System Workforce Development Project Manager

North Central London Integrated Care Board; London; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity to shape the future of health and care workforce development awaits you! As a System Workforce Development Project Manager, you will play a vital role in enhancing workforce capabilities across North Central London. This position involves collaborating with various health and care organizations to implement innovative workforce projects that address evolving care needs. You will lead initiatives that promote equality and inclusion while ensuring alignment with strategic goals. Join a dynamic team committed to improving health outcomes and making a real difference in the community.

Qualifications

• Educated to Degree level or equivalent experience in a similar role.
• Proven ability to deliver a portfolio of work in workforce development.

Responsibilities

• Lead workforce development programs to enhance capability and maximize talent.
• Support implementation of training programs and manage stakeholder engagement.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Management

Communication

Analytical Skills

Organizational Skills

Microsoft Office

Education

Degree level education

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

System Workforce Development Project Manager

NHS AfC: Band 7

Main area: Programmes and Projects

Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7

Contract: 10 months (Secondment to 05.10.2025)

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Job ref: 985-NCLICB-CPO_020-A

Site: Laycock PDC

Town: Islington

Salary: £54,320 - £60,981 per annum inc HCA

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 17/01/2025 23:59

Interview date: 13/02/2025

On 1 July 2022, NHS North Central London Integrated Care Board (NCL ICB) was established. The ICB is part of North Central London Integrated Care System (ICS). The ICS is a partnership of organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined-up health and care services to improve the lives of people in our five boroughs: Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, and Islington.

ICBs are statutory NHS bodies responsible for planning and allocating resources to meet the four core purposes of ICSs:
• to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare
• tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access
• enhance productivity and value for money
• help the NHS support broader social and economic development.

North Central London’s population is incredibly diverse and continues to grow and change. This brings pressure and challenges for the local health and care services that NCL ICB commissions – or buys – on behalf of residents. NCL ICB works closely with Councils, providers, general practices, voluntary, community organisations, and unions to achieve our shared aims.

NCL ICB values our staff, our partners, and their expertise to deliver the best health and care possible for the patients and residents of North Central London.

We are committed to recruiting a workforce that is reflective of our diverse population, where individual contributions are encouraged and valued. We welcome and encourage applications from all candidates regardless of age, race, sex or gender identity, religious beliefs, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, caring status or neurodiversity.

Job overview

Are you passionate about shaping the future of the health and care workforce? Do you have the skills to support innovative workforce projects that make a real difference?

Join us as a System Workforce Development Project Manager and help drive workforce development across North Central London (NCL).

Reporting to the Head of System Workforce Development, the postholder collaborates with health and care organisations across the North Central London Integrated Care System (NCL ICS) to support a sustainable, high-quality health and care workforce.

As a key member of the People and Culture Directorate, the Project Manager will lead and coordinate workforce development programs that enhance capability, maximise talent, and increase workforce flexibility across the system. A primary focus will be delivering the NCL ICS People Strategy by driving initiatives under the 'Workforce Development' workstream.

The role encompasses project management of programs aimed at equipping the workforce with the necessary skills to adapt to evolving care needs. This includes fostering collaboration among stakeholders, delivering impactful development initiatives, and ensuring alignment with system-wide strategic goals. The Project Manager’s efforts will directly contribute to building a resilient workforce that can deliver high-quality care close to where it is most needed.

Main duties of the job

The role involves supporting the implementation and sustainability of the Oliver McGowan mandatory training programme, restorative and just culture, expansion of health and care apprenticeships, and long-term workforce plans alongside related workforce development projects such as leadership and talent development.

Key responsibilities include embedding equality and inclusion for individuals with learning disabilities, autism, and other protected characteristics into project design and delivery.

Core Responsibilities:

1. Project Management: Develop project elements such as stakeholder mapping, project plans, and meeting preparations. Organise training sessions, stakeholder workshops, and ensure timely delivery of documentation. Oversee performance and align project outcomes with the North Central London People Plan.
2. Communication: Convey sensitive or complex workforce data to diverse stakeholders, negotiating and motivating teams to meet objectives. Deliver presentations and gain stakeholder buy-in for key initiatives.
3. Analysis and Decision-Making: Analyse complex information, balance conflicting priorities, and escalate significant issues. Present informed recommendations to stakeholders.
4. Planning and Organisation: Formulate and adapt long-term strategies to ensure project sustainability, manage budgets, and meet deadlines.

Working for our organisation

NHS North Central London Integrated Care Board (NCL ICB) is a statutory body responsible for planning and allocating health and care resources to improve the lives of people in our five boroughs: Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, and Islington.

As an ICB, we’re focused on:
• improving outcomes in population health and healthcare
• tackling inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access
• enhancing productivity and value for money
• helping the NHS support broader social and economic development.

It is an exciting time to be joining NCL ICB – we have commenced an organisational change programme to redesign the structure of the organisation and the way that we work to better meet the needs of our population, our people, our system, and our partners. As part of the organisational change programme, we want to re-launch and re-energise the organisation, embed new ways of working and build the capabilities we need to create a thriving organisational culture.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full duties and responsibilities.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

• Educated to Degree level, or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in this area.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Experience

• Proven ability to deliver a portfolio of work.
• Experience of developing, implementing, and evaluating specific workforce development initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience of relationship building and partnership working (delivering engagement and co-design) with a range of internal/ external stakeholders.
• Experience of line management/ managing stakeholders without direct line management.
• Previous experience in a similar position within the NHS and/or public sector.

Knowledge

• A good understanding of the North Central London Integrated Care System (Education and workforce priorities).
• Excellent knowledge of project/programme management.
• An understanding of the background to and aims and implications for the portfolio this role supports/ the ICB/ ICS.

Skills and Abilities

• Exceptional organisation skills; demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium, and long term.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, and ability to learn other packages or databases as required.

Communication

• Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment, and stakeholder management - building and sustaining relationships.

Values and Behaviours

• Commitment to the values and principles of system working agreed across NCL.
• Ability to actively promote equality, diversity, and inclusion within all areas of responsibility.
• Awareness of the 'golden thread' from the ICB's Population Health & Integrated Care Strategy and NCL People Strategy to this role; with the critical driver being to support and deliver better outcomes for the patients/residents and workforce of NCL.

We reserve the right to close any vacancies when we have received sufficient applications to shortlist.

Applicants who can clearly demonstrate how they meet our role profile requirements will be shortlisted for interview. To enquire about your application or inform us of any changes in your circumstances please ensure you quote your application reference number.

Please ensure you check your email account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you. Invitations for interview are sent by email only, so it is important that you monitor your emails once you have submitted an application online. If you have not heard from us within a month of the closing date you should presume that you have not been shortlisted.

If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system and other secure, internal NHS workforce systems in order to support and manage your recruitment and employment within the organisation.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.

As part of our safe recruitment practice, pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. Depending on the role, a Criminal Records check may be required; all cases of criminal record history are dealt with on a case-by-case basis.

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