Leadership, Talent and Organisational Development Lead
Are you an experienced organisational development professional with a passion for leadership, talent and culture? Do you have a track record of leading change and influencing senior stakeholders within a complex organisation? This is an exciting opportunity to join Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust as a Leadership, Talent and Organisational Development (OD) Lead.
This pivotal strategic role will lead the Trust's leadership, talent and organisational development agenda to build leadership capability, foster an inclusive high performing culture, and drive the delivery of our People Strategy. You will partner with Executive Directors, senior leaders and colleagues across the Trust to provide expert consultancy on organisational development, shaping innovative solutions that enhance organisational effectiveness, employee engagement, inclusion and continuous improvement.
You will oversee a specialist team and a broad portfolio that includes leadership and management development, talent and succession planning, coaching and mentoring, organisational development consultancy and culture change programmes.
Main duties of the job
- Set the strategic direction for the Trust's leadership, talent and OD portfolio, ensuring alignment with the People Strategy, NHS priorities and organisational objectives.
- Provide expert consultancy to Executive Directors, senior leaders and divisional teams on leadership development, organisational effectiveness, talent management, engagement and culture change.
- Design, implement and evaluate leadership and management programmes, talent and succession initiatives, coaching and mentoring networks, psychometric assessment processes and organisation wide OD interventions.
- Use workforce intelligence and organisational data to identify priorities, evaluate impact and deliver sustainable improvements in performance, inclusion and staff experience.
Job responsibilities
- Extensive professional knowledge acquired through a master's level qualification or equivalent experience in Organisational Development, Organisational Psychology, Leadership, Management or a related discipline.
- Significant senior level experience in organisational development, leadership, talent management, people strategy or organisational change within a large and complex organisation.
- Proven experience leading organisation wide change, culture and leadership initiatives and delivering measurable improvements in organisational performance and employee experience.
- Strong consultancy, facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence senior leaders and work across professional boundaries.
- Experience designing, delivering and evaluating leadership and management development programmes and organisational development interventions.
- Ability to travel across Trust sites and attend regional and national meetings as required.
Benefits
- Flexible working options to support work life balance.
- 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell.
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities.
- Cycle to Work and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles.
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services.
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants.
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality.
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
- Free parking across Trust sites.
About us
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we are committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we are dedicated to an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values are:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority.
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services.
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions.
Equal Opportunities
We have identified that this role has underrepresentation of ethnically diverse colleagues. In line with our commitment to inclusion and Unity Against Racism, we offer guaranteed interviews to candidates who meet the essential criteria and identify as Asian or Asian British, Black or Black British, Mixed and Other Ethnic Groups.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all segments of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
Contact
Please contact Ash Ellis, Deputy Director for Leadership, Inclusion and Organisational Experience, for further information: .
Person Specification Education and Training
- Extensive professional knowledge acquired through a master's level degree or equivalent experience (e.g., MSc Organisational Psychology, Organisational Development or Leadership/Management).
- Coaching/mentoring qualification or substantial experience of coaching and/or mentoring a range of people.
- Demonstrable evidence of continuing professional development.
- Teaching/Training qualification or equivalent experience.
- Psychometric analysis qualification such as MBTI, Hogan, Insights, Disc (prefers Hogan).
- Workplace Mediation qualification or willingness to undertake.
Experience and Knowledge
- Significant senior experience in Organisational Development, Leadership, Talent, People Strategy or Change within a large and complex organisation.
- Experience developing Trust wide or organisation wide strategies, frameworks, policies or guidance and securing senior stakeholder agreement for implementation.
- Experience designing and delivering high impact leadership development programmes.
- Experience delivering, leading and embedding inclusive change initiatives.
- Experience evaluating and evidencing the impact of learning and development programmes, OD interventions and culture change, including developing ROI measures, KPIs, assurance reports and reporting mechanisms.
- Experience running focus groups, facilitating group discussions, and leading, managing and developing specialist staff or professional networks.
- Experience with budget management, resource planning, commissioning, procurement or contract management.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Proven strategic skills and the ability to translate and implement organisational strategy into measurable outcomes, including transformational and cultural change.
- Knowledge of organisational development interventions, models, and facilitation techniques.
- Excellent facilitation, consultancy skills; able to chair workshops and deliver presentations to all levels.
- Clear communication of complex and sensitive information, adapting style to the audience.
- Strong influence, negotiation, and persuasion skills at all levels, maintaining a customer focused, evidence based approach.
- Innovativeness and willingness to challenge current behaviours to improve service delivery.
- Strategic thinking, professional judgment, and consideration of organisational, political, cultural, operational and stakeholder factors.
- Analytical and diagnostic skills to support wider corporate strategy and decision making.
- Autonomy, prioritisation of complex demands, risk management and decision making with no precedent.
- Advanced analytical problem solving in high pressure situations.
- Excellent planning, organisational and resource utilisation skills.
- Computer literacy with Microsoft Office and MS Teams.
- Lead by example, upholding high personal standards of conduct.
- High emotional and cultural intelligence.
Additional Requirements
- Ability to meet travel needs of the post as required.
- Ability to attend local, ad hoc regional and national events.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require a Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous convictions.
Salary
£68,852 to £79,638 a year (incl. of HCAS)
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full time
Reference number
371 CS383
Job locations
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