Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced HR professional to join our team and make a real contribution to the work we do at NEAS.  Working closely with the Assistant Director of People Services and other senior HR colleagues you will ensure that we deliver an efficient and effective service across the whole employee life cycle.  You will be responsible for leading a number of teams within People Services, with a clear focus on delivering high quality, fit for purpose services across the Trust, including our subsidiary organisation NEASUS.  You will also lead on a range of service improvements and activities to ensure that we achieve key business objectives.

If you believe that you have the right knowledge, skills and experience to contribute to the great work we do at NEAS we’d love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

You will have a breadth of HR experience including a track record of creating, leading and delivering successful programmes of work across the HR lifecycle in a complex and diverse organisation.  A credible leader with the ability to work effectively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, you will develop strong partnership working with key stakeholders including Trade Unions.   You will have experience of delivering service improvements which are results focused and measurable, and aligned to strategic priorities with demonstrable success in delivering change with and through management of teams.

Working for our organisation

We employ 3,500 staff in 63 locations and serve a population of 2,600,000 in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, County Durham, and Tees over 3230 square miles.

Many people think the job of the ambulance service is to collect patients and take them to hospital, but we do much more!

Paramedic skills have developed hugely in recent years, meaning we carry out more treatment at the scene and en-route to hospital.

We have a dedicated clinical assessment service that allows us to provide patients with the most appropriate care from the beginning of the patient journey.

We have a specialised branch of the Trust called HART which deal with explosions or terrorist attacks.

Ultimately patients are the heart of everything that we do to support our mission of "safe, effective and responsive care for all".

We value and respect the diversity employees bring to our workplace. We recruit a workforce that reflects the community we serve, and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. To ensure we deliver on our aims in relation to diversity and inclusion we assess ourselves against a range of frameworks. We are ENEI Gold employer, Disability Confident Leader, Dementia Friendly, and part of Mind Blue Light programme and the Race at Work Charter from the Princes Responsible Business Network and are achieving across all objectives in NHS Equality Delivery System.

From 01/04/25 If your role needs a DBS you'll be subject to salary deduction totaling £49.50, spread over first and second pay.