Job summary
Are you enthusiastic about leadership, Organisational Development (OD), and culture change? We are looking for a highly skilled, experienced, and motivated individual with a track record of successfully facilitating a wide range of OD activities/interventions to come and join us in TEWV. As a member of our OD team, you will role model our organisational values and behaviours and help bring our journey to change and the NHS People Plan to life. Engaging senior leaders, managers, and teams in a wide range of settings, you will use your skills and experience to recognise and define their needs, by researching, designing, facilitating delivering, and evaluating programmes to strengthen leadership capability and build a culture of excellence. You will be accountable to the OD Practitioner and work closely with the team, you will ensure the consistent delivery of existing high-quality leadership, OD interventions including coaching, change management and promoting and talent conversations across the Trust.
The post-holder will work with leaders across the Trust, and beyond, to deliver activity in line with the NHS People Plan that supports our commitment to engaging and developing staff which in turn, improves patient care. The post-holder will be actively involved in the whole employee life cycle from on-boarding to exiting the Trust.
Main duties of the job
To lead the research, design, delivery, implementation, and evaluation of programmes across the Trust. Coaching/mentoring, including 360-degree feedback and strategic planning. To measure the the return of investment of bespoke development activities, using evaluation tools.
Consult with relevant clients across the Care Groups, creating effective, evidence based OD initiatives and specific development interventions. Present and communicate to a wide range of professional and clinical groups, working on culture and change programmes.
Work in partnership with internal professions.Report and make recommendations for implementation. Positively influence senior management on complex change, encouraging a strategic and people-orientated approach. Lead the development and implementation of OD policies and processes across the Trust, specifically leadership development and talent pipelines. Analyse, interpret data and provide recommendations to managers and leaders when the information available is conflicting and unclear, providing timely and accurate feedback/reports on OD and engagement activities.To provide organisational development and project management expertise through the flexible use of appropriate tools, techniques, influencing and change management skills to support a wide range of Trust strategies demonstrating a good understanding of the business needs from areas outside own area of practice.
About us
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Person Specification
Knowledge & Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level (or equivalent) in a relevant subject area such as Human Resources Management, Organisational Development, Leadership and Management (or willingness to work towards in an agreed timeframe)
- Development OR demonstrable experience working in the professional field
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development and professional development
- Project management
- Proven CPD Record
Desirable
- Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
- Professional or health related qualification
- Coaching qualification
- ILM or CMI leadership and management qualification
- Prince 2 project management
- NLP Practitioner
- Specific OD Practitioner Certification e.g., Insights Discovery Accreditation, MBTI, HLM 360 Practitioner, Coaching, Mentoring.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of embedding organisational values
- Excellent working knowledge of NHS
- Ability to manage/prioritise own work but also to work collaboratively to achieve common goals & maximise resources.
- Trending issues/themes in organisational development
- Understanding of culture and systems thinking
- Proven track record of delivering multiple interventions across a broad audience, simultaneously.
- Proven experience of research, design, delivery, and evaluation of development programmes
- Delivering interventions linked to leadership / culture and change.
- Experience of working with a wide range of providers to ensure effective and efficient delivery.
Desirable
- Senior management experience.
- Contract and supplier management / knowledge of supply chains.
- Experience of NHS / healthcare sector
- Leadership development experience at a senior level
- Experience of working across health and social care sectors to develop partnerships and system approaches.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to establish credibility and development effective relationships across organisational and professional boundaries, including at senior management levels.
- Ability to motivate a team to achieve desired objectives.
- Strong coaching/mentoring skills
- Ability to act autonomously.
- Advanced and specialist knowledge of OD models and practices
- Evidence of analytical reasoning and effective decision-making skills.
- Ability to prioritise and meet tight deadlines.
- Proficient IT skills: MS Office including MST for presentation and facilitation purposes and data analysis.
- Proven ability to choose the correct approach/ optimise methods to deliver leadership and organisational development effectively.
- Able to facilitate, teach and train according to the programme content and audience.
- Experienced practitioner, delivering complex programmes to critical, sceptical and / or demanding audiences.
- Ability to work with individuals and teams in disharmony and distress whist maintaining a calm, centred and focused demeanour for an effective and efficient outcome for the individual or team
- High awareness of emotional intelligence to lead individuals and groups in their own personal development to improve individual and team functioning.
- Ability to reconcile and make use of a variety of perspectives when making an appropriate decision.
- Ability to analyse, interrogate and report on complex data, using Pulse and staff survey.
