Job vacancy: Organisational Development Facilitator, Whittington Health NHS Trust, London

Job summary

Main area: Admin & Clerical
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract: Secondment: 12 months (01-June-2025)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Flexible)
Job ref: 220-WHT-2183

Employer: Whittington Health NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Whittington Health
Town: London
Salary: £51,488 - £57,802 Per Annum Including HCAs
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 23/05/2024 23:59

Organisational Development Facilitator

NHS AfC: Band 7

Covid-19 Vaccination

Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19.
We encourage and support staff to get COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible.

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3^rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Whittington Health NHS Trust.

For our current apprenticeship vacancies, please go to https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship and use Keyword ‘Whittington’

By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Deliver presentations and facilitate meetings and workshops to a wide range of audiences, agreeing actions and plans for work programmes and initiatives.
Pro-actively engage in relationship-building with key stakeholders; including the Executive Team & Directors, Senior Managers, Line Managers, other corporate services, staff, and clinicians/medical staff
Undertake information gathering to inform projects and to identify potential funding opportunities utilising the knowledge gained to inform the Trust.
Ensure that managers and leaders are supported in developing a culture in which staff act in accordance with the I.CARE values and in the interests of the trust.
Supports the translation of national policies and initiatives into effective local action, by planning and delivering organisational development interventions to support the necessary organisational and service developments.
Ensure training programmes are designed, where possible, with a robust evidence base.
Present information to a wide range of stakeholders, including patients and user groups in formal settings.
Occasionally develop business cases for delivering new OD initiatives that will meet the strategic direction of the Trust.
Take responsibility for own learning and development by recognizing and taking advantage of all opportunities to learn, including participation in development review, supervision, action learning and by maintaining a professional/personal portfolio of learning.
Participate in team, professional and personal development activities and promote a commitment to continuous professional development and improvement.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria

Degree or equivalent experience
Evidence of continuous professional development
Full / Part CIPD qualification or equivalent or a willingness to work towards one

Desirable criteria

Coaching qualification or a willingness to work towards one

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

Ability to analyse and interpret data
Ability to use a coaching style in 1-2-1s and group learning
Ability to work in an environment of constant change.
Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to articulate complex information
Excellent presentations skills
A strong communicator who can build relationships across all levels and has the ability to influence key stakeholders.
Able to demonstrate the ability to build effective relationships
Highly developed, demonstrated teamwork skills.
Ability to manage conflict and difficult conversations between staff
Ability to problem solve problems through analytical and structured thought processes
Good negotiation and influencing skills
Analytical skills, able to exercise discretion and make decisions
Ability to plan and organise a range of activities, formulate and adjust plans

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of devising programmes specifically to promote leadership, management and team development
Experience of providing expert facilitation, coaching and personal and team development to all levels of staff
Experience of working in OD at a senior level, in a complex environment.
Evidence of providing professional advice and support to managers within the scope of the role
Experience of regularly using a range of IT packages (including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:

Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.

Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.

Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
Participate in required training and supervision.
Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Your application form –

Provide only business email address for your referees – we are unable to request references from yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail accounts.
Make sure you to include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the jobs description as this forms the base of our shortlisting criteria.

Our processes –

Closing dates are given as a guide; we are within our right to close adverts early so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid delay.
If you do not hear from us up to 3 weeks after the closing date of the job unfortunately this means you have not been successfully shortlisted for interview. If your require feedback on your application please contact the appointing manager detailed in the body of the advert.
Please check your emails regularly as all correspondence from us will be via trac.systems – occasionally these emails will go into your Junk folder.
Employment at Whittington Health is offered subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period for all staff with the exception of GMC Registered Doctors.

Other important information –

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
In submitting an application form, you authorise Whittington Health NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.

If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a “selfie” using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk

Please note that during the recruitment process your Identity Documentation (i.e. passport, driving licence, visa, etc.) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, Infrared and Machine Readable Zone security features of the documents provided

The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organisation