Director of People Strategy, ICS

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Director of People Strategy, ICS will lead on behalf of the Chief People Officer, our health and care people strategy (encompassing the health, care and VCSE sectors) and work with system partners to define a co-ordinated programme of delivery. This strategy will encompass how the Kent and Medway workforce changes to help to deliver health and care more seamlessly, collaboratively and sustainably.

The Director of People Strategy, ICS will operate effectively and with credibility at Board level as well in the ICS and at National level and be part of the People and OD senior team.

The Director of People Strategy, ICS will lead the engagement with a wide range of partners across health and care to develop the long term people strategy and people operating model for Kent and Medway, aligning the people strategy with the ICS strategy and five year forward plan.

The Director for People Strategy, ICS will lead the system organisational development and leadership development, working with partners to implement the cultural change that will underpin system development and ways of working within the ICS.

The post will also have accountability for the development and achievement of the ICS People Strategy and Plan and the associated Performance Metrics, as well as performance against regional and national Strategies and Plans.

Key responsibilities

The post holder will have responsibility for the strategic and operational development of the ICS People Strategy and supporting delivery plan. Plans to achieve the strategy will be underpinned by the delivery of short to medium term objectives.

Key aspects of this role will be to:

System development (Organisational Development and system leadership)

Work with the ICB Executive and partners on the system development OD programme, system leadership and organisational design and development initiatives

Lead on the ICS people operating model

Lead the development of clinical and professional leadership programmes, considering the implications of the Messenger review

Lead the EDI and wellbeing strategy development and implementation with the Chief People Officers

Provide change management leadership and advice; ensuring, where possible, development is co-designed with those affected by it

People Strategy & NHS People Plan

Lead on the development of the ICS People Strategy.

Act as lead conduit for the NHS People Plan, HEE Framework 15 and other national policy implementation

Develop and deliver an effective programme infrastructure for strategy delivery across organisations

Lead ICS people planning processes and annual operating plans

Lead the co-ordination of the People Committee and supporting groups and forward plan Utilise national, regional and Kent and Medway stakeholders, groups and thinking for the benefit of Kent and Medway

Evaluate and, where appropriate, develop a shared bank solution, to support the needs for temporary workforce supply across the ICS system

Leveraging digital, data and planning

Establish effective workforce planning architecture, methodology, tools & capability

Agree necessary ICS workforce data architecture and sharing arrangements

Use data to learn and assure as a system including creating a system people dashboard

Work with the Chief Digital Officer on planning for digital enablement & the resulting transformation of the workforce

Lead ICS thinking for developments in workforce efficiency through digital systems, such as releasing time from routine tasks, temporary staffing solutions and other deployment tools

Education and careers

Lead the development of the education collaborative and supporting professional networks and programmes, managing the education contract, placements, relationships and funding

Develop the Kent and Medway academy for health and care

Manage the primary care training hub function

Develop the careers and education infrastructure with system partners

ICS people function development & support

Lead the development of a leading united workforce HR network structure, so relationships, capability and capacity are maximised across Kent and Medway in line with the Future of HR & OD programme

Support the establishment of Place workforce teams, ensuring good integration and partnership working across the ICS as a whole

Establish and maintain strong links with Local authorities, HEE and NHSEI workforce teams

Additional duties

Deputise for the Chief People Officer as necessary

Participate in the Director on call rota.

Main areas of responsibility

Functional Responsibilities

Operational

Lead all activities including, but is not limited to:

Contribute fully as a senior leader to the ICSs overall strategy and direction and the promotion of strong partnerships within and outside of Kent and Medway.

Assume joint responsibility with other senior leaders for corporate performance and risk management and the achievement of the ICBs strategic objectives

Development supportive of people strategies that drive a culture of Just and Learning; compassion and civility; health and wellbeing, inclusion and reducing inequalities at the forefront and drive through the implementation of large scale initiatives that make Kent and Medway a great place to work.

Manage, monitor and report on benefits realisation management of the people strategies, tracking the progress of the plan and ensuring that the intended benefits are achieved, are in line with the people plan priorities with outcomes maximised.

Lead the people planning as part of the Kent and Medway business planning, ensuring that Kent and Medway organisations have high performing teams with the appropriate skills and motivation.

Work closely with Executive Directors, Chief People Officers and system leaders to embed flexible ways of working, putting workforce redesign at the heart of service transformation together with role-model flexible working for cultural change and organisational promotion.