- Ability to analyse, interrogate and report on complex data, using Pulse and staff survey.
- Sound written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent planning and organisational skills
Desirable
- Evidence of effective networking, adapting, and sharing best practice within teams
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Work in line the Trust Values and Behaviours
- Level-headed, proven ability to work under pressure.
- Confidence, decisiveness, initiative, and high self-motivation
- Empathy, compassion, understanding and a high level of emotional intelligence.
- High degree of personal credibility
- Collective leadership qualities including inclusiveness, team working and learning agility.
- Able to coach, engage and empower others.
- Effective communicator across all levels/ audiences
- Ability to think creatively, generate new ideas/ different perspectives, solve problems.
- Persistent, resilient, able to over-come barriers to complete interventions.
- Politically astute, diplomatic, and a good understanding of the importance of culture
- Ability to work as part of an effective team.
- Resilient due to regular exposure to highly personal and distressing information staff in one to one or group sessions
Other Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel independently in accordance with Trust policy
Person Specification
Knowledge & Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level (or equivalent) in a relevant subject area such as Human Resources Management, Organisational Development, Leadership and Management (or willingness to work towards in an agreed timeframe)
- Development OR demonstrable experience working in the professional field
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development and professional development
- Project management
- Proven CPD Record
Desirable
- Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
- Professional or health related qualification
- Coaching qualification
- ILM or CMI leadership and management qualification
- Prince 2 project management
- NLP Practitioner
- Specific OD Practitioner Certification e.g., Insights Discovery Accreditation, MBTI, HLM 360 Practitioner, Coaching, Mentoring.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of embedding organisational values
- Excellent working knowledge of NHS
- Ability to manage/prioritise own work but also to work collaboratively to achieve common goals & maximise resources.
- Trending issues/themes in organisational development
- Understanding of culture and systems thinking
- Proven track record of delivering multiple interventions across a broad audience, simultaneously.
- Proven experience of research, design, delivery, and evaluation of development programmes
- Delivering interventions linked to leadership / culture and change.
- Experience of working with a wide range of providers to ensure effective and efficient delivery.
Desirable
- Senior management experience.
- Contract and supplier management / knowledge of supply chains.
- Experience of NHS / healthcare sector
- Leadership development experience at a senior level
- Experience of working across health and social care sectors to develop partnerships and system approaches.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to establish credibility and development effective relationships across organisational and professional boundaries, including at senior management levels.
- Ability to motivate a team to achieve desired objectives.
- Strong coaching/mentoring skills
- Ability to act autonomously.
- Advanced and specialist knowledge of OD models and practices
- Evidence of analytical reasoning and effective decision-making skills.
- Ability to prioritise and meet tight deadlines.
- Proficient IT skills: MS Office including MST for presentation and facilitation purposes and data analysis.
- Proven ability to choose the correct approach/ optimise methods to deliver leadership and organisational development effectively.
- Able to facilitate, teach and train according to the programme content and audience.
- Experienced practitioner, delivering complex programmes to critical, sceptical and / or demanding audiences.
- Ability to work with individuals and teams in disharmony and distress whist maintaining a calm, centred and focused demeanour for an effective and efficient outcome for the individual or team
- High awareness of emotional intelligence to lead individuals and groups in their own personal development to improve individual and team functioning.
- Ability to reconcile and make use of a variety of perspectives when making an appropriate decision.
- Ability to analyse, interrogate and report on complex data, using Pulse and staff survey.
- Ability to analyse, interrogate and report on complex data, using Pulse and staff survey.
- Sound written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent planning and organisational skills
Desirable
- Evidence of effective networking, adapting, and sharing best practice within teams
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Work in line the Trust Values and Behaviours
- Level-headed, proven ability to work under pressure.
- Confidence, decisiveness, initiative, and high self-motivation
- Empathy, compassion, understanding and a high level of emotional intelligence.
- High degree of personal credibility
- Collective leadership qualities including inclusiveness, team working and learning agility.
- Able to coach, engage and empower others.
- Effective communicator across all levels/ audiences
- Ability to think creatively, generate new ideas/ different perspectives, solve problems.
- Persistent, resilient, able to over-come barriers to complete interventions.
- Politically astute, diplomatic, and a good understanding of the importance of culture
- Ability to work as part of an effective team.
- Resilient due to regular exposure to highly personal and distressing information staff in one to one or group sessions
Other Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel independently in accordance with Trust policy
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).
