Director of People

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the 'Supporting Documents' heading.

Candidate Information Pack

To support this vacancy, we have developed a bespoke 'Candidate Information Pack' which provides specific information about the role and the Selection Process. To request a copy of this pack, please contact Talent Attraction & Senior Acquisition Service Manager Sinéad Gamble, via email sinead.gamble@mft.nhs.uk.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

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Person specification

Qualifications - Academic / Professional

Essential criteria

• High level of general education to degree level or equivalent.
• Educated to Master's level or holder of relevant professional qualification in Organisational Development, Change, Social Psychology or similar field.
• Chartered Member of the Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) or demonstrable equivalent experience.
• Track record of continuous personal and professional development.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Ability to operate at Director level or immediate next tier within large complex NHS organisation.
• Experience of working to and supporting a Board Director.
• Proven applied knowledge on employee experience / staff engagement, equality, health and wellbeing and related issues at both a strategic and operational level within a large complex organisation.
• Evidence of well-developed project management skills.
• Highly developed problem solving, analytical and interpretative skills with a proven ability to analyse and interpret data to identify trends and variances.
• Ability to analyse both strategic and operational problems and develop innovative and practical solutions and to progress these through to implementation.
• Excellent influencing skills.
• Ability to respond and deliver in a complex and rapidly changing environment where there is a high level of ambiguity and fixed time constraints.
• Ability to work under pressure and to assess and manage competing priorities.
• Ability to delegate work and to supervise work in progress to required timescales.
• Highly effective interpersonal skills to facilitate collaborative working with a wide range of stakeholders to develop mature relationships with key partners and to develop effective networks.
• Excellent leadership skills - ability to negotiate and influence others across boundaries in a complex environment.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, with a proven ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the legal framework surrounding employment.

Desirable criteria

• Transformation or improvement qualification.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Extensive experience of leading and delivering service improvement and change projects across a complex organisation.
• Extensive experience working at senior management level in a health or social care organisation.
• Significant experience of providing advice on workforce matters working a in large, complex, multi-professional organisation.
• Demonstrable experience of managing staff and employee relations.
• Considerable experience of developing and applying HR strategies, employment law and policies.
• Proven experience of collaborative working with a range of stakeholders and relationship management.
• A thorough understanding and practical experience of delivering staff engagement initiatives, team development, leadership and management and other training.
• Experience at a senior management or professional level, with staff management and financial / budgetary responsibilities, within a healthcare or similar complex organisation.
• Experience of procurement and management of external consultancy contracts.
• Experience of strategic thinking at a senior level.
• Experience of undertaking organisation / team diagnostic needs assessments and analysis.
• Experience of presenting to and facilitating small and large diverse groups at all levels.

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria

• Effective interpersonal skills and personal credibility, with the ability to quickly gain the confidence of and build relationships with others, including managers, clinicians and staff.
• Innovation & Creativity - ability to make decisions that encourage new ways of working and develop a culture of innovation.
• Achievement focused - ability to set targets and get things done to achieve continuous improvement.
• Politically astute.
• Flexible and willing to commit to achieving results and meeting deadlines.
• Sets high standards and motivated to achieve these.
• Initiative - sees opportunities and acts on them - proactive rather than reactive approach.
• Aware of own limitations.
• Able to work autonomously and as part of a team.
• Able to adapt style to the needs of a diverse environment.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• JD/PS (PDF, 501.3KB)
• FR form (PDF, 920.2KB)