Manage the people strategy function to be best in class including service contracts and systems, maximising opportunities for value for money and high performance

To ensure that the employment offer across Kent and Medway is attractive and the supporting recruitment and onboarding processes reflect a high performing best in class organisation

Embed a holistic wellbeing approach within the ICS, developing and implementing strategies that respond to need

Develop the reward and recognition framework to incentivise appropriate behaviours and high performance throughout the ICS.

Working in partnership with Providers and staff representatives and in collaboration with partners, lead the ICSs approach to securing value for money and best practice through optimising the terms and conditions of staff.

Ensure appropriate governance and people structures are in place to support delivery alongside good stakeholder engagement including with executives, staff, unions and peers.

Manage risks ensuring they are appropriately identified and controls and/or mitigation is in place, escalating to the Chief People Officer at the Kent and Medway ICB as appropriate.

The Director for People Strategy is required to participate in complex transformation and improvement working in partnership. They are also required to practice and develop a culture of authentic trust, relationships and engagement across peers, all staff, community players and the public to develop solutions, challenge the status quo, deliver break-throughs and make practical change happen.

The Director for People Strategy is required to demonstrate emotional intelligence, recognise their own strengths and those of others, with a mind-set, political judgement and determination to deliver a vision together. They should be able to lead and be part of teams, with a genuine commitment to relationships, willing to listen, reflect, learn and adapt. They should be self-motivated and resilient, and continue to foster a positive culture whilst tackling complex wicked issues be they legal, technical, political, professional, financial, social etc.

The postholder must possess business acumen, a problem-solving mind-set and experience of developing new ideas and solutions to improve health and well-being. Individuals should also demonstrate a high level of strategic thinking to plan and act cognisant of the long term view, with the intellectual and analytical ability interpret varied and complex situations and be able to work with others to develop plans for the short, medium and long term.

Financial and Physical Resources

Contribute to the achievement of the ICBs system Financial Plan, ensuring that the people workforce is deployed as productively and efficiently as possible within the overall pay budget.

Deliver year on year efficiency improvements within own areas of budgetary responsibility

Support planning and delivery of the ICS-wide savings programme and lead ICS-wide initiatives to reduce costs.

Budget setting and managing related activity, liaising with Finance colleagues to ensure appropriate costings.

Responsible for ensuring adherence to the Directorate budget, ongoing monitoring of expenditure against budget and ensuring the appropriate documentation is available for scrutiny.

Responsible for defining budget required to scope and implement the long term strategic plan.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to masters level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist HR and OD area
• Fellow of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development or equivalent

Attributes

Essential

• Dynamic personality and the ability to build trusted stakeholder relationships and wide support networks in a political context for example - the NHS in the South East
• Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills
• Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues

Experience

Essential

• Proven and significant leadership experience.
• Significant evidence of continued professional development
• Demonstrated expertise in a Health or care environment
• Significant management experience at senior level in the NHS at Deputy Director level or above or other public healthcare related industry
• Proven Board or sub-board level senior level experience of leading and delivering complex change and strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment
• Managing workforce issues arising from significant structural re- organisation or service change
• Experience of workforce planning in an environment of comparable complexity
• Leading the Human Resources and OD function and developing and implementing sound OD, workforce and employee relations strategies, policies and procedures
• Budgetary and financial management
• Working across professional and organisational boundaries, and in partnership with a wide range of key stakeholders
• Successful track record in a senior Human Resources and OD role in a comparatively complex environment
• Formulating and implementing successful people and organisational development strategies
• Evidence of success in implementing transformational change within a large and complex organisation, including service and workforce redesign in the public or commercial sector
• Demonstrable achievement in delivery of corporate objectives and performance
• Significant experience and understanding of proven implementation of project management methodologies
• Extensive experience of delivering presentations to large groups of stakeholders in often pressured and politically sensitive environments
• Experience of managing and prioritising a large budget
• Experience in leading a major change initiative with entrepreneurialism in a challenging organisational environment
• Experience of creating a new team and motivating and inspiring staff to work together to achieve a common objective

Certificate of Sponsorship

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Employer details

Employer name

NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board

Address

N H S Kent & Medway C C G

Station Road

Ashford

Kent

TN23 1PP

Employer's website

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