Specification

General Requirements

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.