# Associate Director of Workforce > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/associate-director-of-workforce/e957fd55-2d19-478e-ada9-7461d80feb78 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/associate-director-of-workforce/e957fd55-2d19-478e-ada9-7461d80feb78.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Birmingham - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £79,504 - £91,609 Per Annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Job share, Flexible working, Home or remote working, Compressed hours, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-22T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-05T10:43:22.288Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Birmingham/Birmingham_Womens_Childrens_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Workforce_Human_Resources/Workforce_Human_Resources-v8022728 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8022728?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bwc.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview A rare opportunity for an enthusiastic, values-driven and strategic Associate Director (AD) of Workforce to join Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust (BWC). At Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, you are part of something truly exceptional. As one of only two dedicated women’s and children’s NHS foundation trusts in the UK, we provide specialist care that changes lives across the West Midlands and beyond. As an Associate Director of Workforce, you will provide strategic leadership of our Workforce Transformation, Employee Relations, ESR/Payroll and Medical Workforce functions, supporting the wider People and Education Directorate to sustain a diverse, capable and multi professional workforce. In this role, you will build effective partnerships with trade unions, leading complex negotiations and consultations, whilst presenting sensitive workforce issues to senior leaders. Using high-quality workforce insight to drive strategic decision-making, you will lead organisation-wide initiatives that enhance staff engagement, wellbeing, and overall performance outcomes. ### Main duties of the job What you’ll bring… - Highly specialist knowledge of HR, employment law and terms and conditions and the current challenges facing health and  social care - Extensive experience of developing and delivering HR strategies at a senior level in a large complex organisation - A record of innovation and successfully developing and supporting organisational transformation in a large,                multidisciplinary organisation - Educated to masters level or equivalent qualification / experience, along with MCIPD Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development membership (or equivalent) and evidence of continued professional development Our patients are at the heart of everything we do and this role will help to embed a culture of quality improvement, clinical expertise, compassionate leadership and continuous learning to ensure the workforce is equipped to meet the needs of children, young people and families. We offer you the opportunity to thrive in a multi-professional team. Our working hours are 37.5 Monday to Friday and we support a hybrid working approach between our sites and working from home. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Your key responsibilities will include: - Provide strategic leadership across workforce, employee relations, medical workforce, ESR and payroll services. - Lead the development and implementation of workforce strategy, policy and transformation programmes aligned to Trust priorities. - Act as the Trust’s senior expert on employment relations and medical workforce matters, ensuring compliance with legislation and best practice. - Build strong and effective partnerships with trade unions, leading negotiation and consultation on complex and sensitive organisational change. - Provide high-quality workforce intelligence and insight to support strategic decision-making and performance improvement. - Lead organisation-wide initiatives to improve staff engagement, wellbeing and staff survey outcomes. - Present complex and often contentious workforce issues to senior committees and executive leaders, influencing decisions and securing agreement. ## Job Details A rare opportunity for an enthusiastic, values-driven and strategic Associate Director (AD) of Workforce to join Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust (BWC). At Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, you are part of something truly exceptional. As one of only two dedicated women’s and children’s NHS foundation trusts in the UK, we provide specialist care that changes lives across the West Midlands and beyond. As an Associate Director of Workforce, you will provide strategic leadership of our Workforce Transformation, Employee Relations, ESR/Payroll and Medical Workforce functions, supporting the wider People and Education Directorate to sustain a diverse, capable and multi professional workforce. In this role, you will build effective partnerships with trade unions, leading complex negotiations and consultations, whilst presenting sensitive workforce issues to senior leaders. Using high-quality workforce insight to drive strategic decision-making, you will lead organisation-wide initiatives that enhance staff engagement, wellbeing, and overall performance outcomes. ## Job Description What you’ll bring… Highly specialist knowledge of HR, employment law and terms and conditions and the current challenges facing health and social care Extensive experience of developing and delivering HR strategies at a senior level in a large complex organisation A record of innovation and successfully developing and supporting organisational transformation in a large, multidisciplinary organisation Educated to masters level or equivalent qualification / experience, along with MCIPD Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development membership (or equivalent) and evidence of continued professional development Our patients are at the heart of everything we do and this role will help to embed a culture of quality improvement, clinical expertise, compassionate leadership and continuous learning to ensure the workforce is equipped to meet the needs of children, young people and families. We offer you the opportunity to thrive in a multi-professional team. Our working hours are 37.5 Monday to Friday and we support a hybrid working approach between our sites and working from home. ## Responsibilities Your key responsibilities will include: Provide strategic leadership across workforce, employee relations, medical workforce, ESR and payroll services. Lead the development and implementation of workforce strategy, policy and transformation programmes aligned to Trust priorities. Act as the Trust’s senior expert on employment relations and medical workforce matters, ensuring compliance with legislation and best practice. Build strong and effective partnerships with trade unions, leading negotiation and consultation on complex and sensitive organisational change. Provide high-quality workforce intelligence and insight to support strategic decision-making and performance improvement. Lead organisation-wide initiatives to improve staff engagement, wellbeing and staff survey outcomes. Present complex and often contentious workforce issues to senior committees and executive leaders, influencing decisions and securing agreement. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Degree or equivalent - Membership of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (MCIPD or equivalent) **Desirable** - Evidence of further personal/academic development to Masters level or equivalent ### Knowledge and Experience **Essential** - Highly specialist knowledge of HR, employment law and terms and conditions and the current challenges facing health and social care. - A record of innovation and successfully developing and supporting organisational transformation in a large, multidisciplinary organisation - Considerable experience of managing a team of staff, motivating and developing the team, including setting objectives, mentoring and coaching to meet appropriate deadlines and working in a rapidly changing and complex environment - Track record of successful partnership working with Trades Unions. Including proven experience of creating opportunities through partnership working - Experience of evaluating and reviewing HR systems, policies and processes in order to achieve improved functionality **Desirable** - Experience of managing medical staffing with knowledge of medical employment contracts ### Analytical and Judgement Skills **Essential** - Ability to analyse very complex situations with no obvious solution and make sound decisions based on knowledge and experience - Good level of skill using Microsoft Excel with the ability to use for analysis – e.g. simple formula and pivot functions ### Professional / Managerial / Specialist Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge and understanding of local and national NHS HR agenda ## Documents - [job description / person specification (pdf, 495.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10352305) ## 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.