Post Title: Director of Workforce

Grade: Senior Managers Pay Grade F

Salary Range: £97,624 to £130,459 per annum

Tenure: Full Time, Permanent

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Location: Ninewells Hospital, Dundee

NHS Tayside is a teaching Board with an annual budget in excess of £1.2 billion and a total staffing of approximately 13,500, serving a population of 420,000 living in urban and rural communities across the region. We also provide services across North-East Fife as well as Regional Centres for certain specialties.

NHS Tayside is offering this opportunity for an exceptional individual to join us at a time of unprecedented change, redesign and reform for health and care services and the healthcare workforce. We have a range of specialist Workforce Teams operating across Tayside providing expert and highly complex professional services. The post holder will be personally providing visionary strategic leadership support to those within the Workforce Directorate.

Bringing a fresh, forward-thinking and collaborative approach to developing and driving high performance and innovative practice, the successful candidate will be responsible for operational and strategic leadership across all aspects of the employee journey. Leading the professional delivery of Workforce Directorate Business Partner services, Recruitment, Medical Staffing, Organisational Development, Occupational Health & Safety, Payroll, Workforce Systems, Workforce Planning and Workforce Information.

As our Director of Workforce, you will direct, shape and implement the recently approved NHS Tayside Three-year Workforce Strategy and drive forward the change required to implement NHS Tayside’s Talent & Culture Frameworks and the Board Workforce Plan. The post is key to delivering the Board’s Staff Governance and Remuneration Strategies to ensure high level of governance and delivery across the key areas of workforce activity. The role requires close working with the Board of NHS Tayside, the Chief Executive and Staff Partners, to ensure NHS Tayside continues to develop and implement employee engagement strategies which promote a culture of partnership working and ensure a strong employee voice at all levels of the organisation.

You will be a highly experienced individual, with extensive knowledge and expertise in all aspects of workforce management, strategy and policy development. You will have a record of leading and implementing change, working within an organisation with multiple staffside partners and ensuring the highest quality Human Resources support is delivered. You will be able to demonstrate a proven track record, working at a senior level in a HR/Workforce leadership role in an organisation of similar scale and complexity whether within the NHS or wider public sector.

If you believe you have the necessary attributes to succeed in this high-profile role, then we welcome your application.

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact:

Sarah Gracie at Eden Scott, sarah.gracie@edenscott.com or call 07999 421 314.

To apply, please send the following details to Sarah Gracie at sarah.gracie@edenscott.com

• a copy of your CV
• a covering letter addressing what interests you in the role and details of your 3 most relevant skills or experiences that make you suitable for the role, as set out in the job description and person specification.

Closing date for applications: 2nd June 2023

For further information regarding this post please download the candidate information pack attached below for your review.

Find out more about NHS Tayside at www.nhstayside.scot.nhs.uk/

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.