Job summary
A part-time vacancy 0.6 wte, fixed term 1st October 2023 - 30th September 2024 has arisen for a Professional Development Programmes (PDP) Team Leader to join the Applied Research Collaboration Kent, Surrey and Sussex The post holder will work across the Trust, ARC KSS, NHS South East region, with ICS and education partners and nationally. They will be expected to work flexibly across the region/nationally ensuring a physical presence at the University of Kent where appropriate as this is the location at which the ARC KSS Academy lead is based.
We are looking forapplicants with experience of education management and delivery working both regionally and nationally, familiar with the wider health, care and voluntary sector workforce systems and applied health and care research.
The post holder will be able to work autonomously, but also requires an ability to develop and maintain strong, productive working relationships across the Trust, ARC KSS and with ICS and education partners, being a visible, accessible and authoritative presence. It is the post holder's responsibility to embed this role into the ARC KSS structure and as such the roles and responsibilities below are emerging. This therefore gives scope to shape the direction of ARC KSS PDP and contribute towards its vision. The post is initially for 12 months, 1st October 2023 - 30th September 2024, 0.6 wte, AfC 8b but, subject to confirmation of further funding, could be extended.
Main duties of the job
This is a new role 0.6 wte, fixed term contract for 12 months, working within the ARC KSS Academy to support professional development programmes for health and care professionals across the NHS South East Region. The post holder will lead the ARC KSS professional development programmes working across the regions of Kent, Surrey and Sussex and nationally, engaging existing training networks and the KSS Deanery, managing and contributing to existing professional development programmes including ICAPs, IAPTs, PG programmes in leadership and professional development and creating innovative new development opportunities for health and care research staff across the region. The post holder will be based within the NIHR ARC KSS Capacity Building team led by Professor Sally Kendall, Head of ARC KSS Academy and support staff at the University of Kent and Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (the host NHS Trust for the ARC KSS).
About us
For further information about the NIHR ARC KSS and ARC KSS Academy please see our websiteARC KSS Academy (nihr.ac.uk)
or contact ARCKentSurreySussex@spft.nhs.uk.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Line Management/Supervision and Support/Training
- Management and organisation of PDP activities, manage staff contributing to PDPs, provide supervision/support to PDP staff and contributors
- Management and facilitation of PDP training and development
- Capacity development of PDP for KSS staff
- Development and management of PDP within ARC KSS including creative, innovative and impactful engagement with people across a wide range of care groups
- Strategy Development, Reporting and Governance
- Manage the development and implementation of ARC KSS PDP strategy in partnership with the Academy strategic lead, Organisation and Research CApacity Group (ORCA), and ARC KSS core programme management team
- Influence, shape and deliver our strategic People and OD objectives and ensure ARC KSS contributes to the delivery of ARC KSS key strategic objectives and supports delivery of the NHS and other organisations workforce plans
- Report PDP activity against objectives to governance structures including ARC KSS Board, Executive Group, NIHR annual reporting cycle and participation in site visits
- Finance Management
- Support ARC KSS staff in budgeting and financial management of PDP
- Partnerships
- Work across all stakeholder groups to engage, involve and ensure participation of the public and communities across Kent, Surrey and
- Maintain and develop ARC KSSs relationship with the regional Deanery
- Use creativity and innovation to improve the capacity of our health and care research community
- Engage and identify co-working opportunities with ARC partners, the Deanery and other regional and national organisations in the delivery of PDPs
- Lead on ARC KSS contribution to regional educational partnership working supporting development aligning regional and local PDP to NIHR, NHS, and social care goals
- Engage and adopt relevant NIHR initiatives and campaigns
- Embedding role as the PDP first point of contact for national and KSS regional queries
- Communications
- Coordination of ARC KSS PDP communications regionally in partnership with ARC KSS communications officer advising on appropriate information and channels to communicate with external partners
- Engagement in peer support such as sharing of innovative/good practice and challenges and contribution to local, regional and national ARC forums
- Research Themes
- Contribute to the objectives of the NIHR ARC KSS Academy
- Provide support and development to research themes including the national social care theme and other cross-ARC activities to ensure they are adequately supported in PDP activities
- Develop a PDP plan that supports the ARCs core research objectives
- Provide guidance in promoting effective ways of engaging and supporting research theme leads and their teams to identify PDP needs
- Other
- The ability to travel efficiently across the Kent, Surrey and Sussex region and nationally is an essential requirement of this role
- Identify and address own professional development and support needs - Actively participate in the Trust supervision and appraisal processes
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Line Management/Supervision and Support/Training
- Management and organisation of PDP activities, manage staff contributing to PDPs, provide supervision/support to PDP staff and contributors
- Management and facilitation of PDP training and development
- Capacity development of PDP for KSS staff
- Development and management of PDP within ARC KSS including creative, innovative and impactful engagement with people across a wide range of care groups
- Strategy Development, Reporting and Governance
- Manage the development and implementation of ARC KSS PDP strategy in partnership with the Academy strategic lead, Organisation and Research CApacity Group (ORCA), and ARC KSS core programme management team
- Influence, shape and deliver our strategic People and OD objectives and ensure ARC KSS contributes to the delivery of ARC KSS key strategic objectives and supports delivery of the NHS and other organisations workforce plans
- Report PDP activity against objectives to governance structures including ARC KSS Board, Executive Group, NIHR annual reporting cycle and participation in site visits
- Finance Management
- Support ARC KSS staff in budgeting and financial management of PDP
- Partnerships
- Work across all stakeholder groups to engage, involve and ensure participation of the public and communities across Kent, Surrey and
- Maintain and develop ARC KSSs relationship with the regional Deanery
- Use creativity and innovation to improve the capacity of our health and care research community
- Engage and identify co-working opportunities with ARC partners, the Deanery and other regional and national organisations in the delivery of PDPs
