People Partner - Band 8a

People Partner – Band 8a

The closing date is 21 June 2026.

Join Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as an experienced People Partner, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping workforce strategy, culture and performance to support outstanding patient care.

• Leading and shaping workforce strategies to support service delivery, workforce sustainability and organisational performance
• Partnering and influencing senior leaders on complex workforce challenges, enabling informed decision‑making
• Leading organisational change programmes, including service redesign, restructures and transformation initiatives
• Providing expert oversight and direction on complex and high‑risk employee relations matters, including those involving senior staff
• Using workforce data and insight to drive performance improvement, workforce planning and service development
• Driving improvements in colleague experience, engagement, equality, diversity and inclusion
• Contributing to financial planning and workforce efficiency, including supporting cost improvement programmes
• Leading or contributing to Trust‑wide people initiatives, policy development and continuous improvement activity
• Providing leadership and direction to Deputy People Partners, supporting their development and ensuring delivery of a high‑quality People service

• Lead and support divisional workforce planning, ensuring alignment with operational priorities and long‑term service sustainability
• Translate workforce data, benchmarking (e.g. Model Hospital) and business intelligence into meaningful insight to identify strengths, risks and opportunities
• Develop and maintain robust workforce plans, aligning staffing models with quality, safety and performance metrics
• Support the identification and mitigation of workforce risks, ensuring clear actions are in place to address areas such as critical workforce shortages
• Drive succession planning and talent development activities to support workforce sustainability at all levels
• Work in partnership with resourcing teams to deliver proactive, innovative recruitment and retention solutions
• Promote effective use of apprenticeships and skills development to support future workforce needs

• Lead and drive the design and delivery of organisational change programmes, including service redesign, restructures and system‑wide transformation
• Provide expert advice on employment implications of change, including consultation, redeployment and contractual matters (e.g. TUPE)
• Support the development of integrated care pathways through collaborative working across the Integrated Care System
• Enable divisions to identify and deliver workforce‑related efficiencies, assessing cost, benefit and risk
• Act as a visible advocate for change, supporting leaders to implement new ways of working that improve productivity and outcomes

• Lead and oversee the management of highly complex and high‑risk employee relations matters, including those involving senior staff and medical workforce
• Ensure consistent application of employment law, Trust policies and best practice across all people matters
• Support leaders to manage workforce issues proactively, promoting early resolution and minimising escalation where appropriate
• Use workforce metrics to inform decision‑making and link people risks to divisional risk registers with appropriate mitigation plans
• Contribute to the development, review and implementation of Trust‑wide people policies and initiatives
• Lead on agreed specialist areas within the People function (e.g. job evaluation, governance or strategic programmes)

• Provide expert input into job evaluation processes, ensuring fairness, consistency and appropriate challenge
• Advise on complex pay and reward matters, including requests outside of national frameworks, with a solutions‑focused approach
• Support the development of innovative reward and retention strategies within national terms and conditions
• Contribute to financial planning and cost improvement programmes of…