Job summary
- Main area
- Workforce, People and Culture Lead, Future Paget Programme
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- 23 months (fixed term contract or secondment, with a possible extension.)
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
- Job ref
- 177-CORP-7052183
- Employer
- James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- James Paget University Hospital
- Town
- Gorleston
- Salary
- £62,215 - £72,293 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/06/2025 08:00
Employer heading

Workforce, People and Culture Lead - Future Paget Programme
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Patient and staff experience is important to us and these are the behaviours we live by:
- Putting patients first
- Aiming to get it right
- Recognising that everybody counts
- Doing everything openly and honestly
Job overview
The Trust has been selected under the Government’s New Hospitals Programme (NHP) to develop plans for a modern and innovative new hospital. This role provides an opportunity for an experienced Human Resources and Organisational Development professional to join the Future Paget Programme Team as they continue to develop and deliver the business case for this hugely exciting opportunity.
Working with external advisors and linking with Trust People and Culture colleagues, the successful candidate will play a key role inspiring both clinical and non-clinical teams to define workforce planning requirements and facilities. These will enable creative new ways of working centred around our patients, incorporating new technology and digital advancements, and maximising the opportunities of system working. In turn this will have a transformative impact on the new hospital and the community that it serves.
This is a fast moving and high profile project and you will need to be a highly motivated, enthusiastic and proactive in your approach. A great communicator at all levels, you will have experience of workforce planning and of leading organisational change projects. Knowledge and experience of developing new hospitals would be an advantage but is not essential.
Main duties of the job
Please review the Job Description and Person Specification for a full and comprehensive overview for this position.
Working for our organisation
We want to attract the best and brightest people to work with us and that means we will look after you from the moment you apply for a role at the Trust and throughout your career with us. Our staff are central to everything we do, and we believe that investing in you is crucial if we want to enable you to reach your full potential.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please review the Job Description and Person Specification for a full and comprehensive overview for this position.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Post graduate training and experience in Human Resources / Organisational Development to masters’ or equivalent level
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experienced generalist Human Resources and Organisational Development practitioner working in a complex or large organisation
Skills
Essential criteria
- Working knowledge of workforce planning, talent management, change management principles and best practice
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of managing complex, major change/service improvement projects
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sian Chase
- Job title
- Head of HR Business Partnering
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01493 452452
- Additional information
For further details / informal discussions please contact Sian Chase, Head of HR Business Partnering or Diane Goodwin, Operations Director, FPP. [email protected]
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