Job summary
Join MFT today, as we search for our next Directors of Workforce and OD for our:
- Specialist Hospitals Clinical Group and;
- Wythenshawe, Trafford, Withington and Altrincham (WTWA) Clinical Group
Drive your Workforce & OD career to new heights, at one of the largest and most complex NHS Trusts in England.
Reporting to the Clinical Group Chief Executive, you will drive local delivery of the MFT People Plan, steering the design, development and effective implementation of all Clinical Group workforce, education, training and organisational development plans, ensuring alignment to our Trust strategy and our five key aims.
Naturally, you will have a passion for people, leading by example and role model a compassionate style, empower others in decision making and allow our teams to know they make valuable contributions, leading to a high performing, inclusive, open, and transparent culture.
What is more, you will support the development of the Clinical Group annual plan, ensuring necessary workforce, OD and ED&I objectives are put in place to deliver sufficient workforce capacity and capability to meet operational requirements and satisfy financial controls.
Read on to hear more about the key skills, experience and attitude we are looking for, and what will set you apart in this unique role.
Main duties of the job
- With a successful track record in a senior workforce and / or OD role within a complex environment or sector, where you have managed and led a HR function, you will ensure all strategies are focused on ensuring high quality, safe patient care, aligned to the Organisational Strategy, MFT People Plan and ED&I Strategy.
- You will readily be able to deal positively and promptly with colleagues' concerns and personal problems, challenge colleagues on any inappropriate behaviours or poor performance and investigate and deal effectively with complaints.
- Working as part of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) of the Clinical Group, you will provide professional workforce and OD advice to the Clinical Group Chief Executive and other SLT members, as well as contributing to Trust-wide workforce activities including OD strategy development.
- It goes without saying, you will have outstanding personal impact, highly developed interpersonal, networking, advocacy, written and presentation skills that are persuasive and influential and develop relationships that inspire respect, trust and confidence.
- Finally, as an inspirational leader aligned with MFT values, you will demonstrate high levels of personal and professional judgement in determining the acceptable level of risk. When the situation requires prompt action, acting independently and taking high-level decisions to ensure appropriate quality and safety is maintained.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.
Candidate Information Pack
To support these opportunities, we have developed a bespoke 'Candidate Information Pack' which provides specific information about the roles and the Selection Process. To request a copy of this pack, please contact Talent Attraction & Senior Acquisition Service Lead Sinad Gamble, via email sinead.gamble@mft.nhs.uk
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.
Candidate Information Pack
To support these opportunities, we have developed a bespoke 'Candidate Information Pack' which provides specific information about the roles and the Selection Process. To request a copy of this pack, please contact Talent Attraction & Senior Acquisition Service Lead Sinad Gamble, via email sinead.gamble@mft.nhs.uk
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications Academic / Professional
Essential
- Evidence of recent and relevant continuous professional development.
Desirable
- Formal management or leadership qualification.
Qualifications Academic / Professional
Essential
- Chartered Member of the Institute of Personnel and Development or equivalent experience.
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
- Post-graduate degree or equivalent experience.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Outstanding personal impact. Highly developed interpersonal, networking, advocacy, written and presentation skills that are persuasive and influential and develop relationships that inspire respect, trust and confidence.
- Ability to work across professional and organisational boundaries with a wide range of stakeholders to deliver high quality outcomes.
- A high level of political awareness.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Extensive senior level leadership and managerial experience within an acute NHS Trust (or comparatively large and complex multi-disciplinary organisation).
- A successful track record in a senior workforce and / or OD role within a complex environment or sector, managing and leading a HR function.
- A clear appreciation of the context of acute healthcare provision within the modern NHS, including key corporate and business issues.
- A strong understanding of national NHS policy and strategy as it relates to workforce and OD.
- Experience of developing and implementing transformation programmes, including the management of service change and organisational development.
- Experience working on national programmes or contributing to national policy development.
- A successful track record of delivering a long-term vision whilst responding to short-term challenges and opportunities.
- A successful track record of developing an organisational culture committed to high quality, people, financial and performance standards.
- Demonstrable success in building, developing and inspiring high performing multi-professional teams, increasing staff engagement and innovation, and motivation to improve performance.
- Evidence of communicating successfully and working effectively in co-operation with a wide range of internal and external bodies, including statutory and non-statutory organisations, senior managers, colleagues and their representatives.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- A commitment to personal development and the development of colleagues, with the ability to develop a culture in which all individuals can thrive and feel a sense of belonging.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Highly developed analytical skills with the ability to think and act strategically, tactically and creatively, while maintaining a clear view of the issues affecting the Clinical Group and MFT.
- Ability to translate a strategic vision into operation action, to communicate those objectives and ensure they are adhered to.
