Job summary
We have a fantastic opportunity for two creative and passionate Senior Project Officers to join us at the award-winning Health Innovation Network (HIN).
Hosted by Guy's and St Thomas's NHS Foundation Trust, we enjoy the benefits of being NHS members of staff while focusing on innovation to improve the lives of patients and staff in the health and care sector. While this was important before, it has an even greater focus now with digital innovation being looked to help reduce elective care backlogs and health inequalities.
The main purpose of this post is to support the Graduates into Health team at the HIN with the delivery of our flagship Graduate Digital Data and Technology Scheme, recruiting and supporting 100s of grads to join the NHS across the country. Innovation is at the heart of everything we do, from delivering digital workforce transformational programmes to improving patient pathways, or internally with our wide range of health and mental health wellbeing initiatives. Working at the HIN you could benefit from great health and wellbeing support which currently includes yoga, book club, lunchtime walks, and regular social events alongside our HIN Academy providing fantastic training.
Main duties of the job
Graduates into Health's main service is the Graduate Digital, Data and Technology Scheme (DDaT), commissioned by NHS England. This scheme provides a fast-track development scheme for Graduates to join NHS Trusts, ICBs/ICS, CSUs, Local Authorities, primary and third sector.
We are recruiting two Senior Project Officers (SPO) to support graduates and managers at different points in the scheme.
One SPO will initially focus on supporting a Senior Manager to source talented graduates and deliver assessment centres for digital managers from across all 9 English regions. The SPO will need to have extensive stakeholder management skills in order to engage with NHS managers and graduates. This is a flexible role so will move to work with a Senior Manager to support graduates and managers who are participating in the scheme, during the lifetime of the scheme.
One SPO will initially focus on working with a Senior Manager to support digital managers and their graduates who are participating in the scheme. The SPO will need to have extensive stakeholder management skills in order to engage with NHS managers and graduates. This is a flexible role so will move to support a Senior Manager to source talented graduates and deliver assessment centres for digital managers during the lifetime of the scheme.
About us
What is the Health Innovation Network?
The HIN is the Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) for south London, one of 15 AHSNs across England. We work across a range of health and care services through each of our clinical and innovation themes, to transform care in diabetes, patient safety, mental health, cardiovascular and healthy ageing and to accelerate innovations into the NHS. AHSNs help mobilize the value that the NHS can add as an economic asset to the UK economy. As an AHSN the HIN works with a range of expert support and services across the health and care sectors that support NHS innovators and companies to realise the commercial and economic potential of their innovations.
As part of the HIN adaptable working principles, which allows our ability to adapt to anticipated changes in project portfolios and gives staff the opportunity to enhance their skills and expertise, the successful candidate may be asked to operate across other themes and projects.
Our Values
Brave - We encourage our teams and others to be brace with their ideas and support them to try new things.
Kind - We care about each other, the people we work with and about the health and wellbeing of south Londoners.
Open - We're open about what we do, and we share what we learn.
Different - We think differently, and we are strong because of our diverse background, talents, and experiences.
Together - We build communities and networks, we collaborate, and we connect.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Our scheme works with hundreds of graduates and managers across the country, and part of this SPO role will be responsible for providing pastoral support for our graduates whilst they are on programme, supporting them to progress into more senior roles and ensuring that scheme retention rates remain high. The post holder will work closely with graduates throughout their programme journey. They will support graduates from their first day on the scheme with onboarding and making apprenticeship and technical training decisions, working closely with graduates and line managers through formal progress reviews, and providing coaching and support for graduates as they begin to apply for higher banded roles within the health and care system.
This SPO role will also be responsible for managing key relationships with stakeholders during the recruitment process, supporting the recruitment team in attracting high quality candidates, shortlisting, and facilitating assessment centres. The post holder will support candidates and recruiting managers throughout the recruitment process, coaching candidates prior to assessment centres, supporting recruiting managers during the assessment centre, supporting trusts with onboarding of graduates and providing feedback to candidates. The post holder is responsible for all candidate relationships until the graduate is onboarded.
