# Deputy Chief People Officer > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/deputy-chief-people-officer/002ade2c-d274-469b-9cc7-18b399ad9030 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/deputy-chief-people-officer/002ade2c-d274-469b-9cc7-18b399ad9030.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Norwich - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 9 - **Salary:** £112,782 - £129,783 per annum/ pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-05T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-22T08:03:21.367Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/Norwich/Norfolk_Suffolk_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Human_Resources/Human_Resources-v8080499 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8080499?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nsft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you a senior HR leader who is passionate about shaping culture, driving workforce transformation and delivering meaningful impact at scale? As Deputy Chief People Officer, you will play a pivotal role in leading the Trust’s People & Culture agenda, acting as the strategic deputy to the Chief People Officer. You will provide visible, values-led leadership across the full HR portfolio, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, responsive and colleague-centred people services that enable outstanding care for our communities. This is a key leadership role at the heart of the organisation, offering the opportunity to influence strategic direction, embed a compassionate and inclusive culture, and deliver tangible improvements in staff experience, recruitment, retention and organisational development. You will work in partnership with senior clinical and corporate leaders to align workforce priorities with service transformation and operational delivery. You will champion a culture that reflects our values, Team, Accountable, Learn & Improve and Kind, while strengthening our commitment to be an equitable, anti-racist and inclusive employer. You will be joining an organisation committed to creating a workplace where people feel valued, supported and able to thrive. This is a role where your leadership will directly influence culture, workforce sustainability and the quality of care we provide. ### Main duties of the job - Provide senior leadership across all HR and People Services functions, ensuring a high-quality, efficient and colleague-centred service - Act as deputy to the Chief People Officer, offering expert advice and representing the function at senior level internally and externally - Lead workforce strategy, planning and transformation, using data and insight to drive recruitment, retention and organisational outcomes - Oversee employee relations, organisational change and professional standards, ensuring fair, consistent and inclusive practices - Drive improvements in recruitment, onboarding and staff experience, strengthening the Trust’s position as an employer of choice - Build strong partnerships with senior leaders, staff-side representatives and system partners to support delivery of workforce priorities - Ensure robust governance, policy development and risk management across all People Services functions - Promote a compassionate, inclusive and high-performing culture aligned to Trust values and workforce ambitions ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of People & Culture within a complex and ambitious organisation. As Deputy Chief People Officer, your leadership will directly influence staff experience, organisational culture and the delivery of high-quality care. If you are a values-driven, strategic HR leader who thrives in a dynamic environment and is motivated to make a lasting impact, we would welcome your application. ## Job Details Are you a senior HR leader who is passionate about shaping culture, driving workforce transformation and delivering meaningful impact at scale? As Deputy Chief People Officer, you will play a pivotal role in leading the Trust’s People & Culture agenda, acting as the strategic deputy to the Chief People Officer. You will provide visible, values-led leadership across the full HR portfolio, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, responsive and colleague-centred people services that enable outstanding care for our communities. This is a key leadership role at the heart of the organisation, offering the opportunity to influence strategic direction, embed a compassionate and inclusive culture, and deliver tangible improvements in staff experience, recruitment, retention and organisational development. You will work in partnership with senior clinical and corporate leaders to align workforce priorities with service transformation and operational delivery. You will champion a culture that reflects our values, Team, Accountable, Learn & Improve and Kind, while strengthening our commitment to be an equitable, anti-racist and inclusive employer. You will be joining an organisation committed to creating a workplace where people feel valued, supported and able to thrive. This is a role where your leadership will directly influence culture, workforce sustainability and the quality of care we provide. ## Job Description Provide senior leadership across all HR and People Services functions, ensuring a high-quality, efficient and colleague-centred service Act as deputy to the Chief People Officer, offering expert advice and representing the function at senior level internally and externally Lead workforce strategy, planning and transformation, using data and insight to drive recruitment, retention and organisational outcomes Oversee employee relations, organisational change and professional standards, ensuring fair, consistent and inclusive practices Drive improvements in recruitment, onboarding and staff experience, strengthening the Trust’s position as an employer of choice Build strong partnerships with senior leaders, staff-side representatives and system partners to support delivery of workforce priorities Ensure robust governance, policy development and risk management across all People Services functions Promote a compassionate, inclusive and high-performing culture aligned to Trust values and workforce ambitions ## Responsibilities This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of People & Culture within a complex and ambitious organisation. As Deputy Chief People Officer, your leadership will directly influence staff experience, organisational culture and the delivery of high-quality care. If you are a values-driven, strategic HR leader who thrives in a dynamic environment and is motivated to make a lasting impact, we would welcome your application. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Significant experience leading a high-performing HR service in a large, complex organisation - Strong track record managing senior HR teams in a diverse workforce environment - Demonstrable expertise in employee relations, including MHPS - Substantial experience of partnership working and supporting organisational change initiative **Desirable** - Experience in healthcare or NHS at senior level - Knowledge of mental health services - Understanding of ICS structures, NHS workforce priorities and the national People Plan ### Qualifications **Essential** - Master’s level qualification or equivalent senior-level experience - Chartered CIPD membership or equivalent knowledge and experience **Desirable** - HR specific postgraduate qualifications - Employment law qualification ## Documents - [reasonable adjustments - nsft (pdf, 197.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2863) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 376.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10380515) - [values based recruitment – candidates guide (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1028) ## 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.