Job overview
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? An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Leadership, Talent and Organisational Development (OD) Lead to join Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
This is a pivotal strategic role, leading the Trust's leadership, talent and organisational development agenda to build leadership capability, foster an inclusive and high-performing culture, and drive the delivery of our People Strategy.
Working in partnership with Executive Directors, senior leaders and colleagues across the Trust, you will provide expert leadership and consultancy on organisational development, helping to shape innovative solutions that enhance organisational effectiveness, employee engagement, inclusion and continuous improvement.
You will lead a specialist Leadership, Talent and OD team, overseeing a broad portfolio including leadership and management development, talent and succession planning, coaching and mentoring, organisational development consultancy, and culture change programmes.
This is an outstanding opportunity to make a lasting impact, influencing strategic priorities and helping to ensure Berkshire Healthcare remains a great place to work, where colleagues can thrive and deliver exceptional care for our communities.
Main duties of the job
- As Leadership, Talent and OD Lead, you will set the strategic direction for the Trust's leadership, talent and organisational development portfolio, ensuring alignment with the People Strategy, NHS priorities and organisational objectives.
- You will provide expert consultancy to Executive Directors, senior leaders and divisional teams on leadership development, organisational effectiveness, talent management, engagement and culture change.
- You will lead the design, implementation and evaluation of leadership and management programmes, talent and succession initiatives, coaching and mentoring networks, psychometric assessment processes and organisation-wide OD interventions.
- Working collaboratively across the Trust and wider system, you will use workforce intelligence and organisational data to identify priorities, evaluate impact and deliver sustainable improvements in performance, inclusion and staff experience.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The ‘must haves’ for this role:
- 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 of 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 of 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.
For further information, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and state this point-by-point in your supporting statement.
We have identified that this is a role where we have underrepresentation of ethnically diverse colleagues. As part of 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’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections 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.
Also, please don’t hesitate to contact Ash Ellis, Deputy Director for Leadership, Inclusion and Organisational Experience, for a conversation about the role: [email protected].
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to contact Ash Ellis, Deputy Director for Leadership, Inclusion and Organisational Experience, for a conversation about the role: [email protected].
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
Person specification
Education and Training
Essential
- Extensive professional knowledge acquired through master’s level degree or equivalent level of experience (in relevant subject area such as 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 level of experience
- Psychometric analysis qualification such as MBTI, Hogan, Insights, Disc. (Pref Hogan)
- Workplace Mediation qualification or willingness to undertake
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Ability to meet travel needs of the post as required
- Ability to attend local, and ad hoc regional and national events
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Significant senior experience in Organisational development, leadership, talent, people strategy or change within a large and complex organization
- Significant experience and track record of leading organisation-wide change and transformation programmes that deliver improved outcomes, culture, engagement or performance
- Significant and recent experience of working as an internal or external consultant and providing a consultancy service including experience of scoping, design, analytical and diagnostic skills to implement OD interventions to meet a range of different stakeholder needs
- Experience of advising Executive Directors, senior leaders or equivalent senior stakeholders on complex, sensitive and high-impact organisational development, culture, leadership or change issues
- Experience of developing Trust-wide or organisation-wide strategies, frameworks, policies or guidance and securing senior stakeholder agreement for implementation
- Significant experience of designing and delivering a range of high quality, high impact leadership development programmes
- Experience of delivering, leading and embedding inclusive change initiatives, with an understanding of the dynamics of change and the effects on people
- Experience of evaluating and evidencing the impact of learning and development programmes, OD interventions and culture change, including developing relevant return on investment measures, key performance indicators, assurance reports and reporting mechanisms
- Experience of running focus groups and facilitating group discussions
- Experience of leading, managing and developing specialist staff, practitioners or professional networks
- Experience of budget management resource planning, commissioning, procurement or contract management
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Proven strategic skills with demonstrated ability to develop, translate, and implement organisational strategy into efficient and measurable outcomes, including delivery of transformational and cultural change within a large, diverse organisation
- Knowledge of a range of organisational development interventions, models, and facilitation techniques
- Excellent facilitation and consultancy skills; Ability to facilitate and chair workshops/ groups and deliver presentations/interventions to all levels of individuals
- Able to communicate complex and sensitive information simply and clearly, adapting style to suit the audience
- Demonstrable ability to engage, influence, negotiate with, and persuade others at all levels including Board, Executive and senior operational leaders while maintaining a customer -focused and evidence-based approach
- Innovative, with the ability to ‘think differently’ and challenge current behaviours and mind-sets, making service improvements
- Ability to think strategically, exercise sound professional judgement and consider complex organisational, political, cultural, operational and stakeholder factors in order to develop the most impactful OD solution
- Ability to apply analytical and diagnostic skills to make a wider corporate contribution to the organisation’s strategies and decision making, operating comfortably at the most senior levels of the organisation and across multiple professional disciplines
- Able to work with significant autonomy, prioritise complex and competing demands, manage risk and make decisions where there may be no obvious precedent
- Highly developed analytical skills with the ability to solve problems in high pressure situations
- Project Management skills
- Excellent planning and organisational skills and to be able to make best use of resources available
- Computer literate with experience of working with the Microsoft Office package including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel and MS Teams
- Ability to lead by example – high personal standards of conduct and behaviour
- High level of emotional & cultural intelligence
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