The People Directorate has an exciting opportunity for a Programme Change Lead - Workforce Development and Recruitment, within our Education and Organisational Development Team. This pivotal role within the Trust will support us to deliver our strategic people ambition: to be an attractive employer of choice, developing and retaining highly skilled, engaged and diverse people reflective of our local communities.

The role will also support the Trust to deliver key elements of the NHS People Plan and ensure the experience of our staff reflects the commitments made in the NHS People Promise. EMAS is therefore actively looking for an experienced and proactive candidate to join our 'emazing' People Directorate team.

Main duties of the job

This role is a Programme Change Lead role and therefore the successful candidate will be experienced in delivering workforce transformation, specifically through the development and delivery of annual and long-term organisational workforce plans.

The successful candidate will also lead on the development and delivery of attraction, recruitment and selection models and new ways of working to deliver the workforce plan alongside specific aims to increase diversity within the Trust and ensure education and development pathways that support career progression and talent management.

About us

The successful candidate will contribute to governance processes across the portfolio of the post, and lead, monitor and engage a specific governance group with a focus on workforce planning. They will also contribute to wider strategic priorities, providing expert advice and support. There will also be a requirement to consider national and regional initiatives, best practice and implement feedback from all stakeholders on a regular basis to ensure continual improvement. This role will be responsible for the Recruitment team and will be expected to provide compassionate and supportive leadership, knowledge, and experience to ensure that the programme is progressed effectively to the best of the team's ability, leading to a smooth journey and successful outcome.

Hybrid working is available, and the successful candidate will be supported to work flexibly and at home, and across our three main education centres and other sites within the East Midlands to carry out the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on this role please see the Job Description and Person Specification.

We would love to hear from you and if you have any questions, or would like to talk about the role, please contact: Tina Richardson, Deputy Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development attina.richardson@emas.nhs.uk

Closing date:Midnight, 04/06/23

Application Process:

• 1st Stage - Initial short listing completed Planned week commencing 12/06/23
• 2nd Stage Stakeholder Panel and panel interview Planned 27/06/23

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Extensive senior management experience in a complex delivery environment demonstrating delivery of change and operational planning
• In-depth professional knowledge and experience of working across multiple teams and disciplines to deliver programme outcomes to plan and time
• Experience of leading workforce transformation and planning programmes
• Competent and experienced in designing and delivering strategic plans
• Experience in leading and managing teams

Professional Development

Essential

• Educated to Masters level and professional qualification (or equivalent knowledge and experience at masters level)
• Further training or experience in project management or supporting change management processes.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Demonstrable leadership, strategic thinking, planning and analysis skills, with the ability to develop creative solutions to support the management of change

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .

Employer details

Employer name

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Address

Education Centres Work from home

Nottingham

NG8 6PY

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