- Ability to deal positively and promptly with colleagues' concerns and personal problems, challenge colleagues on any inappropriate behaviours or poor performance and investigate and deal with complaints as required.
Knowledge and Experience
Desirable
- A strong understanding of how MFT fits into the wider health and social care system.
- A successful track-record of delivering best practice standards of HR and employment law in the NHS.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Highly motivated, hard-working and self-confident individual with a drive to deliver and commitment to excellence across all areas. Inspires others and leads by example.
- Aligned to MFT's values.
- Able to communicate openly, effectively listen and is consistently approachable to colleagues.
- Works in a highly collaborative manner with colleagues across MFT and other system partners to ensure effective partnership work.
- Able to manage different projects simultaneously with a high degree of autonomy in terms of decision-making and management of deadlines.
- Able to adapt to changing priorities, problem solve and re-focus the work of self and others on new priority areas that may require urgent action.
- Can constructively challenge and effectively manage conflict to reach a positive conclusion.
- High level of personal resilience and ability to work and remain calm in a high-pressure and/or challenging environment.
- A commitment to the ethical standards expected of public sector leaders in the UK.
- Passionate commitment to embedding equality, diversity and inclusivity, internally and externally.
- Willingness and ability to travel between MFT's sites as required.
Person Specification
Qualifications Academic / Professional
Essential
- Evidence of recent and relevant continuous professional development.
Desirable
- Formal management or leadership qualification.
Qualifications Academic / Professional
Essential
- Chartered Member of the Institute of Personnel and Development or equivalent experience.
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
- Post-graduate degree or equivalent experience.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Outstanding personal impact. Highly developed interpersonal, networking, advocacy, written and presentation skills that are persuasive and influential and develop relationships that inspire respect, trust and confidence.
- Ability to work across professional and organisational boundaries with a wide range of stakeholders to deliver high quality outcomes.
- A high level of political awareness.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Extensive senior level leadership and managerial experience within an acute NHS Trust (or comparatively large and complex multi-disciplinary organisation).
- A successful track record in a senior workforce and / or OD role within a complex environment or sector, managing and leading a HR function.
- A clear appreciation of the context of acute healthcare provision within the modern NHS, including key corporate and business issues.
- A strong understanding of national NHS policy and strategy as it relates to workforce and OD.
- Experience of developing and implementing transformation programmes, including the management of service change and organisational development.
- Experience working on national programmes or contributing to national policy development.
- A successful track record of delivering a long-term vision whilst responding to short-term challenges and opportunities.
- A successful track record of developing an organisational culture committed to high quality, people, financial and performance standards.
- Demonstrable success in building, developing and inspiring high performing multi-professional teams, increasing staff engagement and innovation, and motivation to improve performance.
- Evidence of communicating successfully and working effectively in co-operation with a wide range of internal and external bodies, including statutory and non-statutory organisations, senior managers, colleagues and their representatives.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- A commitment to personal development and the development of colleagues, with the ability to develop a culture in which all individuals can thrive and feel a sense of belonging.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Highly developed analytical skills with the ability to think and act strategically, tactically and creatively, while maintaining a clear view of the issues affecting the Clinical Group and MFT.
- Ability to translate a strategic vision into operation action, to communicate those objectives and ensure they are adhered to.
- Ability to deal positively and promptly with colleagues' concerns and personal problems, challenge colleagues on any inappropriate behaviours or poor performance and investigate and deal with complaints as required.
Knowledge and Experience
Desirable
- A strong understanding of how MFT fits into the wider health and social care system.
- A successful track-record of delivering best practice standards of HR and employment law in the NHS.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Highly motivated, hard-working and self-confident individual with a drive to deliver and commitment to excellence across all areas. Inspires others and leads by example.
- Aligned to MFT's values.
- Able to communicate openly, effectively listen and is consistently approachable to colleagues.
- Works in a highly collaborative manner with colleagues across MFT and other system partners to ensure effective partnership work.
- Able to manage different projects simultaneously with a high degree of autonomy in terms of decision-making and management of deadlines.
- Able to adapt to changing priorities, problem solve and re-focus the work of self and others on new priority areas that may require urgent action.
- Can constructively challenge and effectively manage conflict to reach a positive conclusion.
- High level of personal resilience and ability to work and remain calm in a high-pressure and/or challenging environment.
- A commitment to the ethical standards expected of public sector leaders in the UK.
- Passionate commitment to embedding equality, diversity and inclusivity, internally and externally.
- Willingness and ability to travel between MFT's sites as required.
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
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Oxford Road Campus, M13 9WL or Wythenshawe Hospital Headquarters, M23 9LT
Oxford Road or Southmoor Road
Manchester
M13 9WL
Employer's website
https://mft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)
