Chief People Officer

NHS; City of London; On-site; GBP 200,000 +; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in London is seeking a Chief People Officer to lead workforce strategy and cultural transformation. The successful candidate will have extensive leadership experience, ideally in the healthcare sector, and be passionate about developing an inclusive and high-performing workforce. This role includes responsibilities for staff wellbeing and collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• Educated to Master's degree level or equivalent.
• Evidence of recent management and leadership development.
• Experience in a senior workforce role in a complex environment.

Responsibilities

• Drive the Trust's people strategy and champion staff wellbeing.
• Inspire innovation and foster collaboration in the workforce.
• Ensure every colleague feels valued and supported.

Skills

Leadership development

Strategic thinking

Collaboration skills

Education

Master's degree or equivalent

CIPD Membership

Job description

London Ambulance Service (LAS) is looking for a new Chief People Officer to join our Board at an exciting time in our journey of improvement and transformation.

We are seeking a Chief People Officer who will play a lead role in shaping a thriving, inclusive, and high-performing workforce that delivers outstanding care to Londoners every day. With passion and purpose, our new Chief People Officer will drive the Trust's people strategy - championing staff wellbeing, professional development, and cultural transformation. As a key member of the executive team, you will inspire innovation, foster collaboration, and ensure that every colleague feels valued, supported, and empowered to make a difference in one of the most dynamic and vital healthcare environments in the country.

Main duties of the job

As the only pan‑London NHS provider, we respond to more 999 and 111 calls than any other ambulance service in the country, caring for thousands of Londoners every day. Our ambition is simple: to deliver outstanding emergency and urgent care whenever and wherever it is needed.

As a future NHS leader, the successful candidates will be able to demonstrate that they meet the NHS leadership competency framework for board members (please see the candidate information pack below for the six domains). The competency domains are aligned to Our NHS People Promise, Our Leadership Way and the Seven Principles of Public Life (Nolan Principles).

About us

We respond to more 999 and 111 calls than any other ambulance service in the country, and operate a number of specialist teams to provide tailored care to people's needs - this includes our joint community response teams who care for frail older people in their homes.

We attend more than 2,700 patients every day. Our patients, staff, volunteers and communities are at the heart of what we do, and we involve them in helping to shape our work and the care we provide. As a large NHS organisation caring for the whole of London, we are responsible for ensuring our services and employment practices are accessible and inclusive for the diverse communities we serve and the people we employ or who volunteer with us.

Job responsibilities

The best boards are those that reflect the workforce and communities they serve. We particularly welcome applications from women, people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ candidates, who we know are all under‑represented in these important roles.

HOW TO APPLY

• In order to apply, please submit a comprehensive CV along with a covering letter, which sets out your interest in the role and encapsulates the aspects of your experience relevant to the required criteria.
• Alongside your application letter and CV, candidates are also requested to record and submit a video message, highlighting why LAS appeals and bringing to life why you believe you meet the criteria. We ask that the video is no more than 3 minutes and this can be recorded and uploaded using your phone. Recorded messages can be sent alongside the application and will be used as part of the panel’s assessment. You can send the video to us via OneDrive and/or email directly to Donna Fendick at [e-mail].
• Recorded messages will be used as part of the panel’s assessment.

Please ensure you submit your CV and Covering letter via Odgers directly using the following link, www.odgers.com/94976 . Not via Trac Jobs.

If you are unable to apply online please email: [e-mail]

Any postal applications should be sent direct to Donna Fendick at Odgers, 20 Cannon Street, London, EC4M 6XD.

For a conversation in confidence, please contact:Carmel Gibbons and Peter Mason (via Donna Fendick at [e-mail])

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to Master's degree level or equivalent post‑graduate qualifications or equivalent senior level experience
• CIPD Membership
• Evidence of recent management and leadership development
• Evidence of continual professional development

Knowledge & Experience

• Experience in a senior workforce role in a complex environment and sector
• Experience in Ambulance Sector / Healthcare Sector or similar relevant demonstrable experience in a public sector organisation
• Proven experience of working and contributing at Board level
• Significant experience of working in partnership with staff and their representatives to deliver organisational objectives and shared goals

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.