Head of Human Resources; HR) Partnering and Digitalisation

Main area Human resources Grade NHS AfC:
Band 8b Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (working from home available several days of the week and other flexible working considered) Job
-ICB-015-26

Employer NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board Employer type NHS Site Preston County Hall, 3rd floor Town Preston Salary £66,582 - £77,368 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 25/10/2026 23:59

The Head of Human Resources (HR) Partnering and Digitalisation provides senior operational and strategic leadership for a significant part of the People function, ensuring delivery of a high-quality, consistent and values-led service across Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB. The postholder leads the HR Business Partnering and Digitalisation portfolio, supported by the Deputy Head of Business partnering and the HR advisory/employee relations service, and is accountable for the operational oversight, governance, quality assurance and continuous improvement of the service.

The role provides authoritative leadership and advice on highly complex and sensitive workforce, organisational development and employee relations matters, including organisational change, service redesign, workforce risk and collective employment issues. The postholder leads implementation of workforce priorities aligned to corporate objectives, translates corporate and People strategy into strategic and operational plans for the portfolio with organisation-wide impact, builds strong partnerships across the system and with staff side colleagues, and deputises for the Director of People as required.

The role also supports the Head of Workforce Design and Organisational Development in the delivery of workforce health and wellbeing priorities, including inclusive initiatives, oversight of employee support schemes, and partnership working to identify and share best practice.

· Lead the performance, direction and continuous improvement of the HR Partnering and Digital Services portfolio, ensuring clear priorities, effective governance, measurable outcomes and alignment to the ICB strategy and People priorities.

· Provide authoritative professional leadership for HR advisory/employee relations, ensuring consistent, high-quality practice and compliance with employment law, NHS terms and conditions, organisational policies and governance requirements, with clear escalation routes, quality standards and decision-making thresholds.

· Deputise for the Director, including representing the function at executive, system and governance meetings and leading decision-making as required.

· Lead the People contribution to highly complex organisational change, service redesign and workforce transformation programmes, ensuring effective consultation, risk management, staff side engagement and delivery of strategic workforce objectives.

The People function is a small team that supports the ICB in all aspects of workforce. The ICB has been through a significant period of change and restructure that is due to end in November. This will require significant support and development for leadership, teams and individuals as new teams and roles have been developed across the organisation. The People function has a People plan and a number of key priority areas to support the next phase of the ICB transformation.

This will be a pivotal time to join the team and the organisation and to make a real difference. The ICB will continue to grow over the next period as it hosts more services.

• Provide senior leadership to the HR Partnering and Digital Services…