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Essential
19 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills/ Abilities
Able to take difficult and challenging decisions that support strategic aims and long-term vision
- Skills/ Abilities
Lead a large team successfully and build staff capacity and capability
- Skills/ Abilities
Ability to maintain personal resilience and exhibit high levels of emotional intelligence
- Skills/ Abilities
Examples of positive use of disruptive innovation to deliver sustainable change
- Personal Qualities
A commitment to the highest ethical and professional standards, the values of public service and the NHS and the core values and behaviours of the Trust.
- Personal Qualities
Excellent communication skills both verbal and written and the ability to represent the Trust in front of staff, patients, the public and the media.
- Personal Qualities
A high degree of self-awareness of own emotions, the impact on the emotions and behaviours of others and being sensitive to the needs, values and beliefs of others in personal interactions.
- Personal Qualities
Show caring and well-informed management of our most important resource, our staff, including proper involvement, support, personal development and sensible delegation
- Experience/ Knowledge
Senior HR leadership in a large and complex organisation
- Experience/ Knowledge
Experience of providing strategic and technical HR&OD advice to the NHS or comparable organisations
- Experience/ Knowledge
Track record of delivery at Director/Senior management level, including exposure at Board
- Experience/ Knowledge
Track record of delivering large scale change and knowledge of quality improvement methodologies and evidence
- Experience/ Knowledge
Experience of large budget management
- Experience/ Knowledge
Tactical understanding of employment law issues NHS policy and regulatory frameworks
- Experience/ Knowledge
People systems procurement experience e.g. rostering
- Experience/ Knowledge
Knowledge of digital transformation and sustainability in health services.
- Qualifications/ Registrations
Chartered Member CIPD (Chartered MCIPD) or equivalent
- Qualifications/ Registrations
Master’s degree in HR, Employment Law, Business, Public Administration, Organisational Development, or related field or equivalent senior level experience
- Qualifications/ Registrations
Evidence of ongoing CPD
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Qualifications/ Registrations
Chartered Fellow CIPD (Chartered FCIPD) or equivalent.
- Qualifications/ Registrations
Employment law qualification
- Qualifications/ Registrations
Mediation, coaching, or OD related training
Job overview
Join us on the North London Way
We are the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) providing high-quality mental health care to local people across the London Boroughs of Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington.
We serve diverse communities across North Central London supported by a workforce of almost 7,000 colleagues. Created through the coming together of three respected organisations, our Trust has successfully navigated a period of significant transformation and growth. We now have a unique opportunity to build something special: a shared culture that reflects who we are today and who we aspire to be tomorrow.
This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of a newly restructured People and Culture Directorate, designed to deliver exceptional support to our staff and enable the delivery of outstanding care. Working closely with the Chief People Officer, Executive Team and senior leaders across the Trust, you will play a key role in forging a modern, high-performing and values-led people function that places staff experience, inclusion and culture at the heart of everything we do.
As Deputy Chief People Officer, you will provide strategic leadership across a broad portfolio of workforce and organisational development responsibilities, leading significant programmes of transformation and improvement.
Main duties of the job
You will act as a trusted adviser to senior leaders, build strong partnerships with trade unions and staff networks, and support the delivery of our ambitious People Strategy and the North London Way.
This is a highly visible role offering the opportunity to influence Trust-wide priorities whilst helping to shape the next chapter of our People and Culture Directorate.
We are looking for someone who:
- Is an experienced senior People leader with a track record of delivering strategic workforce and organisational change.
- Can build credibility and influence at Board, Executive and system level.
- Is passionate about staff experience, organisational culture, inclusion and wellbeing.
- Has experience of leading large teams and delivering high-quality People services within complex organisations.
- Brings a collaborative and compassionate leadership style, with the resilience to operate in a fast-paced and evolving environment.
- Is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all colleagues can thrive.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Why Join Us?
This is a rare opportunity to:
- Help design and embed a newly restructured People and Culture Directorate.
- Work at the heart of a large, innovative and ambitious NHS Trust at a unique moment in time
- Lead major people and culture transformation programmes.
- Make a tangible difference to the experience of thousands of colleagues and the communities they serve.
- Develop your leadership experience whilst working alongside an experienced and supportive Executive Team.
If you are an ambitious, values-driven leader who wants to help shape the future of people, culture and organisational development in one of the NHS's most exciting organisations, we would love to hear from you.
Join us and help create a workplace where our people can be at their best, so they can deliver their best for our service users and communities – the North London Way.
Interviews are to be held week commencing 5th October 2026
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This advert is for Deputy Chief People Officer with North London NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 9 Chief people officer role. The advertised salary is £121,528 - £138,529 per annum inclusive of HCAS. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 15 Sep 2026.
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