The post holder(s) will be responsible for maintaining awareness of and developing ways to promote and deliver the Graduate DDaT Scheme to graduates and managers and will work closely with the project team to ensure the delivery of a responsive client centred graduate consultancy service.
Provide planning, coordination and delivery of multi-channel targeted communications strategies to support external communications projects and campaigns aimed at HR, Workforce and Digital Managers of all levels across the NHS systems.
The post holder(s) will ensure that communications support is consistent with the comms guidelines, organisational values and brand, and reflects the aims and objectives of the Graduate DDaT Scheme.
The post holder(s) will be responsible for supporting senior managers with the provision of a highly skilled technical graduate consultancy service and maximise graduate recruitment and retention.
Please see attached JD and Person Spec. for full information.
Interested candidates are highly encouraged to contact and discuss this role in advance of application with Marian Fagbebe (marian.fagbebe@nhs.net), or Lianne Onslow (lianne.onslow1@nhs.net).
We are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and ensure we have a diverse panel for all our recruitment.
Dont meet every single requirement in the person specification? Studies have shown that women and people from global majority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single criteria. At the HIN we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with what is stated, we encourage you to apply anyway or contact us to discuss. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Our scheme works with hundreds of graduates and managers across the country, and part of this SPO role will be responsible for providing pastoral support for our graduates whilst they are on programme, supporting them to progress into more senior roles and ensuring that scheme retention rates remain high. The post holder will work closely with graduates throughout their programme journey. They will support graduates from their first day on the scheme with onboarding and making apprenticeship and technical training decisions, working closely with graduates and line managers through formal progress reviews, and providing coaching and support for graduates as they begin to apply for higher banded roles within the health and care system.
This SPO role will also be responsible for managing key relationships with stakeholders during the recruitment process, supporting the recruitment team in attracting high quality candidates, shortlisting, and facilitating assessment centres. The post holder will support candidates and recruiting managers throughout the recruitment process, coaching candidates prior to assessment centres, supporting recruiting managers during the assessment centre, supporting trusts with onboarding of graduates and providing feedback to candidates. The post holder is responsible for all candidate relationships until the graduate is onboarded.
The post holder(s) will be responsible for maintaining awareness of and developing ways to promote and deliver the Graduate DDaT Scheme to graduates and managers and will work closely with the project team to ensure the delivery of a responsive client centred graduate consultancy service.
Provide planning, coordination and delivery of multi-channel targeted communications strategies to support external communications projects and campaigns aimed at HR, Workforce and Digital Managers of all levels across the NHS systems.
The post holder(s) will ensure that communications support is consistent with the comms guidelines, organisational values and brand, and reflects the aims and objectives of the Graduate DDaT Scheme.
The post holder(s) will be responsible for supporting senior managers with the provision of a highly skilled technical graduate consultancy service and maximise graduate recruitment and retention.
Please see attached JD and Person Spec. for full information.
Interested candidates are highly encouraged to contact and discuss this role in advance of application with Marian Fagbebe (marian.fagbebe@nhs.net), or Lianne Onslow (lianne.onslow1@nhs.net).
We are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and ensure we have a diverse panel for all our recruitment.
Dont meet every single requirement in the person specification? Studies have shown that women and people from global majority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single criteria. At the HIN we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with what is stated, we encourage you to apply anyway or contact us to discuss. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree level qualification or equivalent
Skills
Essential
- Excellent IT skills, including Excel, Word, Website content editing, Powerpoint, CRMs and social medial management
- Significant experience of working in project management support functions
Desirable
- Experience of graduate coaching and pastoral support
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrably effective inter-personal and communication skills, with a track record of being associated with programmes and/or projects that have delivered desired outcomes.
- Experience in facilitating events and meetings with senior managers, to produce a desired outcome.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree level qualification or equivalent
Skills
Essential
- Excellent IT skills, including Excel, Word, Website content editing, Powerpoint, CRMs and social medial management
- Significant experience of working in project management support functions
Desirable
- Experience of graduate coaching and pastoral support
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrably effective inter-personal and communication skills, with a track record of being associated with programmes and/or projects that have delivered desired outcomes.
- Experience in facilitating events and meetings with senior managers, to produce a desired outcome.
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.
