Job summary
Expected Shortlisting
Date:
19/03/2025
Planned Interview
Date:
27/03/2025
Over
61,000 people work in health and social care across Leeds. In Leeds, one of our strategic workforce
priorities is to reduce health inequalities in and through our workforce. We
know that certain populations in our city have poorer health outcomes than
others. This can be linked to where they live, their ethnicity, a disability
and range of wider characteristics.
As
a city we have embarked on a range of initiatives to address Health
Inequalities, and the development of a new Health Equity CPD programme is
focussed initially on supporting our nurses, midwives, AHPs and care support
workers to better understand and reduce inequalities.
The
ambition of the programme is to work with stakeholders to identify the gaps
in training provision that will make a real difference to practice and
co-develop what is required for staff in both direct care provider roles and
in coordinator and leadership roles, as well as supporting whole team
development.
Main duties of the job
The
Development Lead will work closely with our health and care partnerships to
scope, design, deliver and evaluate the Health Equity CPD programme across
the city. The role has a varied and evolving workload for which you will need
excellent interpersonal skills as well as written and verbal communication. A
key part of the role is to support and develop a portfolio of Learning and
Development products relating to health equity so an understanding of
professional training and education methodologies will be important, along
with an interest in reducing health inequalities. High attention to detail
and the ability to work both collaboratively and autonomously to make
decisions are essential.
The
successful candidate will have experience in leading and co-ordinating
training and development projects which connect across a wider programme of
work. You will need to be proactive, willing to learn and enjoy problem
solving.
About us
The
Leeds Health and Care Academy is a unique and exciting service working on
behalf of the entire Leeds health and care sector. We work in partnership
with Leeds NHS Trusts, Leeds City Council, the ICB in Leeds, the citys
colleges and universities and third sector to maximise the opportunities that
a joined-up approach could bring.
Our
work spans learning and development for the current workforce, supporting
candidates moving into or across health and care organisations in Leeds, and
working alongside partners on collaborative workforce projects that have been
designed to strengthen our effectiveness as a system.
Our
ambition is for Leeds to be the best city for training and working in the
sector, with progressive, diverse careers for all students and staff,
inspiring the next generation of health and care workers. It will be a
healthy and caring city for all ages, where people who are the poorest
improve their health the fastest.
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'
members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts
are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove
adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the
shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this
process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any
questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working
as part of the Leeds Health and Care Academy and with partners across the
health and care workforce, you will live and model the values and behaviours
to help us to achieve our ambition to be a healthy and caring city for all
ages, where people who are the poorest, improve their health the
fastest.
The
Development Lead will be the lead specialist and will be responsible for
undertaking, leading and contributing to the successful delivery of our
Health Equity CPD programmes, in response to the local and national
transformation agendas for health and care.
You
will also enable and contribute to the successful delivery of the Leeds Heath
and Care Academy ensuring that project objectives are delivered on time,
within budget and to expected levels of quality.
The
Development Lead is part of a small cross-organisational team which supports
the Leeds Health and Care Academy. You will work with a range of stakeholders
including adult and childrens social care, Public Health, the three health
trusts, ICB, independent and voluntary sector providers, and educational
institutions in the city. You will also be expected to directly engage with
the health and social care workforce.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working
as part of the Leeds Health and Care Academy and with partners across the
health and care workforce, you will live and model the values and behaviours
to help us to achieve our ambition to be a healthy and caring city for all
ages, where people who are the poorest, improve their health the
fastest.
The
Development Lead will be the lead specialist and will be responsible for
undertaking, leading and contributing to the successful delivery of our
Health Equity CPD programmes, in response to the local and national
transformation agendas for health and care.
You
will also enable and contribute to the successful delivery of the Leeds Heath
and Care Academy ensuring that project objectives are delivered on time,
within budget and to expected levels of quality.
The
Development Lead is part of a small cross-organisational team which supports
the Leeds Health and Care Academy. You will work with a range of stakeholders
including adult and childrens social care, Public Health, the three health
trusts, ICB, independent and voluntary sector providers, and educational
institutions in the city. You will also be expected to directly engage with
the health and social care workforce.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Management or Business focussed degree or equivalent gained by experience and training.
Desirable
- Project Management accreditation is desirable.
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Competent/advanced on all MS office applications
Other Criteria
Essential
- Understanding of the importance of equal opportunities in both employment and service delivery
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of leading, managing and contributing to a variety of projects relating to transformation and service improvement, and delivering them on time, within budget and to agreed quality
- Experience of using formal project management methodologies, e.g. Prince II to take forward projects from concept to implementation and completion.
- Experience of identifying, quantifying and realising benefits as part of projects or programmes.
- Experience of identifying and managing risks associated with projects or programmes.
- Experience of delivering change through analysing current practice and recommending improvements.
- Experience of analysing, interpreting and presenting complex business data to support the case for change that drives up standards and performance
- Experience of working effectively with others to deliver projects including those who may have competing priorities to negotiate the best way forward.
- Experience of analysing operational requirements, recommending improvements and implementing change.
- Good understanding of the transformation agendas for health and care and issues, challenges and environment they operate within.
- Ability to plan and facilitate workshops, as well as chairing and contributing to a range of meetings.
- Experience of managing competing priorities whilst delivering on a range of projects and adapting to changing circumstances and priorities.
- Experience of taking forward initiatives from development to implementation.
- Experience of communicating key issues effectively, clearly and succinctly both in writing and verbally to a range of audiences for example, through writing reports and delivering presentations to a v
- Experience of making swift decisions and judgements and working using own initiative.
- Ability to work to specified work programmes and timetables.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Management or Business focussed degree or equivalent gained by experience and training.
Desirable
- Project Management accreditation is desirable.
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Competent/advanced on all MS office applications
Other Criteria
Essential
- Understanding of the importance of equal opportunities in both employment and service delivery
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of leading, managing and contributing to a variety of projects relating to transformation and service improvement, and delivering them on time, within budget and to agreed quality
- Experience of using formal project management methodologies, e.g. Prince II to take forward projects from concept to implementation and completion.
- Experience of identifying, quantifying and realising benefits as part of projects or programmes.
- Experience of identifying and managing risks associated with projects or programmes.
- Experience of delivering change through analysing current practice and recommending improvements.
- Experience of analysing, interpreting and presenting complex business data to support the case for change that drives up standards and performance
- Experience of working effectively with others to deliver projects including those who may have competing priorities to negotiate the best way forward.
- Experience of analysing operational requirements, recommending improvements and implementing change.
- Good understanding of the transformation agendas for health and care and issues, challenges and environment they operate within.
- Ability to plan and facilitate workshops, as well as chairing and contributing to a range of meetings.
- Experience of managing competing priorities whilst delivering on a range of projects and adapting to changing circumstances and priorities.
- Experience of taking forward initiatives from development to implementation.
- Experience of communicating key issues effectively, clearly and succinctly both in writing and verbally to a range of audiences for example, through writing reports and delivering presentations to a v
- Experience of making swift decisions and judgements and working using own initiative.
- Ability to work to specified work programmes and timetables.
