Job summary
Are you passionate about leading major projects and driving innovation and transformation in healthcare? We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Workforce Planning & Transformation Manager to join the people directorate at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust.
This critical role is essential in ensuring that our workforce is effectively planned and managed to meet the ever-evolving needs of our healthcare services. Join us in making a difference to the health and wellbeing of our community.
This role is initially offered on a fixed-term basis until March 2026, due to short-term project funding.
Main duties of the job
As a Workforce Planning & Transformation Manager, you will lead the development and implementation of strategic workforce plans, ensuring that we have the right people, with the right skills, in the right place at the right time.
This role offers the unique opportunity to be at the forefront of major transformation programmes, including the opening of a Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) in Slough, a new diagnostic & inpatient unit at Frimley Park Hospital, and supporting our New Hospital Programme and its associated workforce transformation initiatives across the organisation.
You will work closely with stakeholders to deliver on all aspects of workforce planning, transformation and change relating to our people for these initiatives, working proactively across the project, to support the timely delivery of all workforce aspects of the projects.
You will provide capacity and capability for the organisation to support the delivery of the Long Term Workforce Plan working across the organisation to embrace new ways of working and develop new roles for the future.
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
- Strategic Workforce Planning: Develop and implement comprehensive workforce plans that align with the Trust's strategic objectives.
- Workforce Transformation: Lead initiatives to transform the workforce, ensuring alignment with the programmes goals and enhancing efficiency and effectiveness, ensuring programme deliverables and benefits are achieved.
- Organisational Development:Develop and implement organisational development and design strategies to support the evolving needs of the workforce within the programme.
- Project Management:Manage workforce workstream activities, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.
- Stakeholder Engagement:Collaborate with service managers, clinical leads, HR colleagues, and other key stakeholders to understand workforce requirements and drive transformation initiatives.
- Data Analysis and Reporting:Conduct detailed workforce data analysis and provide regular reports to senior management, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Innovation:Champion innovative workforce solutions and strategies to support the trust's long-term goals.
- Staff Development: Mentor and support colleagues, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and professional development.
Your week will be balanced between collaborating in person with people across our different Trust locations and the flexibility to work remotely (2-3 days per week). You will therefore need the ability to travel between sites. We are also happy to talk about different flexible working options for this role, including part-time hours.
For a more detailed list of responsibilities, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Strategic Workforce Planning: Develop and implement comprehensive workforce plans that align with the Trust's strategic objectives.
- Workforce Transformation: Lead initiatives to transform the workforce, ensuring alignment with the programmes goals and enhancing efficiency and effectiveness, ensuring programme deliverables and benefits are achieved.
- Organisational Development:Develop and implement organisational development and design strategies to support the evolving needs of the workforce within the programme.
- Project Management:Manage workforce workstream activities, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.
- Stakeholder Engagement:Collaborate with service managers, clinical leads, HR colleagues, and other key stakeholders to understand workforce requirements and drive transformation initiatives.
- Data Analysis and Reporting:Conduct detailed workforce data analysis and provide regular reports to senior management, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Innovation:Champion innovative workforce solutions and strategies to support the trust's long-term goals.
- Staff Development: Mentor and support colleagues, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and professional development.
Your week will be balanced between collaborating in person with people across our different Trust locations and the flexibility to work remotely (2-3 days per week). You will therefore need the ability to travel between sites. We are also happy to talk about different flexible working options for this role, including part-time hours.
For a more detailed list of responsibilities, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree or equivalent level of experience and academic standard in an HR, OD or transformation related subject
- CIPD qualified/accredited or equivalent level of experience (Level 7 / MCIPD)
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
Desirable
- Strategic Workforce Planning qualification
- Healthcare Leadership qualification
- PRINCE2 or equivalent project management qualification
- Lean training / experience (i.e. Six Sigma)
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within an HR, function within a complex organisation
- Experience of workforce planning processes and modelling techniques
- Experience of involvement in designing and delivering workforce transformation
- Experience of project management
- Line management experience, including project / matrix teams
Desirable
- Experience of working within an NHS organisation
- Experience of working within a unionised environment
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Specialist knowledge of workforce planning and its practical application across a variety of settings
- Knowledge and understanding of complex workforce modelling and forecasting trends and frameworks
- Understanding of principles, methods, techniques and tools for effective project management and risk management
Desirable
- Understanding of clinical settings and operational practices and pressures
- Knowledge of workforce planning issues in a complex environment
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree or equivalent level of experience and academic standard in an HR, OD or transformation related subject
- CIPD qualified/accredited or equivalent level of experience (Level 7 / MCIPD)
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
Desirable
- Strategic Workforce Planning qualification
- Healthcare Leadership qualification
- PRINCE2 or equivalent project management qualification
- Lean training / experience (i.e. Six Sigma)
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within an HR, function within a complex organisation
- Experience of workforce planning processes and modelling techniques
- Experience of involvement in designing and delivering workforce transformation
- Experience of project management
- Line management experience, including project / matrix teams
Desirable
- Experience of working within an NHS organisation
- Experience of working within a unionised environment
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Specialist knowledge of workforce planning and its practical application across a variety of settings
- Knowledge and understanding of complex workforce modelling and forecasting trends and frameworks
- Understanding of principles, methods, techniques and tools for effective project management and risk management
Desirable
- Understanding of clinical settings and operational practices and pressures
- Knowledge of workforce planning issues in a complex environment
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
