# Assistant Chief People Officer > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-chief-people-officer/89cbf741-0cbe-4c59-81db-e68ccc58898b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-chief-people-officer/89cbf741-0cbe-4c59-81db-e68ccc58898b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust - **Location:** Whiston Hospital - **Workplace type:** hybrid - **Profession:** Officer (discipline unspecified) - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £94,356 - £108,814 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, Home or remote working, Compressed hours, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-01T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-13T09:01:23.470Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Prescot/Mersey_West_Lancashire_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Human_Resources/Human_Resources-v8362163 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8362163?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sthk.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Assistant Chief People Officer - hours (8D, Subject to AFC) Base: Whiston Hospital with frequent travel to other sites ie. Ormskirk and Southport as required. Hybrid working opportunity. Join us in transforming People Services Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is embarking on an ambitious transformation of its HR Directorate. We are reshaping how workforce services are delivered, creating a service future that is digitally enabled, insight-led and centred on employee experience. As one of the largest organisations in the region, we are redesigning our operating model to create greater accountability, clearer leadership, stronger customer focus and improved outcomes for our people and ultimately our patients. This is a rare opportunity to join the senior leadership team at a pivotal point in our transformation journey and we are seeking an exceptional leader who is energised by change and motivated by the opportunity to build something different. Interview Date: To be Confirmed ### Main duties of the job As Assistant Chief People Officer, you will help shape the future of people services at Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. This is a strategic leadership role with significant scope and influence. You will lead a portfolio of people services, drive transformational change, develop organisational capability and play a critical role in delivering a modern, digitally enabled and experience-led people function. Working alongside the Chief People Officer and Deputy Chief People Officers, you will influence the direction of the organisation, support the delivery of strategic priorities and help create a culture defined by accountability, inclusion, high performance and continuous improvement. We are looking for an exceptional leader who thrives in complexity, combines strategic thinking with a strong focus on delivery, and has a proven ability to build high-performing teams, lead change at scale and improve organisational performance. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities As Assistant Chief People Officer, you will be a visible, credible and values-driven leader who leads through influence, accountability and delivery. As a key strategic leader, you will work alongside the Chief People Officer and Deputy Chief People Officers to deliver an ambitious People Strategy, organisational transformation and a modern, digitally enabled people function. You will lead transformation, create a high-performing culture, drive performance, holding yourself and others to account by building a strong team capable of delivering meaningful and sustainable improvement and help define the future of people services. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to lead, inspire and hold senior leaders and teams to account for delivery, performance and behaviour - Ability to lead culture change, embedding inclusive, compassionate and accountable leadership behaviours - Strong financial acumen and ability to manage complex budgets and resources - Ability to model and embed the Trust’s values and behavioural standards in leadership practice ### Our Values **Essential** - We are Kind - We are Open - We are Inclusive ### Qualifications **Essential** - Educated to degree level and/or equivalent qualification - MCIPD professional registration - Master’s degree in HR Management or related qualification and / or equivalent experience - Postgraduate qualification in specialist area e.g. leadership or equivalent experience - Evidence of CPD **Desirable** - Formal training in organisational change, system leadership or coaching ### Knowledge & Experience **Essential** - Significant experience operating at senior strategic level within HR / People / Workforce in a large, complex organisation, preferably within the NHS or public sector - Proven track record of leading complex, high impact workforce transformation, organisational change and service redesign programmes - Experience of providing strategic advice and challenge to Executive Directors and senior leaders on complex workforce, organisational and cultural issues - Demonstrable experience of leading multi disciplinary teams and senior managers, with accountability for performance, delivery and improvement - Substantial experience of managing significant financial and workforce resources, including delivery of efficiency and cost improvement programmes - Strong working knowledge of employment legislation, NHS workforce policy, governance and regulatory frameworks, including CQC Well Led and ED&I requirements - Experience of building and sustaining effective relationships with Trade Unions and staff side representatives at a senior level - Experience of operating across organisational and system boundaries, including partnership and collaborative working **Desirable** - Experience of leading digital transformation within people services, including automation, workforce systems and use of data and analytics - Experience of contributing to or leading system wide workforce initiatives or ICS level programmes ## Documents - [blank risk id (pdf, 392.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10688957) - [job description (pdf, 504.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10688955) - [staff benefits at mwl (pdf, 5.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2916) - [person specification (pdf, 528.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10688956) - [mwl recruitment journey (pdf, 884.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2902) - [important information for candidates (pdf, 128.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=663) - [helpful tips to complete your application form (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2901) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.