Senior Human Rights Officer

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Now is the time to join GMMH on its improvement journey, we are currently rated inadequate but investment in our services, clinicians and key roles will make a difference to our service users and carers.

Informal enquiries are welcomed, please contact :

Salli Midgley, Chief Nurse @ GMMH for information on the posts in the organisation

Please see attached job description and person specification

Staff benefits

• Pay Enhancements:

Band

Saturday (midnight to midnight) and any week day after 8pm and before 6am

All time on Sundays and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight)

1

Time plus 47%

Time plus 94%

2

Time plus 41%

Time plus 83%

3

Time plus 35%

Time plus 69%

4 - 9

Time plus 30%

Time plus 60%

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Excellent pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Wellbeing programme
• Blue Light Card Discounts
• fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria

• Degree qualification or demonstrable equivalent experience working in human rights and related legislation
• Evidence of active continued professional development to support the delivery of a leadership role.

Desirable criteria

• Demonstrable academic study which may include but is not limited to: safeguarding, mental health legislation, advocacy
• Quality Improvement qualification

Experience/Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Experience of working on human rights, advocacy and safeguarding, with specific experience of the Human Rights Act.
• Experience of developing an understanding of human rights standards in the delivery of health and social care, particularly mental health and/or mental capacity law.
• Experience of developing and drafting policy submissions (e.g. work related to government consultations, parliamentary and other inquiries, or other international processes).
• Experience of providing supervision and mentorship

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working on human rights, advocacy and safeguarding, with specific experience of the Human Rights Act. Experience of developing an understanding of human rights standards in the delivery of health and social care, particularly mental health and/or mental capacity law. Experience of developing and drafting policy submissions (e.g. work related to government consultations, parliamentary and other inquiries, or other international processes). Experience of providing supervision and mentorship Experience of working in a public sector or charitable sector role with a similar teaching/ information giving requirement to a wide range of audiences Demonstrable practical experience of human rights in relation to another area of people's interactions with public services (e.g. housing, children, education, immigration, policing, welfare, etc.). Experience of policy work, demonstrating a practical understanding of political and parliamentary processes. Experience of undertaking quality and equality impact assessments
• Demonstrable practical experience of human rights in relation to another area of people's interactions with public services (e.g. housing, children, education, immigration, policing, welfare, etc.).
• Experience of policy work, demonstrating a practical understanding of political and parliamentary processes.
• Experience of undertaking quality and equality impact assessments

Skills/Abilities

Essential criteria

• Ability to develop and deliver programmes to people directly, with staff in public services, service users and their families and carers, advocacy, or voluntary sector groups.
• Ability to build the capacity of people to develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence to embed human rights knowledge
• Ability to develop practical information resources for people to support them to make change in their lives / work.
• Ability to develop creative approaches to technical or legal training.
• Ability to understand and communicate the practical significance of complex legal issues (preferably human rights) for non-legal audiences, using plain and engaging language.

Desirable criteria

• Ability to develop and implement systems for monitoring and evaluating work and learning from this for future practice.

Other Requirements

Essential criteria

• Courage to speak truthfully and challenge appropriately
• There is a frequent requirement to travel extensively across the Trust.
• Provide calm, robust and clear direction and the ability to deal with ambiguity, conflicting demands and uncertainty.
• Tenacity to lead and deliver a remit with competing local and national demands

Important Information about working for GMMH:

All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, for further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website www..nhsemployers.org

Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we'd love to hear from you.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) when writing job applications

A candidate may utilise the help of AI when writing job application. The assessment of an application is made on its entirety and most times AI-generated content does not fully grasp the context and requirements of the job one applies for thus producing inaccurate and misleading information, especially in the supporting statement section of an application that can lack real life examples of one's achievements, success and challenges.

We have added a disclaimer to our application process advising that the use of AI is monitored. GMMH reserves the right to follow up with a candidate at the interview on specific responses and those examples used in the supporting statement to explore it further.

Sponsorship

We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government's website - click here.

If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.

Do you have experience outside the NHS?

We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.

We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment. Please contact our Recruitment Team for more information.

**Please note, this vacancy may be closed at any time if sufficient applications have been received**

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

• Senior Human Rights Officer B7 JD (PDF, 480.3KB)
• Important Candidate information (PDF, 2.5MB)