Locality Workforce Development Lead

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; Twickenham; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board Primary Care Training Hub is seeking a Locality Workforce Development Lead to deliver NHS England Workforce Training and Education requirements across the ICS. You will shape local strategies, coordinate cross-organisational workstreams, and use data to recruit, develop and retain the primary care workforce within Sussex and wider Kent, Surrey & Sussex regions.

The post involves acting as a point of contact for workstream leads, supporting implementation,

Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent level in Education, Health & Social Care or Project Management.
• Experience in healthcare education including Primary Care workforce priorities and placements.
• Evidence of continual professional development and capability to work at senior level.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the point of contact for specific activities and ensure operational delivery of NHS England workforce requirements.
• Coordinate workstreams across Kent, Surrey and Sussex to reduce variation and duplication.
• Shape, codesign and support local strategies for development of the primary care workforce.
• Use workforce data to plan recruitment, development and retention across the ICS.

Skills

Communication

Negotiation

Project management

Healthcare education knowledge

Team leadership

Report writing

Education

Master's degree in Education/Health & Social Care or Project Management

Job description

Working within Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board Primary Care Training Hub (primarily for Sussex), the post-holder will act as the point of contact for specific activities and will be responsible for ensuring operational delivery of NHS England Workforce Training and Education requirements and associated primary care workforce programmes and projects across the health and care system. This role will also work within a wider matrix to enable workstream leads to connect across Kent Surrey and Sussex, the South East and nationally to reduce variation and duplication as well as learn from other areas as and where required. The Training Hub Locality Workforce Development Lead will cover workstreams covering Surrey and Sussex and/or at a level depending on the needs of the Training Hub. The role is key in working with colleagues to shape, codesign and support the implementation of local strategies for the development of the primary care workforce, identifying and realising opportunities to achieve key outcomes in line with national policy. They will make use of workforce and project data available to understand the needs of the workforce now and in the future to embed recruitment, development and retention strategies that relates to the respective integrated care system (ICS) and Training Hub population health needs.

Secondments

• Effective communication to a broad range of stakeholders
• Demonstrates ability for critical thinking and creative problem solving
• Effective negotiation and influencing skills, Project management experience, preferably within health care, Demonstrates knowledge of healthcare education including Primary Care workforce priorities and placement requirements
• Experience of managing and co-ordinating a team
• Experience of writing reports, briefing papers and presentations for a variety of stakeholders
• Experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment across organisations, Master's Degree in Education, Health & Social Care or Project Management subject, or equivalent experience working at a senior level in an education, project management or healthcare setting
• Registered with the appropriate regulatory body (for example the GMC, NMC or HCPC) with a current licence to practise
• Evidence of continual professional development

NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS. Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms -- enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services. In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department. If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR).This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process. Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices. Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.