- Lead on ARC KSS contribution to regional educational partnership working supporting development aligning regional and local PDP to NIHR, NHS, and social care goals
- Engage and adopt relevant NIHR initiatives and campaigns
- Embedding role as the PDP first point of contact for national and KSS regional queries
- Communications
- Coordination of ARC KSS PDP communications regionally in partnership with ARC KSS communications officer advising on appropriate information and channels to communicate with external partners
- Engagement in peer support such as sharing of innovative/good practice and challenges and contribution to local, regional and national ARC forums
- Research Themes
- Contribute to the objectives of the NIHR ARC KSS Academy
- Provide support and development to research themes including the national social care theme and other cross-ARC activities to ensure they are adequately supported in PDP activities
- Develop a PDP plan that supports the ARCs core research objectives
- Provide guidance in promoting effective ways of engaging and supporting research theme leads and their teams to identify PDP needs
- Other
- The ability to travel efficiently across the Kent, Surrey and Sussex region and nationally is an essential requirement of this role
- Identify and address own professional development and support needs - Actively participate in the Trust supervision and appraisal processes
Person Specification
Line Management/Supervision and Support/Training
Essential
- Management and organisation of PDP activities, manage staff contributing to PDPs, provide supervision/support to PDP staff and contributors
- Management and facilitation of PDP training and development -Capacity development of PDP for KSS staff
- Development and management of PDP within ARC KSS including creative, innovative and impactful engagement with people across a wide range of care groups
- -Manage the development and implementation of ARC KSS PDP strategy in partnership with the Academy strategic lead, Organisation and Research CApacity Group (ORCA), and ARC KSS core programme management team
- Influence, shape and deliver our strategic People and OD objectives and ensure ARC KSS contributes to the delivery of ARC KSS key strategic objectives and supports delivery of the NHS and other organisation's workforce plans
- Report PDP activity against objectives to governance structures including ARC KSS Board, Executive Group, NIHR annual reporting cycle and participation in site visits
- Support ARC KSS staff in budgeting and financial management of PDP
- Work across all stakeholder groups to engage, involve and ensure participation of the public and communities across Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
- Maintain and develop ARC KSS's relationship with the regional Deanery -Use creativity and innovation to improve the capacity of our health and care research community
- Engage and identify co-working opportunities with ARC partners, the Deanery and other regional and national organisations in the delivery of PDPs
- Lead on ARC KSS contribution to regional educational partnership working supporting development aligning regional and local PDP to NIHR, NHS, and social care goals
- Engage and adopt relevant NIHR initiatives and campaigns
- Embedding role as the PDP first point of contact for national and KSS regional queries
- Coordination of ARC KSS PDP communications regionally in partnership with ARC KSS communications officer advising on appropriate information and channels to communicate with external partners
- Engagement in peer support such as sharing of innovative/good practice and challenges and contribution to local, regional and national ARC forums
- Contribute to the objectives of the NIHR ARC KSS Academy
- Provide support and development to research themes including the national social care theme and other cross-ARC activities to ensure they are adequately supported in PDP activities
- Develop a PDP plan that supports the ARC's core research objectives
- Provide guidance in promoting effective ways of engaging and supporting research theme leads and their teams to identify PDP needs
- The ability to travel efficiently across the Kent, Surrey and Sussex region and nationally is an essential requirement of this role
Person Specification
Line Management/Supervision and Support/Training
Essential
- Management and organisation of PDP activities, manage staff contributing to PDPs, provide supervision/support to PDP staff and contributors
- Management and facilitation of PDP training and development -Capacity development of PDP for KSS staff
- Development and management of PDP within ARC KSS including creative, innovative and impactful engagement with people across a wide range of care groups
- -Manage the development and implementation of ARC KSS PDP strategy in partnership with the Academy strategic lead, Organisation and Research CApacity Group (ORCA), and ARC KSS core programme management team
- Influence, shape and deliver our strategic People and OD objectives and ensure ARC KSS contributes to the delivery of ARC KSS key strategic objectives and supports delivery of the NHS and other organisation's workforce plans
- Report PDP activity against objectives to governance structures including ARC KSS Board, Executive Group, NIHR annual reporting cycle and participation in site visits
- Support ARC KSS staff in budgeting and financial management of PDP
- Work across all stakeholder groups to engage, involve and ensure participation of the public and communities across Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
- Maintain and develop ARC KSS's relationship with the regional Deanery -Use creativity and innovation to improve the capacity of our health and care research community
- Engage and identify co-working opportunities with ARC partners, the Deanery and other regional and national organisations in the delivery of PDPs
- Lead on ARC KSS contribution to regional educational partnership working supporting development aligning regional and local PDP to NIHR, NHS, and social care goals
- Engage and adopt relevant NIHR initiatives and campaigns
- Embedding role as the PDP first point of contact for national and KSS regional queries
- Coordination of ARC KSS PDP communications regionally in partnership with ARC KSS communications officer advising on appropriate information and channels to communicate with external partners
- Engagement in peer support such as sharing of innovative/good practice and challenges and contribution to local, regional and national ARC forums
- Contribute to the objectives of the NIHR ARC KSS Academy
- Provide support and development to research themes including the national social care theme and other cross-ARC activities to ensure they are adequately supported in PDP activities
- Develop a PDP plan that supports the ARC's core research objectives
- Provide guidance in promoting effective ways of engaging and supporting research theme leads and their teams to identify PDP needs
- The ability to travel efficiently across the Kent, Surrey and Sussex region and nationally is an essential requirement of this role
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
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Grove House/Centre for Health Services Studies at University of Kent
South View Road/Darwin Road
Crowborough/Canterbury CT2 7NZ
TN6 1HB
Employer's website
https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
