Job summary
- Main area
- Business & Project, Human Resources
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 9
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Compressed hours
- Job ref
- 990-WTE-SU-6449207-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Any NHSE Office
- Town
- National
- Salary
- £99,891 - £114,949 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Deputy Director for People Services Development & Workforce Solutions
NHS AfC: Band 9
Our Organisation
The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
As Deputy Director for People Services Development and Workforce Solutions, the post-holder will lead a dynamic team responsible for the delivery of transformation and improvement across the healthcare system in relation to the People Profession.
Main duties of the job
Key aspects of this role will be to:
- Provide senior leadership to the delivery of the Future of NHS HR and OD programme, including oversight of the programme office.
- Lead the design and delivery of the future Target Operating Model for People Services
- Deliver national actions in the Future of NHS HR and OD report related to the Leading Improvement, Change and Innovation theme
- Lead the People Professional Development function to ensure the people profession has the requisite skills and knowledge both now and for the future to meet the requirements for future people service delivery and the those within the Long Term Workforce Plan. To enable the People Profession to work at the highest level, being focused on the transformational aspects of their role within a structured career framework and an embedded succession and talent management programme for its senior leaders.
- Lead the development and roll out of workforce solutions working closely with colleagues across WT&E and the Transformation Directorate ensuring the needs of the business are met in their development
- Lead the development and implementation of new workforce solution from an NHSE perspective
- Work closely with Transformation Directorate to lead the delivery national actions in the Future of NHS HR and OD report related to Embedding Digitally Enabled Solutions Theme
- Work with colleagues within WT&E to deliver the Improving Working Lives Programme
Working for our organisation
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- CIPD Fellow
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of strategy development and implementation, particularly within the people profession or people services, including the importance of programme management and organizational developmente and experience
- Experience of leading the people professional across a range of functions areas e.g. EDI, talent and leadership, policy development, workforce planning, service redesign, organizational development and design, recruitment, employer brand, health and wellbeing, employee experience employee relations, etc.
- Experience of working with a range of senior stakeholders across organizational boundaries
- Senior level experience of leading the development of large transformation programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment
Desirable criteria
- Proven and significant leadership experience at a senior level
Skills Capabilities & Attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required
- Demonstrable leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills
- Demonstrable ability to use autonomy to undertake actions as a result of own interpretation of policy and guidance providing a source of expert advice to the organisation
- Demonstrable commitment to partnership working with a range of external organisations
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kate Evans
- Job title
- Head of Office
- Email address
- [email protected]
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