Job summary
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) is seeking an experienced and strategic Senior Organisational Development (OD) Consultant to lead and shape our OD consultancy approach and support delivery of our Trust People Strategy.
This is a senior, influential role within the People Directorate, working closely with Executive leaders, Care Groups and Corporate Divisions to drive cultural improvement, organisational effectiveness and compassionate leadership. You will play a key role in designing and delivering OD and organisational design interventions that support transformation, improve workforce experience and enable high-quality patient care.
The postholder will act as a trusted OD expert and strategic partner, leading a small team of OD Consultants and deputising for the Assistant Director of OD, Culture & Inclusion as required. This is an exciting opportunity for an accomplished OD professional to have real impact across a large, complex NHS organisation.
Main duties of the job
- Lead the Trust's OD consultancy approach, providing expert advice, coaching and guidance to senior leaders on complex people, culture and organisational challenges.
- Build strong, credible relationships with Executive Directors, senior leadership teams and key stakeholders to support service delivery, transformation and cultural improvement.
- Design, deliver and evaluate organisation-wide OD and organisational design interventions, ensuring they are evidence-based, outcome-focused and aligned to Trust and national priorities.
- Use workforce intelligence, people metrics, staff survey data and qualitative insight to diagnose challenges, identify opportunities and inform OD recommendations.
- Oversee key OD portfolio areas including leadership development, employee experience, wellbeing, talent and mandatory learning.
- Support senior leaders to improve team culture, leadership capability, wellbeing and effectiveness, contributing to a positive staff experience and safe, high-quality care.
- Provide effective leadership and line management to the OD Consultancy team, supporting performance, development and wellbeing
About us
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for a full description of the main responsibilities of this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for a full description of the main responsibilities of this role.
Person Specification
Essential Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree or equivalent demonstrable experience relevant to the remit of this role
- Qualification in OD, HR, Leadership, Change Management, Coaching, Learning & Development or related field. Alternatively working knowledge and experience at an equivalent level
- Active evidence of CPD: development activity undertaken specific to role
- Professional qualification or equivalent experience of delivering and facilitating in challenging environments.
Desirable
- Specific OD accreditation e.g. Coaching, MBTI, Insights, Hogan, ALS, 360 facilitation
- Project management qualification or experience in managing programmes
- Quality Improvement qualification - Improving together level 1-3 or external equivalent. Eg LCS level 1a
Knowledge, skills, training & experience
Essential
- Experience in leading Organisational Development / Organisational Design and/or cultural transformation programmes
- Exposure of presenting and influencing at Executive level together with the ability to produce complex reports, papers and improvement plans to senior committees.
- Experience of leading and managing colleagues, engaging a team, and developing the capability of others. Including the ability to Coach others (teams and individuals) to find their own solutions.
- Ability to influence, challenge and build credibility with senior leaders and key stakeholders (internal and external). As well as skilled in managing conflict, sensitive issues and change.
- oEvidence of successful development and implementation of change and transformation initiatives to achieve performance outcomes.
Desirable
- Experience of working in NHS or public sector organisation. Alternatively demonstratable experience of working within an organisation across multiple sites, different organisational cultures and developing a system network.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Act with compassion, integrity and professionalism, role modelling our Trust Values and behaviours
- Commitment to continuous service, culture and leadership improvement.
- Effective interpersonal and intrapersonal skills including high degree of self-awareness and self- regulation
Person Specification
Essential Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree or equivalent demonstrable experience relevant to the remit of this role
- Qualification in OD, HR, Leadership, Change Management, Coaching, Learning & Development or related field. Alternatively working knowledge and experience at an equivalent level
- Active evidence of CPD: development activity undertaken specific to role
- Professional qualification or equivalent experience of delivering and facilitating in challenging environments.
Desirable
- Specific OD accreditation e.g. Coaching, MBTI, Insights, Hogan, ALS, 360 facilitation
- Project management qualification or experience in managing programmes
- Quality Improvement qualification - Improving together level 1-3 or external equivalent. Eg LCS level 1a
Knowledge, skills, training & experience
Essential
- Experience in leading Organisational Development / Organisational Design and/or cultural transformation programmes
- Exposure of presenting and influencing at Executive level together with the ability to produce complex reports, papers and improvement plans to senior committees.
- Experience of leading and managing colleagues, engaging a team, and developing the capability of others. Including the ability to Coach others (teams and individuals) to find their own solutions.
- Ability to influence, challenge and build credibility with senior leaders and key stakeholders (internal and external). As well as skilled in managing conflict, sensitive issues and change.
- oEvidence of successful development and implementation of change and transformation initiatives to achieve performance outcomes.
Desirable
- Experience of working in NHS or public sector organisation. Alternatively demonstratable experience of working within an organisation across multiple sites, different organisational cultures and developing a system network.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Act with compassion, integrity and professionalism, role modelling our Trust Values and behaviours
- Commitment to continuous service, culture and leadership improvement.
- Effective interpersonal and intrapersonal skills including high degree of self-awareness and self- regulation
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust
Address
Royal Stoke University Hospital
Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 6QG
Stoke-on-Trent
ST4 6QG
Employer's website
https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
