Job summary
If you would like to drive and shape agendas and help to use innovation to make sure the right people are in the right place, then this could be the role for you.
An ideal candidate would be passionate about using their wide range of experience, skills, and knowledge across a range of workforce subjects to deliver innovative, impactful, and collaborative solutions within a project, programme and consultancy environment.
Facing lots of new challenges and environments, you will need to be able to quickly assess stakeholder needs and then develop plans and solutions accordingly. Often working with teams from across SCW, you will need to be able to quickly adapt and prioritise.
As we expand our workforce consultancy offer, we are particularly interested in applicants who can work across a variety of spaces, from workforce planning and development through to resourcing and operational workforce management. In this instance, you will ideally hold a range of specific workforce subject matter experience around workforce management and deployment, such as e-rostering, medical staffing and temporary staffing management, Trust level strategic resourcing and HR systems and workforce data.
Main duties of the job
You could be embedded in a multidisciplinary team working on a nationally recognised programme; you could work on short turn around pieces of work for local providers. You may even be working on both at the same time.
Very few weeks look the same, and for an individual seeking to extend their skillset and grow professionally this may be the ideal role, combining workforce expertise with strong project and programme management and consultancy.
You will be working with various workforce programme managers to manage delivery of a range of projects and programmes across a range of areas of workforce expertise.
About us
For a small but growing team we pack a punch! The range of work we get involved in is extraordinary and so it's a great opportunity to be creative, deliver innovative approaches and changes, offering constant opportunities to learn and therefore build on your portfolio. We also have a great network both internally and externally due to our project range, so you get to see the best of what SCW, and the NHS has to offer and get to work closely with other teams to deliver projects and programmes.
This role will report to either a Workforce Programme Manager or the Workforce Programme Director.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Every day is an opportunity to learn and develop expertise and skills in new areas and environments. You will enjoy being placed into a variety of teams to develop and deliver innovative solutions that have impact for local services, populations, patients, and communities.
The work we do is wide ranging across a range of workforce themes. In this instance, we are looking for someone who can bring additional support around elements on operational workforce management and deployment, focusing on projects relating to workforce data, HR systems, operational management such as e-rostering and temporary staffing and strategic resourcing e.g. international recruitment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Every day is an opportunity to learn and develop expertise and skills in new areas and environments. You will enjoy being placed into a variety of teams to develop and deliver innovative solutions that have impact for local services, populations, patients, and communities.
The work we do is wide ranging across a range of workforce themes. In this instance, we are looking for someone who can bring additional support around elements on operational workforce management and deployment, focusing on projects relating to workforce data, HR systems, operational management such as e-rostering and temporary staffing and strategic resourcing e.g. international recruitment.
Person Specification
Values & Behaviours
Essential
- Patient First - Customer Excellence
- Aspirational
- Collaborative
- Insightful
- Respectful
Education
Essential
- Educated to Masters level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
Desirable
- Qualification in resourcing/recruitment/HR/ workforce planning/analysis membership of an appropriate HR/recruitment/project management body
- Project management qualification such as Prince 2 Foundation
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Good specialist knowledge and experience across a range of workforce and resourcing subjects including workforce planning, analysis, modelling and transformation, strategic resourcing and talent acquisition, workforce utilization and deployment (e.g. e-rostering).
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques, and tools
- Strong experience of coordinating projects in complex and challenging environments
- Demonstrable experience of leading complex change management projects
- Experience of cross- organisational/system working in health and social care
- Demonstrable project/programme management skills and experience
Desirable
- Good understanding of the public sector
Skills & Capabilities
Essential
- Ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive, or contentious information; negotiate with senior stakeholders/customers on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups/customers
- Capability to plan over short, medium, and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
- Demonstrate capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity, employee wellbeing and good working relationships
- Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focussing on goals, understand and commit to equality of opportunity and good working relationships
- Is numerate with excellent analytical skills
- Evidence-based approach to service/workforce redesign
- Shows proven project/programme management
- Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills
- Has strong presentation skills
- Demonstrates ability to influence and negotiate
- Demonstrates strong decision making
- Proven problem solving
- Demonstrates excellent organisation skills
- Shows strong personal Resilience
- Ability to facilitate/lead workshops to large groups of staff
- Excellent IT skills; including utilisation of Microsoft packages for PowerPoint/Word/Excel etc.
- Knowledge of NHS financial processes and involvement in budget setting
- Comprehensive knowledge of current health and social care issues
Desirable
- Experience of financial management e.g., project budget management, business planning or management, account management.
Person Specification
Values & Behaviours
Essential
- Patient First - Customer Excellence
- Aspirational
- Collaborative
- Insightful
- Respectful
Education
Essential
- Educated to Masters level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
Desirable
- Qualification in resourcing/recruitment/HR/ workforce planning/analysis membership of an appropriate HR/recruitment/project management body
- Project management qualification such as Prince 2 Foundation
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Good specialist knowledge and experience across a range of workforce and resourcing subjects including workforce planning, analysis, modelling and transformation, strategic resourcing and talent acquisition, workforce utilization and deployment (e.g. e-rostering).
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques, and tools
- Strong experience of coordinating projects in complex and challenging environments
- Demonstrable experience of leading complex change management projects
- Experience of cross- organisational/system working in health and social care
- Demonstrable project/programme management skills and experience
Desirable
- Good understanding of the public sector
Skills & Capabilities
Essential
- Ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive, or contentious information; negotiate with senior stakeholders/customers on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups/customers
- Capability to plan over short, medium, and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
- Demonstrate capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity, employee wellbeing and good working relationships
- Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focussing on goals, understand and commit to equality of opportunity and good working relationships
- Is numerate with excellent analytical skills
- Evidence-based approach to service/workforce redesign
- Shows proven project/programme management
- Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills
- Has strong presentation skills
- Demonstrates ability to influence and negotiate
- Demonstrates strong decision making
- Proven problem solving
- Demonstrates excellent organisation skills
- Shows strong personal Resilience
- Ability to facilitate/lead workshops to large groups of staff
- Excellent IT skills; including utilisation of Microsoft packages for PowerPoint/Word/Excel etc.
- Knowledge of NHS financial processes and involvement in budget setting
- Comprehensive knowledge of current health and social care issues
Desirable
- Experience of financial management e.g., project budget management, business planning or management, account management.
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.
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