Job summary
We are excited Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has become a People Promises Exemplar site, sponsored by NHS England, to continue to bring to life the People Promise at our Trust. The People Promise sets out what matters to our NHS people and what will most improve their working experience.
We are seeking a People Promises Manager at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The role is responsible for advocating and promoting the People Promise commitments for the importance of helping our people thrive to be the best they can be. This will involve travel across the multiple locations at the Trust and within the Nottinghamshire region as required by the role.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced people professional to be involved in delivering a wide range of people focussed interventions in order to achieve improved outcomes for both staff satisfaction and retention.
Embedded within our People Directorate and working closely with the ICS Retention Lead & NHS England National Retention Programme, this role will have a critical part to play in the embedding and evaluation of a suite of interventions reflecting the People Promise and based on the needs of local staff groups.
This post is sponsored by NHS England and provides an opportunity to identify and deliver against an exciting and ambitious 12-month programme and contribute to local, regional, and national working that improves staff experience and retention in the NHS.
Main duties of the job
Candidates will need to have experience in establishing and delivering a number of strands of work including complex projects that aims to have workforce-wide results. They will need to engage and work together with a wide range of stakeholders to support the coordination and delivery of day-to-day activities, projects and programmes of work. The post holder should be able to lead and deliver through influence and collaboration with colleagues and utilise internal and external relationships to share, develop and innovate. There will be a focus on ensuring that that feedback , insight and evidence is gained to enhance staff experience that will retain our people and inform future programmes of work.
Candidates should have recent HR/Workforce/OD experience and they will need to have a sound understanding of our workforce challenges to support their development of business plans and initiatives that also demonstrate value for money. They will be expected to provide expert strategic and policy advice and guidance on all areas of the required portfolio and be able to apply a structured change management approach and methodology in relation to change management.
We are looking for someone who will have visible and responsive leadership, setting the standard for others and role-modelling throughout the divisions for all managers.
About us
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here, and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall, we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients; we also care for our people.
Our culture of learning, compassion and taking a person-centred approach are at the roots of our organisation. We would love you to join us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The role will be central to the strategic planning of projects, identifying interdependencies across projects/functions, potential impacts on the wider organisation, resource requirements and building in contingency and adjustments as necessary. They will monitor, interpret and quality assure progress against deliverables that often require adjustments specifically in relation to the complex corporate business agenda, strategic objectives and the business planning process.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The role will be central to the strategic planning of projects, identifying interdependencies across projects/functions, potential impacts on the wider organisation, resource requirements and building in contingency and adjustments as necessary. They will monitor, interpret and quality assure progress against deliverables that often require adjustments specifically in relation to the complex corporate business agenda, strategic objectives and the business planning process.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent.
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
- Have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
- Have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
- Experience of managing and motivating a team/virtual team and reviewing performance of the individuals.
Desirable
- Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects.
- Experience of identifying and interpreting national policy.
- Member of relevant professional body.
Skills, Capabilities and Attributes
Essential
- Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
- Ability to negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change
- Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals
- Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others
- Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do
- Able to make a connection between their work and benefit to patients and the public
- Ability to operate in a value-driven style consistent with the values of the public services and specifically with the new organisational values
- Work across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contributions of others
- Values diversity and difference; operate with integrity and openness
- Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
- Consistently looks to improve what they do, look for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out inovation
- Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same
- Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems
Other
Essential
- Able to travel across various sites where applicable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent.
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
- Have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
- Have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
- Experience of managing and motivating a team/virtual team and reviewing performance of the individuals.
Desirable
- Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects.
- Experience of identifying and interpreting national policy.
- Member of relevant professional body.
Skills, Capabilities and Attributes
Essential
- Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
- Ability to negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change
- Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals
- Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others
- Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do
- Able to make a connection between their work and benefit to patients and the public
- Ability to operate in a value-driven style consistent with the values of the public services and specifically with the new organisational values
- Work across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contributions of others
- Values diversity and difference; operate with integrity and openness
- Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
- Consistently looks to improve what they do, look for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out inovation
- Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same
- Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems
Other
Essential
- Able to travel across various sites where applicable
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.
