# Group People Change Management Partner

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Middlesbrough
- **Region:** North East and Yorkshire
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Manager and corporate
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 Per annum
- **Contract type:** 9 months (Fixed term)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-06-09T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-02T07:22:34.560Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cleveland/Middlesbrough/South_Tees_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Corporate_Services/Corporate_Services-v8048629
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8048629?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.southtees.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and skilled people professional to join the People Directorate to help to shape and deliver the University Hospitals Tees (UHT) organisational redesign.  University Hospitals Tees consists of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

This is a hugely ambitious programme of work creating an opportunity to positively transform healthcare services throughout the Tees Valley, County Durham and North Yorkshire for the benefit of patients and the wider population.

The successful candidate will be part of the People Directorate, supporting the People Project Lead, working closely with the UHT clinical boards, senior clinicians and operational managers to deliver a people programme and ensure its successful delivery.

### Main duties of the job

The Candidate

We are seeking self-motivated, experienced people professionals with experience in change management and related policy and process.  You will support the Group People Change Management Lead in delivering this change, as well as providing support and advice to stakeholders across the UHT Group.

The core requirements of the role will include:

- Developing a people change programme which is robust and ambitious, using people policy and project management knowledge ·       Establishing and maintaining high quality relationships with key individuals across UHT. ·       Challenging assumptions and preferences to ensure the level of transformational ambition and progress is maintained. ·       Establishing and sustaining effective arrangements to plan, manage and monitor the output of the people work-streams that underpin the UHT strategy, ensuring that they deliver the required outputs to the agreed specification and deadlines. ·       Recording and ensuring management of progress and risks (escalating as appropriate).

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

## Job Details

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and skilled people professional to join the People Directorate to help to shape and deliver the University Hospitals Tees (UHT) organisational redesign. University Hospitals Tees consists of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

This is a hugely ambitious programme of work creating an opportunity to positively transform healthcare services throughout the Tees Valley, County Durham and North Yorkshire for the benefit of patients and the wider population.

The successful candidate will be part of the People Directorate, supporting the People Project Lead, working closely with the UHT clinical boards, senior clinicians and operational managers to deliver a people programme and ensure its successful delivery.

## Job Description

The Candidate

We are seeking self-motivated, experienced people professionals with experience in change management and related policy and process. You will support the Group People Change Management Lead in delivering this change, as well as providing support and advice to stakeholders across the UHT Group.

The core requirements of the role will include:

Developing a people change programme which is robust and ambitious, using people policy and project management knowledge · Establishing and maintaining high quality relationships with key individuals across UHT. · Challenging assumptions and preferences to ensure the level of transformational ambition and progress is maintained. · Establishing and sustaining effective arrangements to plan, manage and monitor the output of the people work-streams that underpin the UHT strategy, ensuring that they deliver the required outputs to the agreed specification and deadlines. · Recording and ensuring management of progress and risks (escalating as appropriate).

## Responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Proven project management skills
- Advanced working knowledge of organisational change processes
- Good working knowledge of employment legislation
- Organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workload and manage time to ensure specified deadlines achieved
- Sound knowledge and understanding of employment law

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of delivering change management projects and/or service redesign within the NHS environment.
- Project management experience
- Understanding and knowledge of the wider NHS and social care structures, policy, legislation and guidance
- Significant experience gained in a HR role within a complex organisation

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Education to degree level or have equivalent level of demonstrable experience working in a large organisation
- Membership of CIPD or equivalent relevant experience advising on employment related matters
- PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent level of project management qualification or experience
- Evidence of continuous professional and personal development

## Documents

- [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 113.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2093)
- [clinical service units directorate (pdf, 116.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2423)
- [job description & person specification (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10337860)

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