Job summary
- Main area
- Trust Chief People Officer
- Grade
- Executives / VSM
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 349-COR-V6381828*
- Employer
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Cobbett House, Trust Headquarters, Oxford Road Campus
- Town
- Manchester
- Salary
- Attractive Remuneration Package
- Closing
- 31/07/2024 23:59
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Trust Chief People Officer
Executives / VSM
Job overview
As one of the largest and most ambitious Trusts in England, MFT has an exciting executive leadership opportunity for an experienced Chief People Officer. Reporting to directly the Chief Executive Officer, you will be part of an experienced Executive Team determined to deliver the Trust’s People Plan as part of an overarching Organisational Strategy.
The ideal candidate will provide inspirational leadership, with strong values that match ours and role model an unwavering drive to deliver the strategic ambition of the Trust as an anchor organisation in healthcare for the city of Manchester and borough of Trafford.
This is a rare and exciting opportunity for a talented individual to achieve amazing people focused developments in one of the most vibrant and ambitious Trusts in England.
Main duties of the job
As a highly visible leader with a commitment to nurturing a culture that enables staff to be their best, you will drive the design, implementation, and maintenance of the Trust’s approach to staff engagement. Key to this will be your leadership on how we continuously improve organisational culture and promote MFT as a great place to work. Alignment of our workforce to activity, performance, financial plan will be central to the role.By creating a workforce for the future which includes new roles and capabilities you will be expected to direct and advise colleagues to achieve credible workforce planning and modelling.
Bringing board experience in a complex organisation or system, you will use your exemplary interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships with others to maintain strong working relationships with partners across Greater Manchester, Trafford, and nationally to help facilitate the implementation of the Trust’s strategic and operational plans. This will include the management and leadership of a progressive workforce resource to drive service improvements that are contemporary, affordable, and efficient.
If this appeals to you and you think you have the skills, expertise and motivation to succeed, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Working for our organisation
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about MFT and full details of the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. In order to apply, please submit a comprehensive CV along with a covering letter which sets out your interest in the role and encapsulates the aspects of your experience relevant to the required criteria. For more information, and to request a copy of the Candidate Information Pack including details of how to apply, please visit www.odgers.com/91829.
Person specification
Qualifications - Academic / Professional
Essential criteria
- General education to degree level or equivalent work experience operating at Master level.
- Second degree/master’s level qualification in a related subject or equivalent knowledge, training and experience.
- Track-record of continuous personal and professional development.
- Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
Skills, Knowledge Requirements & Experience - Strategic Leadership
Essential criteria
- Board experience as Workforce Director /Chief People Officer in a complex organisation or system.
- Demonstrable track-record in the successful management and leadership of progressive workforce strategies.
- Exposure to national / regional work - related to workforce.
- A demonstrable track-record of leading organisational development programmes.
Skills, Knowledge Requirements & Experience - Effective Partnerships
Essential criteria
- A commitment to system and organisational excellence.
- A commitment to close working with health and social partners in Manchester and GM.
Skills, Knowledge Requirements & Experience - Wider NHS and health context
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of current national NHS / Care systems.
- A solid and evident understanding of NHS dynamics and the values of the UK public sector.
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Carmel Gibbons, Odgers Berndtson
- Job title
- Partner and Head of the Healthcare Practice
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 498 3413
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