We are delighted that you are exploring the opportunity to apply for the role of Chief People Officer at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.This is an exciting time to join our Board and help support our future ambitions. We are just about to publish a new five-year strategy that will focus on delivering excellent patient care, developing our hospitals, and designing services with our local partners. Alongside the strategy we have refreshed our vision and values. These will launch in April 2024. The People and Organisational Development directorate have worked hard to engage colleagues across the trust in this, and we need a Chief People Officer who will drive and champion the work to embed the new values across all our teams. This role will suit an exceptional leader with passion, ambition, and the experience to help us achieve our goals. The postholder will provide visible and transformational leadership both within the People and Organisational Development directorate and across the wider trust. You will find a supportive Board and an experienced executive and leadership team motivated by effective team working and an inclusive approach. The successful candidate will play a key role in driving new ways of working and a culture of empowerment, compassion, professionalism, and inclusivity. Main duties of the job Reporting to the Chief Executive, the Chief People Officer plays a pivotal role in enabling the delivery of the highest standard of healthcare to patients through the creation and maintenance of a culture characterized by care, commitment, patient focus, and performance delivery. By 2026 the Trust aims to complete its acute redevelopment programme. The Chief People Officer will be responsible for ensuring that many of the workforce opportunities offered by this once-in-a-generation event are fully garnered. This coupled with the Trusts commitment to transforming its digital infrastructure will help West Herts become one of the most modern workplaces within the NHS and the CPO will be at the forefront of helping to realize the benefits that this will bring to the organisations workforce. Contribute to the Trusts broader strategic, transformation and operational development as a full member of the Executive Team and as a non-voting member at the Trust Board. About us We regard ourselves as an anchor organisation - very much at the heart of our communities in West Herts, employing more than 5,000 staff and treating more than 650,000 patients every year. We want to be seen as an organisation that puts patient care first and explores and embraces new ways of working to deliver excellent patient care. All of which require inspirational leadership of our workforce functions. We were awarded Teaching Hospital status in December 2021 and are building excellent relationships with West Hertfordshire College. Developing our reputation and capabilities as a teaching organisation is something we will be looking to the new Chief People Officer to take to the next level. Looking to the future, we are progressing as part of the New Hospital Programme and will see construction of a new Watford General Hospital start in 2026. A new hospital requires new ways of working, and planning the workforce we need for a digitally enabled future. Job responsibilities You will also lead the local interpretation and delivery of the NHS People Plan and NHS People Promise. Working in partnership with our team and our staff side colleagues, the Chief People Officer will continuously work to improve the experience of all staff, taking positive action to ensure a fair and inclusive culture for all. The Chief People Officer will be responsible for the HR Corporate Directorate team of approximately 90 people with a diverse range of skills and experience and must ensure their own leadership sets an excellent example and embodies our Trust Values. They will have the ability toform strategic partnerships externally, contributing to amongst others the development of both our Integrated Care Partnership and Integrated Care System, as well as working collaboratively and representing the organisation with other external partners.