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Main area
Director of People and Culture
Grade
Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
162-7518-CORP
Employer
Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Queen's Hospital
Town
Romford
Salary
£61,631 - £68,623 per annum inclusive
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
06/01/2026 23:59

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Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust logo

Band 8a People & Culture Business Partner

Band 8a

 

PEOPLE are at the HEART of everything we do

This video gives a flavour of what it is like to work at our Trust and why some of our staff love working here 💙

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lePIUCfMPLk

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated People and Culture Business Partner to join our team.

In this role, you will work closely with Clinical Group and Corporate leaders to deliver a proactive, solution-focused People and Culture service. You will support all aspects of workforce planning, organisational development, staff engagement, and performance improvement. Acting as a trusted partner, you will provide expert advice and coaching to managers to build capability, improve management practice, and enable effective change.

You will also lead and contribute to key workforce initiatives — ensuring that people management practices support our values, enhance staff experience, and improve organisational effectiveness.

Planned interview date mid January 2026

Main duties of the job

Working closely with the Clinical and Corporate leadership teams and other key individuals the People and Culture BP will support all aspects of work associated with the forward planning, modernisation, engagement, motivation and performance of the workforce.  In addition, the post holder will embed workforce and OD best practice; improving standards and increasing management capability within the division. 

A key component of the role is the development of working relationships with multi-professional staff that are built on trust, confidence and mutual respect, and which underpin a reputation for being a highly credible and knowledgeable expert in the application and implementation of OD and Workforce strategies and operational requirements. To act as a senior leader; setting professional standards and behaviours whilst representing the People and Culture Directorate at Clinical Group meetings.

The BP will be expected to understand and promote on issues concerning equality and diversity, inclusion and engagement ensuring these issues are central to all activity undertaken and work in accordance with the Trust’s Equality Schemes.   

Working for our organisation

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. 

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission. 

We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care. 

We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance

We run a Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.  

The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

Some of the positive changes we’ve made are captured in this film.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role.  Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Louise Lucy Glavin, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 Ext. 5936. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.

Person specification

EDUCATION/QUALIFICATIONS

Essential criteria
  • CIPD qualified/accredited or equivalent level of experience in HR.
  • Degree or equivalent level of experience in HR

EXPERIENCE

Essential criteria
  • Experience of generalist HR working at a senior level.
  • Experience of operating a HR Business Partner approach within a complex organisation

SKILLS, ABILITIES AND KNOWLEDGE

Essential criteria
  • Able to demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of the HRBP role and the key success criteria
  • Demonstrates commitment to, and enthusiasm for facilitating change, cultural and behavioural change, service improvement, and team and individual development

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyLondon Living Wage is a voluntary commitment made by employers, who can become accredited with the Living Wage FoundationAge positiveMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerNHS Pastoral CareArmed Forces Covenant Bronze Award

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Victoria Whittaker
Job title
Strategic People and Culture Business Partner
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01708435000

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
Queen's Hospital
Rom Valley Way
Romford
Essex
RM7 0AG
Telephone
01708 435000 5936
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