Organisational Development Practitioner Band 8a

The Organisational Development Practitioner will join our small and impactful Group OD Team which sits as part of the larger Group People Services Team, supporting our 4 hospital sites.

The OD team supports ourteam leadersto deliver our group operating plan and longer-term strategy through developing bespoke programmes of work to support team change including workshops coaching, content generation and psychometrics.

We are also part of ourGroup WE LEAD faculty supporting larger group-wide events such as our senior leadership conference and webinars team leadership webinars and the development of a programme to support our middle management team leaders.

Main duties of the job

You will possess the knowledge and skills to developbespoke leadership and change content- built on your experiences of varied client work - that delivered enhanced team performance through designs aimed at supporting leaders to lead in uncertain times.Sitting alongside side this you will also bring experience of leadership programme content curriculum development delivery and evaluation.

You will be experienced in using a variety of triage, presentation, facilitation, coaching, and psychometric skills combined with leadership models, exercises, and programmes, to design and deliver planned and unplanned OD interventions.Confident in influencing service leaders and in steering committee settings you will have a strong evidence-based practice in complex organisational change.

To sum up, we are looking for a team player and an OD Practitioner who is experienced in culture change with an emphasis on helping leaders to lead change in their teams

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

We are an ambitious and welcoming team here at Barts and we are excited about our future OD team service offering of which this post holder will play a signification part.

Your weeks will be varied in terms of the scope of client OD work involved from undertaking your own interventions to supporting large established offerings.You would be based in Canary Wharf one day a week, and the rest of the week we split our time working at one of our 4 hospital sites and working from home.

If this sounds like you, then please do apply by Tuesday 9thof Julywhich is the closing dates for applications.

If you would like an informal chat about the role, please do contact

Malika Chudi -malika.chudi@nhs.net

Previous applicants need not reapply.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• 1.Experience as an external or internal OD consultant working with service leaders to successfully run interventions focused on behaviour change and leadership from inquiry through design to evaluation that support business goals. (triaging, designing and leading OD)
• 2.Expertise and credibility in working alongside other senior change partners, e.g. QI, service transformation, Wellbeing and Inclusion and Education Academy.
• 3.OD behaviour and leadership experience in complex multi-site and multi-professional and culturally diverse organisations
• 4.Some experiences of cycles of designing and implementing OD interventions applying both diagnostic and dialogic approach (Appreciative Inquiry open space, world caf etc.)
• 5.Knowledge, and evidence based expertise and an understanding of the NHS leadership challenges facing organisations undergoing transformational change to bring credible expertise to the client work.
• 6.Experience of influencing, senior managers, and health care staff to improve people and organisational aspects of their businesses.

Skills

Essential

• 1.Skills in designing and holding safe working space and facilitating small and large group events
• 2.Behavioural coaching/mentoring skills
• 3.Programme leadership skills
• 4.Action Learning Set Leadership Expertise
• 5.360/MBTI/STI
• 6.IT skills (Word, PowerPoint, excel/mentimetre/slido) a.Strong influencing skills to deliver client proposals and evaluation

Qualifications

Essential

• 1.OD behavioural specific/Management qualification at diploma level or equivalent experience in understanding systemic approaches to behavioural change.
• 2.Action learning set facilitation/Group Dynamics
• 3.Evidence of continuing professional development in OD, leadership and culture change
• 4.Coaching qualification
• 5.Psychometrics MBTI/DISC/SDI

Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

Canary Wharf

20 Churchill Place

London

E14 5HJ

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

259-6330795GSS-B