Job summary
- Main area
- Human Resources
- Grade
- Band 8D (Subject to Job Evaluation)
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 249-7665749-2
- Employer
- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- GWH / RUH / SFT
- Town
- Swindon
- Salary
- £91,342 - £105,337 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Group Associate Director for Culture
Band 8D (Subject to Job Evaluation)
Job overview
We are seeking an exceptional Associate Director of Culture to join the BSW Hospitals Group and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our organisational culture for over 15,000 colleagues. With a dedicated focus on Organisational Development, Wellbeing, and Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, this role will champion initiatives that empower our people.
The role will include travel between the 3 Care Organisations majority of the time at the base location (RUH) with 1 day a week travel to one of the other 2 sites (GWH and SFT).
Please see the JD for more detailed information on the role and for questions about the job please contact Matt Foxon, [email protected]
Main duties of the job
As Associate Director of Culture, you will:
- Provide strategic and operational leadership across people design initiatives including organisational development, talent management, staff engagement and health and wellbeing.
- Drive transformation and consistency across three Trusts, embedding shared processes, systems, and culture.
- Champion inclusive, innovative, and people-centred services that support the Groups workforce ambitions and organisational strategy.
- Work closely with senior leaders to ensure the Group is equipped with the skills, leadership and organisational capacity required to deliver outstanding care and services for now and into the future.
Working for our organisation
At BSW Hospitals Group, we’re proud to bring together three leading NHS Trusts - Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust – working as one across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire.
By combining our expertise, resources, and passion for care, we deliver consistent, high-quality healthcare for every patient, no matter which of our hospitals they visit. Together, we’re tackling shared challenges, embracing innovation, and building a stronger, more resilient health system for our communities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Main Duties of the job
- Provide strategic oversight and leadership across culture, learning, and wellbeing initiatives, ensuring alignment with the Group’s vision, NHS priorities, and the People Promise.
- Lead the design and delivery of organisational development and talent management strategies, embedding values and behaviours while supporting leadership pipelines and succession planning
- Oversee the Group’s education and training function, ensuring high-quality clinical and non-clinical learning programmes that meet regulatory standards and build capability across all professions.
- Design and implement a Group-wide wellbeing and ED&I strategy, integrating health, belonging, and inclusion into workforce planning and retention to create a sustainable, thriving workforce.
- Drive improvements in staff engagement, morale, and team climate through data-informed interventions, staff survey action plans, and collaboration with staff networks to strengthen voice and recognition.
- Line manage and develop the Education and Training, Culture and Wellbeing teams
Please find attached a full job description and person specification
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Extensive knowledge of People Service, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or experience to master’s level equivalent
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- Must understand the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
- Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and Social Care, Regional and National teams and individual provider and commissioning organisations
- Membership with CIPD with FCIPD or MCIPD.
Communication
Essential criteria
- Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on highly complex matters and technical information clearly and concisely
- Ability to provide and receive, convey and present highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information to large groups, responding openly to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement
- Ability to communicate with clinical and all levels of colleagues effectively
Analytical
Essential criteria
- High level analytical skills and the ability to draw qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources and present in a clear concise manner
- Ability to develop, maintain and monitor information systems to support innovation initiatives
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Matt Foxon
- Job title
- Site HR Director for RUH
- Email address
- [email protected]
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