Leadership and Management Skills Facilitator

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Manchester seeks a Leadership and Management Facilitator to develop leadership skills in their teams. You'll be responsible for planning and delivering training, supporting development frameworks, and ensuring equity and inclusion within the Trust. Ideal candidates will have substantial experience in leadership education, a passion for innovative teaching, and the ability to work independently. This role is pivotal in fostering an effective organizational culture.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience as a leadership and management educator.
• Passion for innovative facilitation that supports staff and patient care.
• Understanding of equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Responsibilities

• Plan, design, and deliver training using various approaches.
• Evaluate leadership and management portfolio for the Trust.
• Support the rollout of development frameworks and initiatives.

Skills

Leadership education

Interactive facilitation

Empathy with NHS professionals

Equity and diversity promotion

Autonomous working

Job description

Overview

This is an exciting and influential role in the field of leadership and management skills facilitation. Reporting jointly to the Maguire Communication and Leadership Academy and the Organisational Development and Engagement Specialist in the OD team, this role focuses on developing leadership and management talent within The Christie. This post will run until September 2026. This is a proof of concept role which will be reviewed and potentially extended. Leadership and management skills are crucial to developing effective organisations, a positive inclusive culture, and both patient and staff well-being.

The Maguire Communication and Leadership Academy mission is to support health and social care staff in every role and at every stage of their career, developing compassionate, effective skills in communication, coaching, leadership and management. Working across both the OD and Education teams, the Leadership and Management Facilitator will design, deliver, commission, signpost and evaluate the leadership and management portfolio for the Trust. They will support the roll out of the leadership and management development frameworks, and the inclusive culture leadership initiatives in the Trust. Additionally, as part of the Maguire Communication and Leadership Skills Academy, the successful candidate will offer highly specialised, expert knowledge and skills to support the development, facilitation, and evaluation of our full range of gold standard leadership, management and communication skills programmes.

Responsibilities

• Plan, design and deliver training using a variety of facilitation and teaching approaches, including face to face, virtual, blended and e-format.
• Design, deliver, commission, signpost and evaluate the leadership and management portfolio for the Trust.
• Support the roll out of leadership and management development frameworks and inclusive culture initiatives.
• Provide highly specialised, expert knowledge to support development, facilitation and evaluation of leadership, management and communication programmes.
• Assess external courses for impact and outcomes and guide people to identify appropriate learning.

Qualifications and experience

• Substantial experience as a leadership and management educator.
• Passion for interactive, innovative facilitation and teaching approaches that support staff and patient care.
• Understanding and promotion of equity, diversity, inclusion, belonging and engagement in all activity.
• Ability to engage, motivate, influence and enthuse others; evidence of behaviour-changing education and empathy with NHS professionals’ pressures.
• Ability to push boundaries, innovate, work autonomously, and deliver to deadlines under pressure while maintaining professional boundaries and managing budgets.
• Compassionate and supportive colleague to others in the team.

About The Christie

The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. Based in Manchester, we serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, with around 15% of patients referred from other parts of the country. We provide radiotherapy, chemotherapy, highly specialist surgery, and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are an international leader in research with world-first breakthroughs for over 100 years and run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials annually.

Contact details

For further details / informal visits contact: Helen Bradley, Senior Trainer, Email: [e-mail]