As one of the largest and most ambitious Trusts in England, MFT has an exciting executive leadership opportunity for an experienced Chief People Officer. Reporting to directly the Chief Executive Officer, you will be part of an experienced Executive Team determined to deliver the Trust's People Plan as part of an overarching Organisational Strategy.

The ideal candidate will provide inspirational leadership, with strong values that match ours and role model an unwavering drive to deliver the strategic ambition of the Trust as an anchor organisation in healthcare for the city of Manchester and borough of Trafford.

This is a rare and exciting opportunity for a talented individual to achieve amazing people focused developments in one of the most vibrant and ambitious Trusts in England.

Main duties of the job

As a highly visible leader with a commitment to nurturing a culture that enables staff to be their best, you will drive the design, implementation, and maintenance of the Trust's approach to staff engagement. Key to this will be your leadership on how we continuously improve organisational culture and promote MFT as a great place to work. Alignment of our workforce to activity, performance, financial plan will be central to the role.By creating a workforce for the future which includes new roles and capabilities you will be expected to direct and advise colleagues to achieve credible workforce planning and modelling.

Bringing board experience in a complex organisation or system, you will use your exemplary interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships with others to maintain strong working relationships with partners across Greater Manchester, Trafford, and nationally to help facilitate the implementation of the Trust's strategic and operational plans. This will include the management and leadership of a progressive workforce resource to drive service improvements that are contemporary, affordable, and efficient.

If this appeals to you and you think you have the skills, expertise and motivation to succeed, we would be delighted to hear from you.

About us

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job description

Job responsibilities

On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about MFT and full details of the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. In order to apply, please submit a comprehensive CV along with a covering letter which sets out your interest in the role and encapsulates the aspects of your experience relevant to the required criteria. For more information, and to request a copy of the Candidate Information Pack including details of how to apply, please visit www.odgers.com/91829.

Person Specification

Qualifications - Academic / Professional

Essential

• General education to degree level or equivalent work experience operating at Master level.
• Second degree/master's level qualification in a related subject or equivalent knowledge, training and experience.
• Track-record of continuous personal and professional development.
• Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Skills, Knowledge Requirements & Experience - Strategic Leadership

Essential

• Board experience as Workforce Director /Chief People Officer in a complex organisation or system.
• Demonstrable track-record in the successful management and leadership of progressive workforce strategies.
• Exposure to national / regional work - related to workforce.
• A demonstrable track-record of leading organisational development programmes.

Skills, Knowledge Requirements & Experience - Effective Partnerships

Essential

• A commitment to system and organisational excellence.
• A commitment to close working with health and social partners in Manchester and GM.

Skills, Knowledge Requirements & Experience - Wider NHS and health context

Essential

• Knowledge of current national NHS / Care systems.
• A solid and evident understanding of NHS dynamics and the values of the UK public sector.

Employer details

Employer name

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cobbett House, Trust Headquarters, Oxford Road Campus

Manchester

M13 9WL

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