# Band 8b Strategic People Change Partner - Bath

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Trust Partnership NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Archived / closed
- **Employer:** Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Trust Partnership NHS Trust
- **Location:** Bath NHS House
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Manager and corporate
- **Grade:** Band 8
- **Salary:** £66,582 - £77,368 per annum
- **Contract type:** 2 years (Fixed term until 1/4/29)
- **Employment type:** Full time, Job share, Flexible working, Compressed hours, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-19T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-07T11:12:55.221Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Somerset/Bath/Avon_Wiltshire_Mental_Health_Partnership_NHS_Trust/Human_Resources/Human_Resources-v8349411
- **Employer website:** https://www.awp.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Are you passionate about leading meaningful workforce change that creates sustainable, high quality mental health services to meet the changing needs of our patients, communities and workforce?

We are seeking an exceptional People Change Partner to play a key role in transforming services across the Trust. Working closely with Executive Directors, senior clinical leaders and programme teams, you will help shape strategic workforce solutions that support high-quality, sustainable services and our ambition to be a great place to work.

As a senior people professional, you will lead the workforce aspects of complex transformation programmes, providing expert advice on organisational development, employee relations and change management. You will support service redesign, workforce planning and organisational change, ensuring transformation is delivered effectively and with a positive experience for our people.

This is an exciting opportunity to influence change at scale, make a lasting impact across the Trust, and help build a workforce that is fit for the future while delivering the best possible outcomes for our communities.

This vacancy is being re-advertised. Previous applicants need not apply, as their applications have already been considered.

### Main duties of the job

- Provide strategic workforce and organisational development advice to Directors and senior leaders on transformation, service redesign and workforce change programmes.
- Lead the people aspects of complex organisational change, including restructures, consultation exercises, workforce redesign and implementation of new operating models.
- Develop workforce plans, organisation design solutions and people strategies that support sustainable, high-performing services.
- Build strong relationships with programme leads, operational managers, trade unions and staff representatives to facilitate successful change delivery.
- Lead on complex employee relations matters arising from transformation activity, ensuring compliance with employment legislation, NHS policy and best practice.
- Undertake change impact assessments, workforce risk analysis and consultation planning to support effective decision-making.
- Use workforce data, people analytics and organisational insight to inform transformation plans and evaluate outcomes.
- Support leaders to create inclusive, compassionate and change-capable cultures that promote staff wellbeing, engagement and retention.
- Ensure equality, diversity and inclusion are embedded throughout organisational change processes.
- Provide expert coaching, challenge and support to senior leaders to enable effective leadership of transformation programmes.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more details about this role. Please also view the job overview attachment which will give you details about the Transformation programme delivery, Workforce Planning and Workforce Change, Engagement and Communication.

### Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Extensive experience of the planning and delivery of the workforce aspects of business / service changes in a large complex organization.
- Comprehensive experience of transformation programmes and projects governance and approaches.
- Experience of developing and implementing workforce plans and strategies.
- Knowledge of OD and change management approaches and tools in a complex change programme environment.
- Experience of partnering with senior operational leaders

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- MCIPD or equivalent / potential
- Educated to Master's level or equivalent level of experience

## Documents

- [job overview purpose (pdf, 112.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10674662)
- [financial support & discounts (pdf, 919.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2794)
- [value of the nhs pension scheme (pdf, 279.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2795)
- [inclusive top 50 uk employers list (pdf, 78.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2439)
- [job description and person specification (pdf, 322.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10674630)

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