Deputy Chief People and Culture Officer and Director of People

Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed by the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Southeast Integrated Care Boards; and current at-risk employees within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts. We are looking for a passionate and ambitious professional to support our vision of delivering better health outcomes for the people of Kent and Medway. Working within a collaborative system, you will help drive transformation across health and care services, ensuring organisations work together to provide seamless, person-centred care. You'll contribute to key priorities including improving health outcomes, reducing inequalities, enhancing productivity and value for money, and supporting thriving local communities. Working closely with NHS organisations, local authorities, provider collaboratives, patients and partners, you'll help develop innovative healthcare pathways that improve experiences and outcomes for local people.

• Strategy Implementation: Lead the development and delivery of the ICBs People Strategy and People Plan.
• Workforce Leadership: Oversee Organisational Development, HR Business Partnering, operational HR, recruitment, retention, and internal workforce planning.
• Organisational Development: Champion a compassionate, inclusive culture (EDI) and leadership development.
• Transformation: Lead change management, culture development and the use of digitalisation for People services, including AI.
• Promote equality, diversity, inclusion, and belonging across both workforce and operational service portfolios. We are committed to a culture that supports all staff at NHS Kent and Medway to be the best version of themselves. Our ability to improve outcomes for our population depends on how effectively clinical, operational, financial and strategic professionals work together to make informed commissioning decisions. That's why our workforce works a minimum of two days-a-week on-site, with the expectation that all one-to-ones are held face-to-face and that colleagues will regularly visit the services we are commissioning to understand more about them. We believe regular on-site working supports stronger collaboration, faster problem-solving, peer learning, visible leadership and the integration of colleagues into our organisation. We also know that culture is built through shared experiences and day-to-day interactions. We are a flexible working friendly organisation; we aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us. We work with staff to agree objectives through regular supervision, annual appraisal and access to training opportunities. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Emma Jonas Job title: People Manger Email address: emma.jonas@nhs.net