NHS Confederation

Leadership Development Programme Manager

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Job summary

The role sits in the leadership team that reports to the Director of Policy and supports the development and delivery of a growing portfolio of funded leadership projects across the NHS Confederation, working in close collaboration with the Commercial Team. This role will be at the heart of setting up a new offer and ensuring that it is effective, evidence and needs based.

Main duties of the job

As a Leadership Development Programme Manager you will:

  • Lead the development and delivery of leadership development programmes.
  • Develop new offers for leadership and organisational development through needs analysis, market gap analysis, and alignment with the organisations policy and improvement programme.
  • Source and create learning content, including writing blogs for NHS leaders.

About us

The NHS Confederation is the membership body for the NHS, which brings together and speaks on behalf of all parts of the health system.

Our membership spans the full range of organisations that provide and commission services, including acute, community, mental health and ambulance service trusts; clinical commissioning groups; primary care networks; and integrated care systems. We work across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and have a European Office. The NHS Confederation is also contracted by the Department of Health and Social Care to provide the NHS Employers service, which acts on behalf of employers within the NHS provider sector in England. This places us in a strong position to influence workforce policy development and implementation.

Through our networks we speak on behalf of providers and commissioners across the different sectors, but we are also uniquely placed to articulate the interests of the whole healthcare system. We believe this role is more vital than ever as every part of England moves adapts to operating as integrated care systems. Our strength lies in the diversity of our membership and our ability to bring together all parts of the health and care system to develop solutions to major challenges.

Details

Date posted

14 August 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£44,352 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

NHS1033864

Job locations

18 Smith Square

Westminster

London

SW1P 3HZ


2 Brewery Wharf

Kendall Street

Leeds

West Yorkshire

LS10 1JR


Job description

Job responsibilities

Programme Management

The post holder plays a significant role in leading this small team to develop and deliver the Confederations leadership development offer. Responsibilities include:

1. Lead the development and delivery of leadership development programmes including:

  • The collation and analysis of evaluation information to continually improve the overall offer
  • Supplier and stakeholder engagement and management.
  • Leading all aspects of programme management delivered by the Leadership Development Manager
2. Work collaboratively with the Policy and Network teams to identify policy products such as briefings, articles, roundtables and consultation responses which can form part of the leadership programme products and inform content design.

3. Source and create learning content in the form of retrospective case studies and current leadership insight stories, to ensure that the leadership development offer delivered has sufficient NHS Confed value-add.

4. Lead the development of further NHS Confederation offers through member and stakeholder needs analysis and market gap analysis to identify future delivery opportunities for leadership and organisational development.

5. Conduct market research around organisational and leadership development, gathering the views of members, facilitating the sharing of best practice.

6. Ensures connectivity and links in relevant content from the NHS Confederations core policy work programme, and wider stakeholders to ensure the leadership development offer connects to system level conversations or lobbying activity as part of the confederations integrated member offer.

Communications and media

Actively seek out opportunities to proactively promote the work of the NHS Confederation:

1. Working closely with the NHS Confederations communications team, creating blogs and other digital content and linking in leadership insights from topical health stories and issues. Ensure members receive relevant and timely updates from the NHS Confederation about its leadership work and national developments of interest to members through blogs and member updates.

Team skills

This role is expected to model leadership excellence. Through both hierarchical and matrix working relationships the postholder is responsible for:

1. Utilise the tools in place to work efficiently and collaboratively such as the Confederations delivery management framework, established meetings and the Confederations management requirements and processes.

2. Work flexibly and responsively to needs ensuring effective prioritisation and meeting short notice deadlines as required.

3. Demonstrate initiative and a proactive approach to the delivery of development work that adds value and anticipates needs.

4. Investing in own personal development through feedback and continuous learning

5. Building effective working relationships with colleagues, contributing to effective team dynamics, and deputising for the Leadership Development AD as appropriate

Management Responsibility - N/A

Budget Management - N/A

Job description

Job responsibilities

Programme Management

The post holder plays a significant role in leading this small team to develop and deliver the Confederations leadership development offer. Responsibilities include:

1. Lead the development and delivery of leadership development programmes including:

  • The collation and analysis of evaluation information to continually improve the overall offer
  • Supplier and stakeholder engagement and management.
  • Leading all aspects of programme management delivered by the Leadership Development Manager
2. Work collaboratively with the Policy and Network teams to identify policy products such as briefings, articles, roundtables and consultation responses which can form part of the leadership programme products and inform content design.

3. Source and create learning content in the form of retrospective case studies and current leadership insight stories, to ensure that the leadership development offer delivered has sufficient NHS Confed value-add.

4. Lead the development of further NHS Confederation offers through member and stakeholder needs analysis and market gap analysis to identify future delivery opportunities for leadership and organisational development.

5. Conduct market research around organisational and leadership development, gathering the views of members, facilitating the sharing of best practice.

6. Ensures connectivity and links in relevant content from the NHS Confederations core policy work programme, and wider stakeholders to ensure the leadership development offer connects to system level conversations or lobbying activity as part of the confederations integrated member offer.

Communications and media

Actively seek out opportunities to proactively promote the work of the NHS Confederation:

1. Working closely with the NHS Confederations communications team, creating blogs and other digital content and linking in leadership insights from topical health stories and issues. Ensure members receive relevant and timely updates from the NHS Confederation about its leadership work and national developments of interest to members through blogs and member updates.

Team skills

This role is expected to model leadership excellence. Through both hierarchical and matrix working relationships the postholder is responsible for:

1. Utilise the tools in place to work efficiently and collaboratively such as the Confederations delivery management framework, established meetings and the Confederations management requirements and processes.

2. Work flexibly and responsively to needs ensuring effective prioritisation and meeting short notice deadlines as required.

3. Demonstrate initiative and a proactive approach to the delivery of development work that adds value and anticipates needs.

4. Investing in own personal development through feedback and continuous learning

5. Building effective working relationships with colleagues, contributing to effective team dynamics, and deputising for the Leadership Development AD as appropriate

Management Responsibility - N/A

Budget Management - N/A

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Experience with designing or delivering organisational or leadership development interventions
  • Using programme or project management approaches
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to write persuasively with a wide range of external audiences
  • Strong team player, able to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Ability to effectively manage a mixed portfolio of development work, and to be responsive and agile in a rapidly changing environment

Desirable

  • Understanding around change and transformation
  • Able to work independently, self-starter approach
  • Ability to write accessible and compelling and influential narratives
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Experience with designing or delivering organisational or leadership development interventions
  • Using programme or project management approaches
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to write persuasively with a wide range of external audiences
  • Strong team player, able to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Ability to effectively manage a mixed portfolio of development work, and to be responsive and agile in a rapidly changing environment

Desirable

  • Understanding around change and transformation
  • Able to work independently, self-starter approach
  • Ability to write accessible and compelling and influential narratives

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Confederation

Address

18 Smith Square

Westminster

London

SW1P 3HZ


Employer's website

https://www.nhsconfed.org/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Confederation

Address

18 Smith Square

Westminster

London

SW1P 3HZ


Employer's website

https://www.nhsconfed.org/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Primary Care Leadership and Development Consultant

Louise Wheeler

Louise.Wheeler@nhsconfed.org

Details

Date posted

14 August 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£44,352 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

NHS1033864

Job locations

18 Smith Square

Westminster

London

SW1P 3HZ


2 Brewery Wharf

Kendall Street

Leeds

West Yorkshire

LS10 1JR


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