Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join our People Directorate within the newly formed Culture & OD team as an OD Consultant working on the organisational development programme for the Trust.
Interviews for this post will be taking place on Friday the 22nd of March.
Main duties of the job
To support the Trust's most strategically important programmes, designing, delivering and evaluating interventions to improve team effectiveness and performance in addition to developing and supporting the organisational strategy through organisational design. This includes structure as well as governance both internally and externally working in collaboration with partners across the health, care and wider systems. In support of the Trust's ambitions to be a high performing organisation, the OD Consultant will deliver a programme of leadership development across the Trust to embed a strong culture of positive, compassionate leadership behaviours.
About us
We provide mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.
Working in Sussex:
- Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns there's always new experiences to be enjoyed
- Embrace the city life with great access to visit Brighton and London
- With easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK there is plenty of opportunity for adventure
We'd love you to join our organisation that is rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the Care Quality Commission. Our staff agree, with 82% of people in our recent staff survey telling us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.
Other key staff survey results include:
- 70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
- 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team
- 77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles
See the attached 'Partnership Perks' document for details about our benefits package.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification attached for full details of the role responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification attached for full details of the role responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First degree or equivalent level of education / proven experience in the field of OD or related discipline
- Highly developed specialist knowledge, through experience or professional qualification, of Organisational Development, Leadership Development or Talent Management
- Member of CIPD or equivalent
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- An understanding of the background and aims of the NHS national people plan
- Experience of working as an internal consultant within an organisation
- Experience of working with leaders to improve staff experience
- Experience of communicating with Board or Executive level colleagues within an organisation and across a network
- Experience of leading and managing complex projects and delivering identified benefits
- Track record of delivering high quality results at pace
- Experience of developing and implementing large scale organisational development interventions
- Ability to develop and deliver change management
- Part of a high performing workforce or OD function which has enabled business transformation
- Experience of working closely with a wide range of stakeholders, able to influence and lead change at the highest level
- Knowledge and experience of methods in qualitative and quantitative review and evaluation of the OD service
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
- Experience of drafting briefing reports and correspondence at senior management level
- Experienced in developing, writing and launching strategies with supporting implementation and engagement plans
- National NHS Agenda including the People Plan and People Promise including linked national performance targets
- Environmental and political awareness
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First degree or equivalent level of education / proven experience in the field of OD or related discipline
- Highly developed specialist knowledge, through experience or professional qualification, of Organisational Development, Leadership Development or Talent Management
- Member of CIPD or equivalent
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- An understanding of the background and aims of the NHS national people plan
- Experience of working as an internal consultant within an organisation
- Experience of working with leaders to improve staff experience
- Experience of communicating with Board or Executive level colleagues within an organisation and across a network
- Experience of leading and managing complex projects and delivering identified benefits
- Track record of delivering high quality results at pace
- Experience of developing and implementing large scale organisational development interventions
- Ability to develop and deliver change management
- Part of a high performing workforce or OD function which has enabled business transformation
- Experience of working closely with a wide range of stakeholders, able to influence and lead change at the highest level
- Knowledge and experience of methods in qualitative and quantitative review and evaluation of the OD service
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
- Experience of drafting briefing reports and correspondence at senior management level
- Experienced in developing, writing and launching strategies with supporting implementation and engagement plans
- National NHS Agenda including the People Plan and People Promise including linked national performance targets
- Environmental and political awareness
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
