Head of Leadership (Tri-Trust role)

Job overview

Are you passionate about developing leaders who make a real difference? Do you have the vision, expertise and drive to create a culture of excellence and empowerment? If so, we want you to lead our leadership strategy and inspire the next generation of healthcare leaders.

About the Role

As Head of Leadership, you will play a pivotal role in shaping leadership development across three Trusts in North-West London - Imperial College Healthcare, Chelsea Westminster and The Hillingdon hospitals.  You’ll design and deliver innovative programmes that foster resilience, inclusivity, and collaboration, ensuring our leaders are equipped to meet the challenges of modern healthcare.

What we’re looking for:

• A strategic thinker with a proven track record in leadership development with an eye on the detail to make the colleague experience as great as possible.
• Exceptional communication and influencing skills.
• A commitment to diversity, equity, and creating a positive organisational culture.
• Experience in driving transformational change and embedding leadership excellence.

Interviews are expected to take place on Wednesday 25 February and will include a short presentation.

Main duties of the job

Leadership and management offer: to lead the design, delivery (in-house and outsourced), evaluation and continuous improvement of the leadership and management offer across the Tri-Trust including setting out what is expected and ensuring a high quality, impactful, blended inclusive development offer is in place aligned to national offer where appropriate.

Coaching and Mentoring: oversee a comprehensive coaching and mentoring offer across the Tri-trust, maximising mentoring for building confidence within our leaders (as mentees) and supporting our wider workforce (as mentors).

Organisational Development: working with divisions to identify and put in place bespoke organisational development interventions to support cultural shift and improve employee engagement.

We're specifically looking for someone who is:

• Experienced in successfully designing and implementing leadership and management programmes in a large complex organisation using innovative learning techniques and embracing inclusivity
• Expert in using the consultancy cycle in contracting, diagnostic, designing, intervention and evaluation
• Experienced in high-quality direct learning delivery including embracing techniques for interactive facilitation based on audience
• Able to manage complex projects within an NHS or equivalent setting
• Excellent in communication and stakeholder management/ relationship skills
• A compassionate and inclusive leader, fostering team collaboration and continuous development.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.