Head of OD, Leadership

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Job overview

The Head of Organisational Development, Leadership and Learning will play a key role in supporting the NHS North East London Integrated Care Board (ICB) to be an effective commissioner but also to realise its ambition of moving to an integrated care system by identifying and leading on projects to support the development of staff, the leadership, and non-executive roles.

This role will ensure that the organisation's strategic objectives are translated into clear development projects, identifying the requirements for different parts of the system and how they can best be supported
to achieve these. This role will work with senior leaders and a wide range of roles within and outside the organisation.

Main duties of the job

This role will be key to shaping the ICB's culture and direction, which requires proactivity, ambition and a deep understanding of development at all levels. In addition, this role will design, deliver and facilitate the
provision of high quality organisational development within the organisation and create and support a network, including any Place based roles within the ICB, to tangibly drive forward the development agenda.
The Head of Organisational Development, Leadership and Learning will work with colleagues to shape, influence and develop an effective approach to managing talent across the ICB. They will develop appropriate talent management opportunities and processes to ensure that our workforce and future leaders are more diverse and representative of the populations we serve.

They will develop an employee engagement strategy, lead staff surveys and the work to increase engagement. They will support the Chief People and Culture Officer & the Head of Communications in the ICB's staff engagement strategy, ensuring that the ICB maximises opportunities for staff involvement using various evidence-based methods and techniques. With the support of senior leaders, they will lead the work to improve staff survey results sustainably to ensure the ICB continues to make year-on-year progress against the commitments in our People Strategy and Plan to ensure we develop a culture where everyone.

Working for our organisation

North East London is steeped in history and culture, and home to over two million people (and rising). It's the most diverse area of the UK; and because of that, one of the most exciting and vibrant places to work.

NHS North East London works with our health, social care, voluntary and community partners and residents) to plan and buy health services to meet our population's needs, making sure all parts of the local health and care system work effectively together. We work as part of the North East London Integrated Care System northeastlondonhcp.nhs.uk

We make sure residents and visitors have the best physical and mental health and have good access to high-quality health and care services. We have a vision to "work with and for all the people of North East London to create meaningful improvements in health, wellbeing and equity."

We serve eight local authority areas: Barking and Dagenham; City of London; Hackney; Havering; Newham; Redbridge; Tower Hamlets; and Waltham Forest.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Develop an organisational and cultural development strategy and implementation plan for the ICB to underpin new ways of working.
• Provide OD expertise to support the ongoing development of the values and behavioural framework and proactively identify programmes of work required to achieve cultural change.
• Design and deliver impactful organisational development programmes to support culture change, delivery of ICB strategies and embed the ICB values and behaviours.
• Design a leadership development strategy (and associated development programmes) based on the leadership framework reflecting the ICB's values and focusing on developing inclusive and compassionate leaders.
• Manage the procurement of any external OD interventions, including the development of specifications / tender documentation and business cases ensuring that appropriate and compliant procurement processes are followed.
• Lead, design and deliver OD interventions that support the ICB ambition to be a high performing organisation; to include initiatives which foster a high-performance culture where valuing learning, continuous improvement and diversity/inclusion are the norm.
• Identify opportunities for organisational performance improvement by undertaking appropriate diagnostic activity, process/system reviews to understand barriers and possible solutions, conducting external research into good practice and new ideas.
• Deliver coaching and mentoring programmes, as agreed with leadership, to support staff and enhance the performance of individuals and teams.

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for detailed job description and main responsibilities.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Masters qualification or equivalent level qualification or experience and CIPD professional membership

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of developing OD strategy and designing and delivering OD interventions.
• Significant experience of working in a workforce/education/learning and development role
• Experience of coordinating projects in complex and challenging environments
• Experience of managing the delivery and improvement of services or performance requiring behavioural change within a complex and diverse organisation

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Ability to analyse complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to develop effective relationships with key stakeholders and deal with highly sensitive and contentious information to inform decision making using persuasive, motivational techniques

We reserve the right to close any vacancies when we have received sufficient applications to shortlist.

Applicants who can clearly demonstrate how they meet our role profile requirements will be shortlisted for interview. To enquire about your application or inform us of any changes in your circumstances please ensure you quote your application reference number.

Please ensure you check your email account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you. Invitations for interview are sent by email only, so it is important that you monitor your emails once you have submitted an application online. If you have not heard from us within a month of the closing date you should presume that you have not been shortlisted.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As part of our safe recruitment practice pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. As part of the selection process, you may be required to undergo a Criminal Records Bureau check, all cases of criminal record history are dealt with on a case-by-case basis.

Applications are welcome from job seekers who require Skilled Worker sponsorship and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, non-EEA candidates may not be appointed to this post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled EU/EEA candidate is available to take up the post or if we are unable to satisfy the Resident Labour Market Test.