London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Talent Management Associate Business Partner

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Job summary

Are you a Talent Management specialist? Are you a technical Organisation Design expert?

We have an exciting new opportunity for someone who has a passion for Talent Management and Organisation Design to help shape the future of London Ambulance Service (LAS) and play a pivotal role in the delivery of our People and Culture strategy.

This is a fantastic career opportunity within the award-winning People & Culture Directorate at LAS.

As the Talent Management Associate Business Partner, you will lead on the design and implementation of a creative and sustainable talent management strategy that will deliver an integrated talent management programme for LAS. The key areas of responsibilities will be organisation design, career paths, competency management/frameworks, job/talent profiles, talent assessments, succession management and management of talent pools/pipelines.

All in all, our mission at LAS is:

Becoming an increasingly inclusive, well-led and highly skilled organisation people are proud to work for

This role, reporting to the Head of OD and Talent, will play a significant part in making that happen. And there are great networking and learning opportunities personally, as the post holder will work alongside other business partners across the Directorate as well as with other Directorate leaders/teams and external providers.

Interviews will take place on Friday, 2 February 2024 face-to-face in London.

Main duties of the job

The Talent Management Associate Business Partner provides a strategic and consultative service to all Directorates and senior management teams, enabling talent management and OD interventions. The postholder develops value added solutions and initiatives that allow LAS to measure areas of success and influence new ways of working that reinforce and embed the Trust's values.
Working with People & Culture colleagues and LAS colleagues, you will write and oversee the implementation of the new Talent Management strategy and associated policies, procedures and Local and Trust Guidance. To do this, you will ensure that effective and appropriate strategic plans are in place across all directorates aligned to one of the corporate missions: Becoming an increasingly inclusive, well-led and highly skilled organisation people are proud to work for.
The post-holder will provide the Trust with expert knowledge of Talent Management and OD (strategic and operational) approaches. In doing so, you will provide a business-focused approach to identifying and analysing talent and development data that will be used to design and plan modern effective ways of working, resulting in a positive impact on our colleagues and other stakeholders.

About us

London Ambulance Service serves one of the worlds most dynamic and diverse cities and is the busiest ambulance service in the UK. We handle over 1.9 million emergency calls from across the capital every year as well as delivering a 24 hour NHS 111 Integrated Urgent Care Service in South East and North East London that we estimate will respond to around 1.4million urgent care calls by the end of the year.

We employ over 9,000 people who work or volunteer, across London to respond to the health needs of over 8 million people who live, work and travel in the capital.

We work closely with our NHS partners and are commissioned by 32 clinical commissioning groups spread across 5 STPs and NHS England for our specialist services.

As the only pan-London NHS provider we have a unique opportunity to play a leading role in integrating access to emergency and urgent care right across London.

Date posted

11 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£58,698 to £65,095 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

308-CORP-2774

Job locations

Waterloo / LAS Wide

220 Waterloo Road

London

SE1 9LH

Job description

Job responsibilities

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the busiest ambulance Trust in the UK. We are seeking someone who will fit with the Trust values of Caring, Respect and Teamwork.

For further details of the job description and main responsibilities, please see attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the busiest ambulance Trust in the UK. We are seeking someone who will fit with the Trust values of Caring, Respect and Teamwork.

For further details of the job description and main responsibilities, please see attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

CIPD Membership
Master's Degree in Human Resource Management or equivalent experience
Evidence of Continuing Professional Development

Desirable

Change management qualification such as Project/Programme management qualifications Prince 2 Practitioner/MSP or equivalent experience
NHS Job evaluation training

Experience

Essential

Significant previous experience in an HR management role
Experience of working in a large, highly unionised organisation
Experience of writing and implementing discreet strategies (e.g. pay and reward, staff engagement) and contributing to workforce and organisation-wide strategy

Knowledge

Essential

Significant knowledge across a broad range of HR disciplines (generalist HR, pay and reward and policy development)
Excellent and up to date knowledge of employment law including Specialist knowledge of industrial relations legislation
Specialist knowledge of employee engagement best practice

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

CIPD Membership
Master's Degree in Human Resource Management or equivalent experience
Evidence of Continuing Professional Development

Desirable

Change management qualification such as Project/Programme management qualifications Prince 2 Practitioner/MSP or equivalent experience
NHS Job evaluation training

Experience

Essential

Significant previous experience in an HR management role
Experience of working in a large, highly unionised organisation
Experience of writing and implementing discreet strategies (e.g. pay and reward, staff engagement) and contributing to workforce and organisation-wide strategy

Knowledge

Essential

Significant knowledge across a broad range of HR disciplines (generalist HR, pay and reward and policy development)
Excellent and up to date knowledge of employment law including Specialist knowledge of industrial relations legislation
Specialist knowledge of employee engagement best practice

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Address

Waterloo / LAS Wide

220 Waterloo Road

London

SE1 9LH

Employer's website

https://www.londonambulance.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Address

Waterloo / LAS Wide

220 Waterloo Road

London

SE1 9LH

Employer's website

https://www.londonambulance.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)