Head of Workforce Transformation & Planning

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About the Trust

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.

Our ambition is to maximise people's potential and we aim to promote an inclusive environment and improve the diversity of our workforce so our people truly represent the communities we serve.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:

1. Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
2. Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
3. Access to Continued Professional Development
4. Involvement in improvement and research activities
5. Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
6. Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel

If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople

https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk/values

Job overview

Are you a seasoned expert in strategic workforce planning, ready to take on a pivotal role in shaping the future of healthcare delivery? We're seeking a dynamic Head of Workforce Transformation & Planning to play a pivotal role in our transformation journey.

As we embark on ambitious projects like our Community and In Patient Tranformation Programmes, your expertise will be instrumental in ensuring we have the skilled workforce needed to meet tomorrow's healthcare challenges head-on.

In this key role, you'll lead the development of strategic workforce plans that align with our Trust's vision, national initiatives, and service innovations. You'll be the linchpin between analysis, strategy, and execution, driving complex workforce planning, transformation, and organisational design for major projects and ensuring alignment with our strategic goals.

Main duties of the job

As the Head of Workforce Transformation, you'll lead our approach to workforce planning. Your strategic acumen and ability to collaborate with others will guide the development and implementation of workforce transformation and planning strategies.

The postholder will lead on workforce transformation and development programmes across the Trust and support workforce planning across core services, including the development of a fully costed workforce plan.

Working closely with a team of senior Workforce & OD professionals, the postholder will be the lead workforce representative within relevant programmes of transformation, providing workforce expertise to relevant programmes of work and leading on the implementation of relevant pieces of work.

Additionally the postholder, working closely with the Head of Education and Development will lead the development of the Trust's strategic workforce plan and associated monitoring of the implementation of that plan.

Working for our organisation

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.

Our ambition is to maximise people's potential and we aim to promote an inclusive environment and improve the diversity of our workforce so our people truly represent the communities we serve.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Leading complex workforce planning and transformation for major projects, aligning with strategic goals.

• Providing expert input to the development of workforce plans and strategies to underpin the business cases that support the New Hospital Programme and other major programmes.

• Leading the team providing workforce support to our New Hospital Programme, developing and delivering on all aspects of the project relating to our people, and working closely across our existing people directorate teams.

• Develop strong working relationships and providing expert workforce and HR advice to impact decisions, support initiatives, clarify accountability, and communicate progress across project workstreams.

• Harnessing best practice and innovative thinking to address future healthcare needs through workforce planning and transformation.

• Developing workforce planning capacity and capability of HR colleagues and senior managers

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Degree in relevant subject plus further training or experience to Master's level
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Member status of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development or equivalent professional, accredited recognised body

Desirable criteria

• Recent management

Experience

Essential criteria

• Demonstrable experience of design, delivery and evaluation of workforce and OD service improvement interventions working with Subject Matter Experts / Advisors and multiprofessional groups at a senior level.
• Leading and managing directly employed staff and associated budgets
• Significant demonstrable expertise in systems and processes and the application of these to a shared service environment.
• Developing and monitoring service level agreements (SLAs) with internal and external providers
• Business planning
• Senior management experience in the NHS
• Experience of delivering strategic objectives for a diverse and complex department
• Experience of effectively working at management level in the field of HR for an organisation of relevant scale and complexity.
• Experience of delivering strategic objectives for a diverse and complex department
• Experience of building, leading, motivating and developing multidisciplinary teams and as a highly effective people manager

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Excellent demonstrable knowledge of current resourcing legislation, case law and HR good practice
• Excellent knowledge of terms and conditions, benefits and payroll
• Strong technical knowledge on electronic storage and information systems and ability to compile, interpret and present complex information.
• An understanding of the strategic approach to Human
• Strong technical knowledge on governance as it applies to workforce and OD
• An understanding of the NHS agenda around governance assurance and HR.
• Up to date working knowledge of Workforce and service improvement approaches within the NHS
• An understanding of the strategic approach to Human Resources
• Demonstrable expertise in systems and processes and the application of these complex organisational designs
• Up to date knowledge of HR and issues from a best practice perspective

Desirable criteria

• Principles and theories of change management and leadership

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Effective interpersonal skills, proven ability to read situations and obtain commitment from others
• Excellent leadership and influencing skills with a range of stakeholders
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively and co-operatively with colleagues and other partners gaining real commitment from others
• Ability to analyse highly complex issues and provide practical and creative solutions to problems Ability to translate complex information and explain things In a clear and concise way to a wide range of stakeholders.
• Ability to work with unpredictable situations and under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Excellent verbal communication, influencing, collaboration and negotiating skills
• Outstanding presentation skills.
• The ability to work as a team member, both within teams internally and as an accomplished participant in cross-agency teams
• Professional HR role model.
• The ability to work with senior management, clinical colleagues and other staff, to make sound judgments and respond positively to a rapidly changing environment.
• Ability to continually review service and recognise inefficiencies.
• Experience of managing an HR team and responding to a rapidly evolving workforce development agenda.
• Partnership working and working knowledge of the National Strategies and other supporting initiatives
• Innovative thinking and the ability to explore imaginative ways of optimising use of resources.

Work Related Circumstances

Essential criteria

• Proven ability to build personal and professional credibility with management and corporate services and staff
• Open, transparent style, collaborative and supportive. Committed to developing a culture of openness and partnership
• Demonstrates emotional resilience and intelligence in the face of competing demands and conflict
• A flexibility of style and approach to succeed in managing and leading in a collaborative way
• Committed to the continuous development of self and others
• Self-aware, understands impact of own behaviour on others
• Ability to travel to meet the requirements of the role
• Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
• Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies

A hints and tips document is attached below for guidance on completing your application form.

Disclosure Barring Certificate check

All of our new starters, who are appointed to a post which requires a Disclosure Barring Certificate check (DBS), will be recharged for the full cost of the check (DBS checks for volunteers are free of charge).

An enhanced DBS check costs £38 and a standard check costs £18 (plus an administration charge of £3.50). If you are a substantive member of staff, the full amount will be taken from your first month's salary.

If you are a member of staff on our bank, you will need to repay the full amount from your first salary.

We encourage you to register with the DBS update service at an annual cost of £13 (this is mandatory for bank staff).

Other important information

• We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and recognise the importance of ensuring our diverse service user population is reflected within our workforce. Unfortunately, we know that, at present, there is underrepresentation of our communities in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from diverse communities to help us grow, learn, be better and consider brilliant innovation diverse people bring.
• Priority will be given to applications from existing NHS employees who have an at risk status
• This post is on our terms and conditions (T&Cs). If you are an existing employee currently on transferred terms and conditions (i.e. you transferred from another employer and retained their T&Cs) and you are voluntarily applying for this post; if you are successful, you will be employed on our T&Cs
• You will be informed about the progress of your application following shortlisting. Only applicants who clearly demonstrate the criteria listed in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview
• We will notify you by email if you have been shortlisted or not. Computer access is available at your local job centre or library. Please make sure you check your spam filter/junk folder. If any mail goes to your junk folder please mark it as safe
• If you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria on the person specification for the post
• If you require reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process please phone us on 0161 716 3181 at the earliest opportunity. We will support you to complete your application
• We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received
• Unfortunately we are not able to guarantee the transfer of lease cars, or cover the costs of early termination charges.
• We have a strict policy on unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies. Please do not contact our recruiting managers directly.

Vaccination

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/ where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 114.1KB)
• Person Specification (PDF, 96.9KB)
• Policy Statement on Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 117.0KB)
• Applicant Information pack (PDF, 505.6KB)
• Hints and tips for your application (PDF, 128.7KB)