Associate Director of Career Development NHS Elect

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Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

NHS Elect has been delivering support across the health service for more than 20 years, through our membership model, improvement networks and consultancy programmes. We fully understand the challenges faced by our healthcare colleagues and are uniquely positioned within the NHS to work in partnership to deliver cost-effective, sustainable outcomes that make a real difference to patients and staff. We operate across the UK and beyond, with clients at a local, regional and national level.

What we are looking for:

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the organisation for an Associate Director (Band 8C). The post holder will assist the senior leadership team at NHS Elect, primarily to lead the career development programmes NHS Elect have in place across several regions. The Associate Director will be responsible for a wide portfolio of work across the organisation.

Main duties of the job

• The Associate Director is a member of the NHS Elect senior team and is responsible for providing expert support to member organisations across the network within a complex portfolio. Employing a high degree of strategic awareness and an ability to read and work with local organisational cultures and leaders at every level is essential.
• The post holder will lead the successful co-design, improvement and implementation of support, consultancy and learning and development programmes.
• As the engagement lead, the post holder will be responsible for creating and maintaining a positive working relationship with colleagues within the team, across the organisation and with external stakeholders, from Board to ward. This will ensure that effective change is embedded in the organisations that the post holder is working with.
• The post holder will lead the design of new products and innovations to deliver support programmes in line with organisational objectives.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Educated to postgraduate degree level or equivalent experience
• Management or leadership qualification or equivalent experience

Desirable criteria

• Formal training in an adult learning discipline such as coaching or organisational devilment
• Attained or working towards a Masters level qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Ability to lead, engage and motivate multi-disciplinary teams from bands 2-7 in training
• Ability to lead, engage and motivate multi-disciplinary teams from bands 2-7 in training
• Experience of designing and delivering adult learning workshops

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working with NHS England to design and deliver detailed work programmes
• Experience of working in a national organisation, delivering support to healthcare providers

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

Essential criteria

• Awareness of organisational strategy and culture
• Organisation and management skills, including maintaining accurate records
• Negotiating skills
• Team building skills
• Intermediate IT Skills

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

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Documents to download

• Job description (PDF, 520.3KB)
• Functional Requirements Form (PDF, 272.6KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)