Job summary
- Main area
- Human Resources
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 990-SW-6746395-I-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bristol Temple Street
- Town
- Bristol
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Workforce & OD Manager, Assurance HR & OD
NHS AfC: Band 7
Our Organisation
The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
This is an exciting new development support role with the WT&E Workforce Training and Education directorate which encompasses the requirement for the NHS to have a sufficient and inclusive workforce with the knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver compassionate high-quality health and care to the people it serves.
The post holder will support activities within a team who is responsible for supporting system-wide development and improving capability across the healthcare system in relation to increasing supply, workforce assurance and provision of HR and OD advice and guidance.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service supporting managers and staff internal and external to the organization.
The post is responsible for providing professional expertise to the outcome of the business processes for the team.
The post holder will define current processes, facilitate discussions, and advise colleagues as to how best practice might be adopted in the definition of future processes, document those processes as they are agreed and oversee their delivery.
The postholder will also be responsible for supporting ad hoc projects and initiatives as they arise at the direction of the Head of Workforce Assurance, HR & OD.
Working for our organisation
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will support the Head of Department and their team to ensure that their work stream of programmes are planned and managed effectively and take the lead in assisting in their successful delivery:
- Deliver the team’s business plan, and support the HR supply and resourcing manager to progress plans, reporting risk and issues as they arise
- Liaise with appropriate functions within the region, organisations, and the wider sector.
- Support all aspects of the teams projects.
- Enable organisational development for the SW ways of working programme.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- CIPD qualified
Desirable criteria
- Project Management Qualification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of leading system, regional and/or national programmes of work with complex and time sensitive deliverables
- Experience of managing risks and reporting
- Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at senior management team level.
Skills Capabilities and Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Capable of leading multi-faceted pieces of work in an ambiguous environment.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Zaheera Nanabawa
- Job title
- Head of Workforce Assurance, HR and OD
- Email address
- [email protected]
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