Job summary
- Main area
- Facility Management
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 358-6145028-E&F
- Employer
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Leicester Royal Infirmary
- Town
- Leicester
- Salary
- £58,972 - £68,525 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Head of Sustainability & Travel
NHS AfC: Band 8b
We are actively promoting flexible working options, helping you to manage a work / life balance
Job overview
With 19000 University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) colleagues and 100,000s of Visitors & Patients, the Impact of Travel across the UHL portfolio is considerable. Development and ownership of the Strategy associated to getting Colleagues, Patients & Visitors to and from the UHL mindful of clinical efficiency as well as sustainability.
The Head of Travel holds the responsibility as the owner of the UHL Travel publications, management review and implementation of the associated objectives. Supported operationally by the Travelwise Manager.
These include.
- Travel & Parking Strategy
- Travel Plan
- Travel Action Plan.
- NHS England ‘Net Zero’ Travel & Transport Strategy.
Communication and engagement is crucial in the development the Travel needs for the UHL. The role will include, development of Leicester City Council (LCC) engagement, delivery services such as public transport network and provisions. Ownership of Service delivery Partnerships such as third-party services associated to travel management.
Delivery of Internal network groups as well as links with NHS England travel Groups
Main duties of the job
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Production, Governance, and control of the UHL outcomes from the NHS England ‘Net Zero’ Travel & Transport Strategy, the localised needs within the Travel & Parking Strategy and the Travel (Action) Plan via regular monitoring and audit.
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Provide ongoing governance, review, and audit of delivery against the documents mentioned.
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Utilise technology where possible in delivery of solutions as well as monitoring and auditing. Utilise this data to make Continual Process Development.
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Framework, objectives and outcomes owner for the travel Intranet and Internet environments
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Provide Leadership support to the Head of Sustainability in the impact and needs of the above documents as well as potential updates within the UHL leadership team.
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Provide the tools to enable the working with the Travelwise Manager to spread the sustainable travel objectives with publicity, seminar, awareness, and educational events. Control, Monitor and Audit the output.
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Work within the E&F Heads of Sustainability & Waste Team to understand the cross-team activities.
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Work as the travel objectives owner within the Car Park Strategy Group (CPSG), and the strategic owner of external influences such as the LCC requirements when considering sustainable travel across the UHL for colleagues, Patients & Visitors alike.
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Act as the Spokesperson for the UHL across NHS engagement outside the UHL, such as travel under the NHS England banner.
Working for our organisation
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).
We have four primary goals:
- high-quality care for all,
- being a great place to work,
- partnerships for impact, and
- research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
- we are compassionate,
- we are proud,
- we are inclusive, and
- we are one team
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.
About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:
http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacancies/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Provide leadership in owning the Travel & Parking Strategy Golden Rules, blueprint, and Matrixes with the Capital Projects teams as well as UHL E&F Leadership.
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Express a risk based approach to inclusion / omission of Sustainable travel needs and the impact when developing future clinical and non-clinical capital solutions within the UHL.
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Provide a proactive engagement with CMG’s to understand colleague as well as importantly
patient & visitor travel needs. Establish a risk register to support the bespoke CMG needs.
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Awareness and engagement within NHS England of the requirements of the NHS England ‘Net Zero’ Travel & Transport Strategy.
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Keep abreast of NHS England, wider service providers and consultants supporting the NHS Sustainable Travel needs, Including awareness, process, services, and technology.
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Work proactively in the awareness of challenges with stakeholders and their non travel related primary objectives.
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Develop Structured communications links for both the Head of Travel and the Travel wise Manager. For internal and external client groups. Establish clear performance outcomes and objectives for this.
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To ensure the requirements of the Trusts Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions
are met within all areas of the post holder’s duties.
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To pro-actively search for opportunities for cost improvements in all areas of responsibility.
please see job description/person specification for further details on the role
Person specification
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
Essential criteria
- • Able to demonstrate a commitment to and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs.
- • All staff are expected to engage in compassionate and inclusive leadership in the provision of high-quality care and interactions with others
Desirable criteria
- • Show examples of the ability to be a key stakeholder in support of the trusts needs
Other requirements specific to the role
Essential criteria
- • Leadership skills to develop support within the wider peer group.
Desirable criteria
- • Ability to deputise line management
Training and qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Masters or equivalent knowledge gained through experience.
- • With knowledge/ experience in the specialist field of Travel or another field to support development of the role.
Desirable criteria
- • Specific Travel Qualifications
- • Trained within specific areas of Travel management.
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Provide good understanding of the needs of the role. Substantial experience in same / similar field.
Desirable criteria
- • Management of Similar NHS Trust Travel needs.
- • Substantial understanding in business wide Sustainability impact from Travel.
Communication and relationship skills
Essential criteria
- • Ability to join and be a key member within Travel Communities both within the trust and with wider NHS groups and Local business.
- • Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information break barriers to understanding when presenting to large groups.
- • Communicates service-related information to senior managers, staff, external agencies: requires negotiating, persuasive, motivational, reassurance skills; gives formal presentations.
Desirable criteria
- • Ability to break boundaries in delivery of the Travel message. boundaries in delivery of the Travel message.
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential criteria
- • Ability to take reports and integrate across various other platforms and provide the core message and output as required.
Desirable criteria
- • Ability to take the message from raw data and develop it as far as colleague sharing of the message required in support of the Travel Strategy and the Trust Values
Skills
Essential criteria
- • Frequent use of PC/VDU for day-to-day work
- • Standard Keyboard skills and daily usage of MS Office Software.
- • Work with minimal day to day leadership.
- • Agree development needs for the role in advance and keep to key milestones.
- • Drive the requirement purposefully.
Desirable criteria
- • Build Travel Strategy
- • Self-motivated to deliver as SME the key messages from the Travel Strategy.
- • Provide Stakeholders with status reports proactively
Planning and organisation skills
Essential criteria
- • Strategic Thinker with the ability to assess delivery needs, objectives, and outcomes to enable deployment effectively.
- • Build links between strategy, tactical deployment, and risk registers.
- • Programme Manage.
Desirable criteria
- • Proven track record in developing a message with large groups of colleagues to enable consistent delivery across various work-streams.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Prafula Kaba
- Job title
- Sustainability Administrator
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
- Samantha Stanhope, Associate Director of Sustainability & Waste: [email protected]
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