The Organisation Development (OD) Department plays a prominent role in supporting and enabling the delivery of the Workforce, Organisational Development and Education Strategy 2020-2030. The strategy is aligned to Hywel Dda University Health Board's (HDUHB) Health and Care Strategy, 'A Healthier Mid and West Wales' and outlines the future vision for our workforce over the next 10 years.

This is such an exciting time for our team as we continue with our range of leadership and organisation development initiatives including leadership development programmes, leadership talent management and succession planning and growth of the coaching network.

You will join a team that is friendly, supportive, creative and dynamic, who are passionate and committed to making a difference to our leaders, their teams and the organisation.

We are looking for a person with a pleasant disposition and with excellent interpersonal skills, strong facilitation and programme administration experience, digitalproficiencyand a desire to support our team and our leaders in everything we do.

If this sounds like your ideal workingenvironmentwe would love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

Are you able to...

• Work flexibly - in the office, from home and deliver sessions in person at various sites across the Health Board?
• Think and work creatively, with energy and curiosity?
• Deliver structured and bespoke leadership development sessions?
• Analyse information to produce/present evaluation reports to a variety of audiences within agreed timescales?
• Assist/fully support development, implementation and evaluation of our leadership development initiatives?
• Fully support/deputise multiple programmes/events with strong facilitation and communication skills?

Are you...

• A strong team player with a good working ethos, hands-on, pragmatic and a flexible attitude?
• Able to design, share and accept feedback on leadership development sessions for use on programmes?
• Able to jump in, be ready to change plans at any time?
• Positive with an enthusiastic approach to life/work?
• Passionate about supporting our leaders to be the best they can be and to maximise their potential?

Have you got...

• Strong facilitation and delivery/training skills?
• A creative skill set and can produce high quality, great looking materials for our programmes?
• Proven research, communication and organisation skills?
• Meticulous attention to detail, approaching all your work with accuracy and professionalism whilst meeting deadlines?

About us

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:

Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest

Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire

47 general practices (6 of which are managed practices), 45 dental practices (including 4 orthodontic), 96 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres

Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services

Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you believe you are who we are looking for, please get in touch and let's have a chat - we'd love to hear from you!

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.

The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.

Interviews will be held on 23/09/2024.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Knowledge

Essential

• Educated to degree level or able to demonstrate equivalent experience
• ILM Level 5 Coaching qualification or willing to work towards
• Understanding of programme management processes
• Understanding of Organisational Development Activities
• Knowledge of learning theories and blended learning approaches
• Knowledge of project management
• IT literate with a comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft office, packages including word, excel, power point, outlook & teams

Desirable

• OD or L& D qualification or able to demostrate equivalent experience
• Accreditation for tools/psychometrics (e.g. 360 feedback, action learning facilitation, MBTI) or willing to work towards
• Evidence of relevant CPD

Experience

Essential

• Extensive previous experience of working in a busy, complex environment with sensitive and confidential information
• Experience of providing facilitation, delivery and evaluation of training or development programmes
• Experience of collating, analysing, evaluating and presenting data from a range of sources
• Experience of producing, updating and managing databases
• Experience of producing high quality content - attention to detail and accuracy
• Experience of engagement and collaborative working with multiple stakeholders

Desirable

• Experience of designing training or interventions (e.g. programmes, workshops)
• Experience of website management
• Experience of working in an OD/L& D environment
• Understanding of a range of analytical techniques, software and tools for data manipulation modelling and interpretation

Other

Essential

• Ability to be flexible to meet the needs of the service
• Ability to travel across the Health Board area

Desirable

• Welsh Speaker (Level 1)

Employer details

Employer name

Hywel Dda University Health Board

Address

Hafan Derwen, St David's Park

Jobs Well Road

Carmarthen

SA31 3BB

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

100-AC184-0824