Job summary
Talent and Leadership Development Manager, Band 7, Full Time, Permanent
Want to design game changing talent and leadership development approaches? Look no further...
The Talent, Leadership and Organisational Development (OD) Consultancy Team, working across Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care Foundation Trust and Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, is seeking a driven and innovative individual to both organisations to become great places to work where colleagues reach their full potential.
Talent management, succession planning and enhancing leadership capability are key priorities within the NHS People Plan. You will be part of a wider OD Service that is helping NHS leaders and colleagues to fulfil the 'Our People Promise' to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone.
Closing date for submitting applications is Sunday, 13 October 2024. Interviews will be held on Wednesday, 23 October 2024.
Main duties of the job
Key elements of the role include:
Designing, implementing & evaluating inclusive and impactful talent management strategies, tools & interventions.
Creating & delivering assessment approaches to identify talent.
Developing & embedding succession planning tools and approaches.
Delivering, commissioning & evaluating leadership and management development interventions.
Managing & improving our coaching and mentoring offer.
Embedding our new Let's Talk Conversation Toolkit designed to support more impactful wellbeing, career and performance conversations.
Working with partner organisations to support talent management across local systems.
To succeed in the role, you will need:
A passion to help others to learn and grow.
Experience of working in learning and development.
Strategic knowledge of how to implement cohesive & progressive talent and leadership development programmes.
Knowledge of evaluation tools and approaches.
Strong facilitation skills including virtual delivery.
Negotiation and influencing skills.
Proactive relationship management skills and a positive can do approach.
The ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and deliver on objectives
About us
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.Stockport NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services for children and adults across Stockport and the High Peak, as well as community health services for Stockport, Both Trusts treats over 500,000 patients per year.
Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focuses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focuses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Experience
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
- Evidence of continued professional development.
- Experience of working in the field of learning and development.
- Experience of designing, commissioning and delivering impactful leadership and management development interventions.
- Experience of designing and embedding talent management practices.
- Experience of evaluating the impact of development interventions and evidencing their return on investment.
- Successful and proven track record of developing and implementing interventions that improve performance and culture.
- Experience of building effective cross functional working relationships to drive organisational agenda.
Desirable
- Educated to Master's degree level or equivalent experience.
- Working in a multi-disciplinary organisation.
- Understanding of contemporary issues within the NHS
- Membership of relevant professional body.
- Project management qualification.
- Accredited coaching qualification.
- Leadership and management qualification.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Strategic knowledge of how to implement cohesive and progressive talent and leadership development programmes.
- Knowledge of evaluation tools and approaches.
- Strong knowledge of leadership theories and practices.
- Advanced communication skills, including presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex, sensitive and contentious information and concepts in an engaging and compelling manner.
- Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
- Facilitation skills including virtual delivery.
- Excellent collaborative working skills and able to build strong relationships with all levels of staff across boundaries.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Experience
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
- Evidence of continued professional development.
- Experience of working in the field of learning and development.
- Experience of designing, commissioning and delivering impactful leadership and management development interventions.
- Experience of designing and embedding talent management practices.
- Experience of evaluating the impact of development interventions and evidencing their return on investment.
- Successful and proven track record of developing and implementing interventions that improve performance and culture.
- Experience of building effective cross functional working relationships to drive organisational agenda.
Desirable
- Educated to Master's degree level or equivalent experience.
- Working in a multi-disciplinary organisation.
- Understanding of contemporary issues within the NHS
- Membership of relevant professional body.
- Project management qualification.
- Accredited coaching qualification.
- Leadership and management qualification.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Strategic knowledge of how to implement cohesive and progressive talent and leadership development programmes.
- Knowledge of evaluation tools and approaches.
- Strong knowledge of leadership theories and practices.
- Advanced communication skills, including presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex, sensitive and contentious information and concepts in an engaging and compelling manner.
- Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
- Facilitation skills including virtual delivery.
- Excellent collaborative working skills and able to build strong relationships with all levels of staff across boundaries.
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).
