Director of Education and Organisational Development

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification attached for the full detailed job description and main responsibilities.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Degree Level Education or equivalent level of professional experience
• Post graduate qualification (MA/MSc) qualification in Organisational Development, Human Resource Development or Education and Training, or equivalent plus additional in-depth professional knowledge in a number of disciplines acquired through training and experience over an extended period
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable criteria

• Coaching/Mentoring Qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

• In-depth knowledge and experience of modern OD interventions and techniques across multiple strands
• Experience of leading large scale organisational development, leadership development and culture change based on interpretation of national guidance or legislation
• Proven experience in strategic workforce and resource planning, talent attraction and development
• Experience of leading, coaching and building capability in all aspects of the Education and Training services and working at a strategic level in a complex environment and experience of working across multiple professions
• Significant experience of developing, executing and tracking the success of both OD interventions and Education and Training services and projects
• Proven experience of working at Senior/Executive level required and providing expert advice on culture, leadership and education to Board level
• Experience of leading/setting organisational policy and strategy based on interpretation of national guidance or legislation
• Experience of managing budgets and delivering cost improvement programmes
• Strong experience of carrying out service improvement and benchmarking exercises to analyse organisational performance
• Significant experience of developing, executing and tracking the success of Education and Training services and projects
• Demonstrable experience of managing contentious people issues effectively together with a high level of emotional intelligence and strong interpersonal and communication skills

Desirable criteria

• Extensive experience working in a complex unionised environment

Knowledge/Skills

Essential criteria

• Highly developed leadership, negotiation and influencing skills with the ability to motivate, challenge, engage and empower individuals and teams across both clinical and non-clinical areas across multiple professions
• Ability to lead in an environment of constant change and ambiguity
• Ability to quickly build knowledge and understanding of the national NHS agenda specifically relating to organisation development and education
• Strong presentation skills - ability to prepare and deliver board level and senior management presentations - strong effective communicator.
• Ability to present highly contentious, complex or sensitive information
• Ability to understand and interpret complex analytical information
• Successfully able to influence a broad spectrum of people within and across multiple organisations.
• A highly effective and creative problem solver.
• Ability to delegate clearly and monitor progress regularly.
• Demonstrate a strong and practical commitment to equal opportunities and is aware of current practice.
• Highly developed, demonstrated teamwork skills.
• Able to direct the efforts of a team of diverse OD and Education and Training professionals within and across multiple portfolios.
• Excellent organisational, prioritisation, analytical and planning skills with a high attention to detail and process.
• Able to analyse performance data from objectives, KPIs, performance scorecards, and present an expert opinion when variance occurs against benchmarking, and set remedial action to address.
• Results and outcome orientated.

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of compliance and NHS regulatory frameworks such as CQC and NHS England.

Communications

Essential criteria

• Able to relate to people at all levels and build beneficial working relationships with internal staff and the employees from partners and key stakeholders
• Ability to identify key influencers and create strategies that involve these individuals in shaping and delivering change
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, adaptable to a variety of styles and audiences.
• Excellent interpersonal skills in order to liaise at all levels of the organisation and with external bodies. Able to build and maintain relationships within and beyond the organisation
• Ability to quickly understand issues involving highly complex, sensitive and / or contentious information and communicate them clearly and succinctly to all levels within and outside the Trust, including where there are barriers to understanding within and across multiple organisations

Flexibility

Essential criteria

• Some requirement to travel regionally and nationally on occasions
• Flexible approach to work within and across organisational boundaries
• Able to travel between locations
• Ability to travel to other organisations to support the Organisational Development and Education and Training services at other organisations

Other

Essential criteria

• Strong level of self-awareness
• Robust and able to manage differing agendas and priorities within and across multiple services and professions
• Able to work at pace without compromising quality
• Team orientated - always looking to get the best from themselves and the team within and across multiple organisations
• Innate drive to continuously improve personally and professionally

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.

Easy read application: if you have a disability and find it difficult to complete our online application form, you can apply via our easy read application which you can find on the intranet https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/easy-read-job-application

NUH are now able to offer application completion support and interview preparation support. Please follow the link to book onto our sessions: Support for NUH Job Applications

If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:

• Stay in full-time education, for example at a college
• Start an Apprenticeship
• Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training

For more details visit; School leaving age - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are 'at risk' of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

International Recruitment: If you are applying for a role with us from outside of the UK then please read the guidance on applying for a health or social care job in the UK from abroad.

ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

Consent:

• Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
• Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£42.90 for enhanced and £22.90 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month's pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.
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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

• Director of OD & Education JD (PDF, 616.3KB)
• Director of OD & Education PS (PDF, 416.4KB)
• Mindful Employer (PDF, 242.5KB)
• Equality and Diversity (PDF, 122.3KB)
• Equal Opportunities (PDF, 57.4KB)
• Disability Confidence Scheme (PDF, 51.0KB)
• Rehabilitation of Ex Offenders (PDF, 106.0KB)