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Deputy Director of People and Workforce Development

  • Job Type: Full Time
  • Profession: Human Resources
  • Location: Northampton
  • Salary: £80,000-£85,000 depending on experience

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Can you play a key role in shaping and delivering the talent and workforce agenda for our Charity?
 
Location: Northampton (flexible working)

Salary: £80,000-£85,000 depending on experience

About us


We are St Andrew's. We are a mental health Charity and our purpose is to inspire hope for those living with complex mental health needs.
 
We are looking to a future with less stigma, more community support, more research and education, and we aim to be at the forefront of inspiring real change. We want to ensure we can all live in a society where everyone with complex mental health needs is heard, valued and has hope for their future.
 
Come and join us, and support us to help people transform their lives.
 
The role
 
In this exciting high profile role reporting to our HR Director, you will own the development of our Charity’s approach for workforce development, leadership and talent and be a visible role model across our Charity. As an integral part of the HR Senior Leadership Team, working alongside our two Deputy Directors of HR as well as working very closely with our Deputy Director of Training & Education you will support the delivery of our Charity’s growth and strategic ambitions.

Your key responsibilities will include:

  • The co-ordination and development of the workforce development plan and delivery of key elements, for example career pathways
  • Building and developing our Charity leadership framework in conjunction with our Learning team
  • Supporting the assessment of leadership capability across our Charity and inputting to the growth of leadership development approaches as designed by the Learning & Development function
  • Leading the development of the Charity’s talent management strategy to ensure that individuals of the highest potential are identified, attracted and developed.
  • Working closely with the Deputy Director of Training and Education to develop programmes to support our talent management approach, ensuring it is embedded throughout the organisation and maintaining a culture of continuous learning for all staff

About you


You will bring an in depth understanding and strong track record of delivery in workforce planning, leadership, talent management, succession planning, organisational development and performance frameworks.
 
You will bring proven experience of pragmatically setting and delivering the strategy for these specialist areas, managing key stakeholders both at executive and operational levels in large and complex commercial environments.
 
You will have a strong understanding of leading significant change projects from concept to sign off and be experienced in development and implementation.

You will have both the breadth and depth of skills to fulfil the role described above and high levels of resilience to lead and embed significant change.  Our patients, their carers and your colleagues will expect you to live the St Andrew’s CARE values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence every single day.
 
Interested?


If this sounds like you then we’d love you to apply here. If you would like an informal and confidential discussion about the role please contact James Farrelly, Recruitment Consultant at jcfarrelly@stah.org

Closing Date: 27 October 2024

Initial Interviews: W/c 28 October 2024

Second Interviews: W/c 4 November 2024