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Director of HR – NHS Ayrshire and Arran
Salary Range Executive Grade E: £79,633 - £105, 927
This is an exciting opportunity for you to join an excellent team of Directors and lead NHS Ayrshire and Arran’s people agenda in support of the delivery of the Board’s purpose and strategic objectives. You will need to be an exceptional leader and have a proven track record of achievement in workforce strategy and management at a senior level in a complex organisation.
NHS Ayrshire and Arran is an ambitious, values based organisation with a strong sense of quality, culture and values; a strong whole system identity with well-established and effective integrated working across the health and care system; a highly engaged, skilled, knowledgeable and committed workforce; and through “Caring for Ayrshire” we have a clear long term strategic vision for how we want to reform our health and care system and deliver whole system excellence, quality, and improvement to the citizens of Ayrshire.
Our aim is to create an organisation with a positive culture, where people want to work and strive for excellence each day; where staff wellbeing and personal resilience is supported; where careers are interesting and developed; where staff are encouraged to reach their full potential; and where staff feel that their contribution is recognised and valued.
To do this we need to retain, develop, and support our current people and enhance their work experience and attract the right staff going forward. As HR Director you will drive this work through the ongoing implementation of our People Strategy and the supporting Staff Health Safety and Wellbeing Strategy, working closely with our Trade Unions and promoting and embedding an open, fair and just culture across the organisation, underpinned by clear values and continue to drive improved staff engagement and experience.
We are looking for an inspiring individual with a broad range of strategic and professional skills, with vision, drive and passion, and who is a strategic thinker with the ability to earn the confidence and respect necessary to bring about real change within the Board as well as influencing and shaping workforce strategy at regional and national level.
You should have extensive experience at Board/strategic managerial level with the NHS/healthcare related organisation or equivalent large complex environment and, beyond your functional HR leadership role, be able to contribute across the entirety of the corporate leadership agenda.
Ayrshire is a wonderful and exceptional place to have a true quality of life providing the best of all options – lovely towns and villages, city life within a short and easy commute, countryside, rolling hills, stunning beaches and sandy shores, the wonders of island life and excellent network of transport links throughout Scotland.
For a confidential discussion or to arrange to visit NHS Ayrshire and Arran, please contact John Burns, Chief Executive, Telephone 01292 513628 or email john.burns3@nhs.net
Closing date for applications: Friday 22nd November 2019 at 12 noon
Interviews: Thursday 5th December / Friday 6th December 2019