Organisational Development Practitioner - Experience and retention

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in West Midlands is seeking an Organisational Development Practitioner to enhance staff engagement and experience. The role involves designing and delivering engaging programs, working collaboratively with various teams to ensure a motivated workforce aligned with business objectives. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and experience in organizational development within the NHS or similar environments.

Benefits

On-site Nursery

Access to a Beach Hut

Wellness Centre

Gym and swimming pool

Diverse staff networks

Awards ceremonies

Qualifications

• Knowledge of OD/HR topics at postgraduate diploma level.
• Level 3 trainer/facilitator qualification.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.

Responsibilities

• Deliver staff engagement and experience activities.
• Design and evaluate staff engagement strategies.
• Work with stakeholders for a joined-up approach.

Skills

Specialist OD/HR knowledge

Training/facilitation skills

Project management

Education

Postgraduate diploma in HR or equivalent

Job description

Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this.

The Vision For Our Single Corporate Services Is To

• Be an employer of choice for corporate talent, attracting and retaining people who share our values for excellence in care and welcome the opportunity to benefit from the broad range of flexible career and development opportunities we can offer.
• Improve efficiency through simplified and standardised policies, processes, and systems, drawing on the best from both Trusts.
• Do things once and reduce any duplication on transactional tasks giving corporate staff the ability to focus on higher value and more diverse activities.
• Co-invest in the latest digital solutions and standardise our approach, meaning we do things once for both organisations.
• Improve learning and development opportunities and sharing best practice, upskilling both Trusts.
• Co-locate teams in purpose-built facilities on the Island and in Portsmouth to enable closer working and sharing.
• Build resilience for individuals and our teams.

The single corporate service is delivered across both organisation. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.

Job Description

This vacancy is open to employees of Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust only.

NHS Band 6 - Salary £38,682 - £46,580 per annum

Full Time - 37.5 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

We are excited to be recruiting for an Organisational Development (OD) Practitioner within the Organisational Development team within the Single Corporate Service. In this role, you will support the design and delivery across a range of OD programmes and interventions. Working closely with other OD practitioners, OD leads and wider stakeholders throughout the organisation to make our Trusts a great place to work.

With a flair for creativity and innovation, you will utilise your unique set of skills to support delivery of a range of OD programmes and initiatives across the organisations from agreeing the approach to evaluation of impact.

Job Summary

You will be responsible for day-to-day delivery of staff engagement and staff experience activity across both organisations to ensure that they have a motivated, engaged, and high performing workforce aligned to its business objectives and clinical strategies.

You will work with the Organisational Development Lead Experience and Retention to design, deliver and evaluate staff engagement strategies to support the People & Organisational Development Strategy and ensuring that both Trusts are equipped to provide excellence in care for patients and communities; and provide a work environment that staff would recommend as a great place to work. Including but not limited to: annual and quarterly staff surveys, staff benefits and retention strategies, reward and recognition and activities to develop employee engagement and organisational culture. You will be required to work closely with stakeholders including Communications, Improvement, People & OD Department and Learning and Development colleagues to ensure a joined-up approach to staff experience and retention.

For full details of this position, please refer to the enclosed Job Description.

Please note, this position has also been advertised on the Isle of Wight NHS Trusts jobs page. If you are interested in this position and wish to apply, there is no requirement for you to submit two separate applications.

Qualifications

Essential

Knowledge of specialist OD/HR topics to postgraduate diploma level acquired through degree and professional HR Qualification or equivalent level of training experience.

Level 3 or equivalent trainer/facilitator qualification

Evidence of continuous personal professional development

Desirable

Coaching or Mentoring Qualification, MBTI, HLM360 Facilitator

Experience

Essential

Working in the NHS or equivalent large organisation

Experience of design and delivery of engagement activities to understand staff experience

Experience of design and delivery of team development activities and facilitating bespoke learning with multi professional teams

Working with a diverse range of people in a challenging environment

Desirable

Successfully managing and supporting project management in a complex organisation

Additional Information

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

Please note your application may be transferred to the Isle of Wight Applicant Tracking System (ATS) if you are selected for an interview.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veterans status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.