Job summary
Deputy Director of HR & OD
Division: Corporate
Care Group: HR & OD
Band: 8d
Salary: £78,192 - £90,387 per annum/pro rata
Interview date: 22nd July 2022
We are recruiting for aDeputy Director of HR & ODwho shares our ambition and vision to deliver theBest of Care by the Best Peopleandhasthe drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
You will clearly articulate the strategic vision for the Trust, ensuring that the HR Team priorities, plan, and culture enables the delivery of the people elements of the strategy, to ensure that our patients and staff have the best possible experience.
As a practicing HR professional with considerable experience of managing HR functions and working in partnership with the Chief People Officer, you will support our cultural change agenda to ensure The Trust creates and sustains an environment where people are supported and nurtured to deliver the best care possible to service users.
You will have excellent knowledge of HR systems, data management and business processes, an analytical and creative approach, and the ability to operate at a strategic level, devising and delivering impactful people solutions, initiatives and change projects.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
About us
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.
All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.
We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under - represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.
All staff at Medway comply the Trust's and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board's policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will have a proven track record of leading transformational improvements (strategic and operational) in an organisation of comparable size and complexity. The post holder will lead on the development of people strategies ensuring these are intrinsically linked to our organisational objectives and business plans.
Support the Chief People Officer in developing remuneration and reward strategies in line with NHS policy, which support the operational and financial priorities of the Trust
As a senior member of HR and OD, the post holder will be required to take the strategic lead on the development of key HR and OD functions, systems and policies enabling the Trusts corporate aims and objectives to be achieved.
Support the delivery of the Trusts equality and inclusion strategy; ensuring that best practice is applied across the workforce agenda
To develop a strategic approach to the health and well-being agenda to support staff in what are often highly pressurised and stressful clinical and non-clinical roles.
To have strategic responsibility for ensuring that change management processes and measures exist which result in a seamless and effective management of staff as part of the hospitals clinical and operational programmes.
To provide a strategic HR perspective regarding business development and planning to the organisation, ensuring that national and local NHS policy, initiatives and changes to terms and conditions are implemented appropriately.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will have a proven track record of leading transformational improvements (strategic and operational) in an organisation of comparable size and complexity. The post holder will lead on the development of people strategies ensuring these are intrinsically linked to our organisational objectives and business plans.
Support the Chief People Officer in developing remuneration and reward strategies in line with NHS policy, which support the operational and financial priorities of the Trust
As a senior member of HR and OD, the post holder will be required to take the strategic lead on the development of key HR and OD functions, systems and policies enabling the Trusts corporate aims and objectives to be achieved.
Support the delivery of the Trusts equality and inclusion strategy; ensuring that best practice is applied across the workforce agenda
To develop a strategic approach to the health and well-being agenda to support staff in what are often highly pressurised and stressful clinical and non-clinical roles.
To have strategic responsibility for ensuring that change management processes and measures exist which result in a seamless and effective management of staff as part of the hospitals clinical and operational programmes.
To provide a strategic HR perspective regarding business development and planning to the organisation, ensuring that national and local NHS policy, initiatives and changes to terms and conditions are implemented appropriately.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent experience
- Evidence of strong and recent commitment to continued development.
- Member of CIPD or equivalent
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable and credible experience in a senior management role, involving successful management of a diverse HR&OD team within a complex organisation
- Extensive in-depth demonstrable success in delivering change and performance with and through management teams, by engaging them in the strategic direction and delivery plans, establishing clear work priorities with them, delegating effectively, ensuring a capability to deliver, monitoring performance and giving feedback
- Experience of financial management, monitoring and control and evaluating competing budget demands
- Specialist knowledge of employee relations and clarity of approach in dealing with highly specialised staff groups
Skills
Essential
- Strategic thinker able to tactically and creatively prioritise work programs in the face of competing demands
- Ability to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures, ways of working, boundaries and organisations to produce more effective and innovative service delivery and partnerships;
- Ability to develop influential relationships with external partners
Other Attributes
Essential
- Able to cope with a fast moving challenging role
- Able to provide a high quality service to tight deadlines
Values Based Question
Essential
- How would you ensure you represent MFT in a positive way?
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent experience
- Evidence of strong and recent commitment to continued development.
- Member of CIPD or equivalent
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable and credible experience in a senior management role, involving successful management of a diverse HR&OD team within a complex organisation
- Extensive in-depth demonstrable success in delivering change and performance with and through management teams, by engaging them in the strategic direction and delivery plans, establishing clear work priorities with them, delegating effectively, ensuring a capability to deliver, monitoring performance and giving feedback
- Experience of financial management, monitoring and control and evaluating competing budget demands
- Specialist knowledge of employee relations and clarity of approach in dealing with highly specialised staff groups
Skills
Essential
- Strategic thinker able to tactically and creatively prioritise work programs in the face of competing demands
- Ability to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures, ways of working, boundaries and organisations to produce more effective and innovative service delivery and partnerships;
- Ability to develop influential relationships with external partners
Other Attributes
Essential
- Able to cope with a fast moving challenging role
- Able to provide a high quality service to tight deadlines
Values Based Question
Essential
- How would you ensure you represent MFT in a positive way?
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
