Job summary

This vacancy is only open to applicants currently employed within one of the North West ICB systems.

Reporting to the Associate Director of People Services and working collaboratively with the People Services team this role will be leading the people aspects of the change management processes as the ICB undertakes a programme of significant service redesign to meet the requirements of the 2025 ICB reforms and model ICB Blueprint.

This is an opportunity to support the workforce aspects of the change management across a wide range of highly complex and highly sensitive employment matters where there may not be an existing precedent.

Please outline in the supplementary section how you meet the criteria of this role.

The post holder will work autonomously and collaboratively with the People Services team to:

Develop, implement and monitor workforce change programmes and HR policies/procedures to enable the organisation and wider system to achieve its strategic objectives.

Advise and support managers and staff, providing a specialist interpretation of national terms and conditions of service, local policies and procedures and National workforce initiatives.

Ensure that practice which is not in line with sound HR principles is challenged and work with line managers to identify and implement alternatives.

Provide expert advice and support across a wide range of highly complex and highly sensitive employment matters where there may not be an existing precedent. This will require the post holder to seek and interpret formal legal employment advice/national guidance in relation to organisational change including redundancy processes.

Lancashire & South Cumbria ICB is a fully-authorised ICB responsible for the full range of ICB statutory duties and powers. The ICB aim is to improve the health of the people of Lancashire & South Cumbria and reduce health inequalities through strong, clinically-led commissioning of high quality healthcare services.

Our hours of work are Monday -Friday, 37.5 hours a week on a hybrid arrangement, typically working at ICB Headquarters (County Hall, Preston) with the People Services team one day a week.

30 July 2025

Agenda for change

Band 8a

£55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum

Secondment

Full-time, Job share, Flexible working, Home or remote working

125-ICB026-25

Lancashire & South Cumbria ICB

County Hall, Fishergate

Preston

PR1 8RL

Collaborate with the People Services team to deliver planned and unplanned projects, including large-scale management of change and organisational transformation initiatives.

Provide routine and non-routine HR support, using judgement skills and escalating matters when necessary.

Develop and implement best practice HR/People strategy, policy, and practice.

Provide specialist advice on all aspects of Human Resources and the NHS workforce agenda.

Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, promoting collaborative partnership working and innovation in HR and People services.

Collaborate with the People Services team to deliver planned and unplanned projects, including large-scale management of change and organisational transformation initiatives.

Provide routine and non-routine HR support, using judgement skills and escalating matters when necessary.

Develop and implement best practice HR/People strategy, policy, and practice.

Provide specialist advice on all aspects of Human Resources and the NHS workforce agenda.

Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, promoting collaborative partnership working and innovation in HR and People services.

• Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area

• Extensive knowledge of specialist areas acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to masters level equivalent
• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development

• Member of relevant professional body

• Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
• Ability to negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change
• Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
• Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action, working to tight and often changing timescales
• Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others

• Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do
• Ability to operate in a value-driven style consistent with the values of the public services and specifically with the new organisational values
• Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
• Values diversity and difference; operates with integrity and openness
• Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
• Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same
• Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems

• Able to travel across various sites where applicable

• Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area

• Extensive knowledge of specialist areas acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to masters level equivalent
• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development

• Member of relevant professional body

• Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
• Ability to negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change
• Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
• Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action, working to tight and often changing timescales
• Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others

• Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do
• Ability to operate in a value-driven style consistent with the values of the public services and specifically with the new organisational values
• Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
• Values diversity and difference; operates with integrity and openness
• Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
• Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same
• Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems

• Able to travel across various sites where applicable

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.

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (125)

Lancashire & South Cumbria ICB

County Hall, Fishergate

Preston

PR1 8RL

https://www.lancashireandsouthcumbria.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (125)

Lancashire & South Cumbria ICB

County Hall, Fishergate

Preston

PR1 8RL

https://www.lancashireandsouthcumbria.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)