Career Development Advisor

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

A major health service provider in London is looking for an experienced Career Development Advisor to lead career clinics and support talent management initiatives. The ideal candidate will have a degree, CIPD qualification, and experience in healthcare. This role offers a salary range of £46,419 to £55,046 per annum.

Qualifications

• Strong evidence of personal development.
• Experience of working in a healthcare environment.
• Knowledge of Talent principles and ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Career Clinic service across LAS.
• Provide career enhancing support to colleagues.
• Support the design of Talent Management initiatives.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Excellent negotiation and persuasion skills

Excellent time management

Excellent customer service

Education

Degree level education in relevant subject

CIPD or equivalent qualification

Job description

Are you a passionate about supporting the career development of others? Are you experienced at delivering career coaching to unlock potential and empower others?

If yes, we have an exciting new opportunity for someone who has a passion for supporting the development of careers at London Ambulance Service (LAS) and play a pivotal role in the delivery of our Organisational Development and Talent Management (OD&TM) and wider People and Culture strategy.

This is a fantastic career opportunity within the award-winning People & Culture Directorate at LAS.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be:

Responsible for hosting a range of 'career clinics' which include supporting our colleagues with a range of career enhancing support, such as interview and application writing skills.

A key contributor to the planning, design and delivery of a range of programme portfolios, including soft skills workshops and other development workshops.

Involved in designing, developing and implementing a range of Talent Management interventions service wide.

Able to work closely with and support the Talent Management Associate Business Partner in the scoping, design, delivery and implementation of bespoke Talent Management interventions as identified by stakeholders, NHS wide and LAS initiatives.

Responsible for supporting Talent Management Associate Business Partner with ongoing analysis, evaluation and reporting of all Talent Management related initiatives to ensure the highest professional standards are maintained in line with best practice, policy and legislation

The post holder will support the wider People and Culture Directorate function to promote the Trust as high performing, learning organisation and an Employer of Choice, by supporting the aim to ensure LAS is a place where people can be supported to develop their careers at every level and retaining our top talent in line with the Trust's priorities and continuous improvement plans

About us

Our vision is to deliver outstanding emergency and urgent care whenever and wherever needed for everyone in London, 24/7, 365 days a year. Our strategy 2023-2028 outlines how we plan to achieve this, and is centred upon three missions focused on:

• Our care- delivering outstanding emergency and urgent care whenever and wherever needed.
• Our organisation- being an increasingly inclusive, well-led and highly skilled organisation people are proud to work for.
• Our London- using our unique pan-London position to contribute to improving the health of the capital.

To achieve these three missions we have set ourselves 50 commitments to deliver over the next five years. In developing these ambitious commitments, we have engaged extensively both inside our organisation, with our partners and with our patients, and we have analysed population trends and horizon scanned the future.

Job responsibilities

As the Career Development Advisor you will be responsible for: Leading the Career Clinic service across LAS. Providing Career enhancing support to a diverse range of colleagues. Supporting in the design, development and implementation of a range of Talent Management initiatives to support the career development of our LAS people. Playing a pivotal role in supporting the multi-award winning Our LAS culture change programme.

The post holder will design, deliver and evaluate high quality engaging career advisory services and a range of Talent Management initiatives.All in all, our mission at LAS is:

Becoming an increasingly inclusive, well-led and highly skilled organisation people are proud to work for

This role, reporting to the Talent Management Associate Business Partner, will play a significant part in making that happen.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree level education in relevant subject or equivalent relevant experience
• Strong evidence of personal development
• CIPD or equivalent qualification, or relevant Human Resource experience

Experience

• Experience of working in a healthcare/Ambulance Service environment
• Working knowledge gained through experience of Talent principles and ways of working
• Setting and implementing long term plans to achieve objectives and targets

Knowledge & Skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to utilise them to communicate effectively, adapting communication style to manage different situations. Excellent negotiation and persuasion skills
• Excellent time management, project management, organisational and administrative skills
• Excellent customer service, communication and interpersonal skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Talent Management Associate Business Partner

£46,419 to £55,046 a yearinc HCAS per annum pro rata