Guy's and St Thomas' has one of the most exciting and challenging workforce agendas. To support this we have created a new role, Associate Director of Workforce Intelligence.

We are seeking a dynamic leader who will be responsible for the Workforce Intelligence function comprising of People Systems and Planning & Analytics and will play a critical role in the successful delivery of our strategic workforce priorities. The post holder will lead the service, contribute at a senior level within the People Directorate and relevant Trust committees as well as working closely across the wider organisation.

Please see attached the detailed job description for further details.

Main duties of the job

In this key role you will lead analysis and insight to support the development of workforce plans and associated work programmes. You will lead strategic workforce planning across the Trust and be the People lead for annual business planning aligned to the delivery of the strategic workforce ambitions of the ICB and all key partners. You will also lead transformation including the optimisation of establishment control processes, developing ESR functionality and supporting the development and implementation of information systems and wider processes.

About us

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best-known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high-quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

The People Directorate consists of three functional areas working collaboratively in an agile and customer focussed way supporting the organisations people operational and strategic priorities. The functions include:

People Operations, People Communities of Expertise and People Embedded Teams.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will influence and help to drive the strategic direction of the organisation. They will be responsible for all workforce data, drawing on multiple data sources providing the analysis and insight to support the development of workforce plans and associated work programmes. They will support the Trust on ensuring data accuracy, assurance and visualisation is in place in order to maximise effectiveness and efficiency of services.

The post holder will triangulate information to draw conclusions and make recommendations and will work collaboratively with Planning and Performance, Finance, Strategy and stakeholders within the People Directorate to lead annual business planning and wider strategic workforce planning. Using their workforce planning expertise, the post holder will influence and inform the workforce elements of the plan ensuring the numbers and narrative accurately reflect current and future plans.

The post holder will lead transformation across the Workforce Intelligence function (People Systems, Planning & Analytics) optimising establishment control processes, developing ESR functionality and supporting the development and implementation of information systems and wider processes.

Person Specification

Qualification and Education

Essential

• Educated to Master's degree or equivalent level of knowledge and experience
• MCIPD or equivalent experience
• Experience in workforce planning / analytics

Desirable

• Qualification in Management and / or Workforce planning / analytics

Experience

Essential

• Experience of workforce planning, analytics, transformation /turnaround
• Advanced use of Windows based packages e.g. Word, Excel, Access, Projects and PowerPoint
• Significant experience in managing major change programmes and transformation

Desirable

• Project Management skills

Skills

Essential

• Proficient with ESR and experience of functionality development
• Contributes to Board papers and national reporting
• Able to triage data and synthesise to provide analysis to inform action plans

Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Guy's Hospital

Great Dover Street

London

SE1 4YB

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