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Assistant Chief People Officer

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Prescot, L35 5DR Posted 13 October 2026 Apply by 1 November 2026
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Salary for this role£94,356 – £108,814 a year
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Role description

Job summary

Assistant Chief People Officer

37.5 hours (8D, Subject to AFC) Base: Whiston Hospital with frequent travel to other sites ie. Ormskirk and Southport as required. Hybrid working opportunity. Join us in transforming People Services

Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is embarking on an ambitious transformation of its HR Directorate.

We are reshaping how workforce services are delivered, creating a service future that is digitally enabled, insight-led and centred on employee experience. As one of the largest organisations in the region, we are redesigning our operating model to create greater accountability, clearer leadership, stronger customer focus and improved outcomes for our people and ultimately our patients.

This is a rare opportunity to join the senior leadership team at a pivotal point in our transformation journey and we are seeking an exceptional leader who is energised by change and motivated by the opportunity to build something different.

Interview Date: To be Confirmed

Main duties of the job

As Assistant Chief People Officer, you will help shape the future of people services at Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

This is a strategic leadership role with significant scope and influence. You will lead a portfolio of people services, drive transformational change, develop organisational capability and play a critical role in delivering a modern, digitally enabled and experience-led people function. Working alongside the Chief People Officer and Deputy Chief People Officers, you will influence the direction of the organisation, support the delivery of strategic priorities and help create a culture defined by accountability, inclusion, high performance and continuous improvement.

We are looking for an exceptional leader who thrives in complexity, combines strategic thinking with a strong focus on delivery, and has a proven ability to build high-performing teams, lead change at scale and improve organisational performance.

About us

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

Our services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

  • Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
  • Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
  • National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.

Details

Date posted

13 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8d

Salary

£94,356 to £108,814 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working, Compressed hours

Reference number

409-S8135520-A

Job locations

Whiston Hospital

Warrington Road

Prescot

L35 5DR

United Kingdom


Job description

Job responsibilities

As Assistant Chief People Officer, you will be a visible, credible and values-driven leader who leads through influence, accountability and delivery. As a key strategic leader, you will work alongside the Chief People Officer and Deputy Chief People Officers to deliver an ambitious People Strategy, organisational transformation and a modern, digitally enabled people function. You will lead transformation, create a high-performing culture, drive performance, holding yourself and others to account by building a strong team capable of delivering meaningful and sustainable improvement and help define the future of people services.

Person Specification

Our Values

Essential

  • We are Kind
  • We are Open
  • We are Inclusive

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to degree level and/or equivalent qualification
  • MCIPD professional registration
  • Master's degree in HR Management or related qualification and / or equivalent experience
  • Postgraduate qualification in specialist area e.g. leadership or equivalent experience
  • Evidence of CPD

Desirable

  • Formal training in organisational change, system leadership or coaching

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • Significant experience operating at senior strategic level within HR / People / Workforce in a large, complex organisation, preferably within the NHS or public sector
  • Proven track record of leading complex, high impact workforce transformation, organisational change and service redesign programmes
  • Experience of providing strategic advice and challenge to Executive Directors and senior leaders on complex workforce, organisational and cultural issues
  • Demonstrable experience of leading multi disciplinary teams and senior managers, with accountability for performance, delivery and improvement
  • Substantial experience of managing significant financial and workforce resources, including delivery of efficiency and cost improvement programmes
  • Strong working knowledge of employment legislation, NHS workforce policy, governance and regulatory frameworks, including CQC Well Led and ED&I requirements
  • Experience of building and sustaining effective relationships with Trade Unions and staff side representatives at a senior level
  • Experience of operating across organisational and system boundaries, including partnership and collaborative working

Desirable

  • Experience of leading digital transformation within people services, including automation, workforce systems and use of data and analytics
  • Experience of contributing to or leading system wide workforce initiatives or ICS level programmes

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to lead, inspire and hold senior leaders and teams to account for delivery, performance and behaviour
  • Ability to lead culture change, embedding inclusive, compassionate and accountable leadership behaviours
  • Strong financial acumen and ability to manage complex budgets and resources
  • Ability to model and embed the Trust's values and behavioural standards in leadership practice

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Whiston Hospital

Warrington Road

Prescot

L35 5DR

United Kingdom


Employer's website

https://www.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/

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