Job vacancy: Head of Workforce Planning and Systems, Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust, Dartford

Job summary

Main area: Human Resources
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8b
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 252-6349066-A

Employer: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Darent Valley Hospital
Town: Dartford
Salary: £60,983 - £70,536 per annum inclusive of allowances
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 10/07/2024 23:59

Head of Workforce Planning and Systems

NHS AfC: Band 8b

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Specific Responsibilities:

Leadership

Deputise for Deputy Director of People and OE as required, including at TLT, People and OD Committee and other leadership meetings.

Be the strategic lead for the operational people services, overseeing the development and implementation of workforce service level agreements and KPI’s across all operational services.

Ensure that all Operational People Services provide a consistently high quality service to the Trust, which constantly delivers compliance to all statutory obligations.

Work with the People Senior Leadership Team to develop a prioritised plan (based on business value and impact) for the improvement of people processes, policies, systems and contact channels.

Lead key areas in the development of the Trust’s People Strategy to ensure it aligns with and makes a significant contribution to the strategic aims of the Trust.

Directly line manage and supervise the People Operations management team, including; Workforce Information Manager and e-Rostering Manager.

Provide effective leadership, vision and direction for the operational HR teams, ensuring that a high-quality service is provided to our customers.

Sit as a key member of the Senior People Directorate Management Team, working alongside and presenting to members of the Trust Executive when required

Support Deputy Director of People and OE in financial planning and budgets for all the People Operations

Facilitate the personal and professional development of the People Operations teams, ensuring training and development needs are identified and appropriate objectives are set

Workforce planning and analytics

Proactively contribute to the development of operational workforce plans, ensuring that they are consistent with the aims of the Trust People Strategy and that there is alignment between the workforce and business objectives.

Act as the Trust Workforce Planning expert and represent DGT at K&M workforce planning groups.

Support the operational and strategic decision-making process through ensuring the accurate and timely provision of Workforce intelligence.

Ensure best practice in terms of information and business intelligence provision, working closely with all major stakeholders and the wider NHS information community.

Identify innovative ways of undertaking data analysis, report production and dissemination – to improve workforce insights and decision making.

Person specification

Education and Training

Essential criteria

Master’s degree or equivalent level experience.
CIPD Level 7 qualification or equivalent HR experience.
Evidence of relevant continuing professional development.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria

Excellent oral and written communication skills with proven ability to work with, gain confidence of, and influence and negotiate with people at all levels, both internally and externally of the organisation.
Ability to work on own initiative as well as plan and organise own and team’s workload.
Ability to use Word, Excel, Access, ESR and HR databases to an advanced level.
Ability to effectively manipulate large datasets, in order to provide meaningful workforce information and analysis.
Ability to work within cross functional groups.
Knowledge of Workforce planning approaches and methodologies

Experience

Essential criteria

An understanding of the NHS modernisation agenda and demonstrable ability to manage change.
Knowledge of Rostering systems and their functionality.

Desirable criteria

An experienced user of ESR, Healthroster and Trac.

Our staff are our most valuable asset. We are committed to making staff feel appreciated, supported and included in the Trust’s successes. Our mission is to be an outstanding place to work providing the very best care for our patients and excellent career opportunities for our staff. Everything we do is guided by our core values and behaviours, identified by our staff and embedded throughout the organisation.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement

We have the highest CQC rating of all Acute NHS Trusts in Kent and Medway (Good). The CQC highlighted that managers promoted a positive culture that supported, valued staff and created a sense of common purpose based upon shared values.

The Trust is a great place to work, stay, develop a career and enjoy a healthy work life balance. We have made and are delivering on a wide range of commitments to staff; health and wellbeing; equality; diversity and inclusion; access to education and career development. During 2020 we sett up quality councils, driven by our staff to create a culture of shared governance and quality improvement.

We have a strong focus on innovation and improvement. Part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ (GSTT) ‘Healthcare Alliance’ we are introducing new models of care to improve clinical outcomes for patients. Our association with GSTT also gives staff wishing to develop their skills excellent opportunities to work across numerous specialities.

As our local population increases, our services and skills are expanding and adapting to meet demand. We are continuously looking at best practice models to enhance and improve the services we offer.

The Trust provides services at Darent Valley Hospital and Queen Mary’s Hospital, for a local population of over 500,000 people.

If you would like to be part of our innovative and forward thinking team putting patients at the centre of all we do, we invite you to #joinourfamily.

The NHS are striving towards “we work flexibly” as a workforce, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and importantly for you. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Please note this vacancy may close earlier than stated to aid efficient processing of applications. To ensure your application will be considered please submit it at your earliest convenience. If you have not heard from us within 21 days of the closing date please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.

Please note, that due to the limited number of car parking spaces, car parking permits will be allocated subject to compliance with the Trusts eligibility criteria and availability of spaces. Permit holders are not guaranteed a car parking space.

Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust is a smoke free organisation. To improve public health smoking or vaping is not permitted anywhere on the hospital site.