Band 7 (pending job evaluation approval)

Main area: Organisational Development

Grade: Band 7 (pending job evaluation approval)

Contract: Permanent

Hours:

• Full time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Flexible)

Job ref: 246-COR(phone number removed)

Site: Flexible

Town: Norwich

Salary: £43,742 - £50,056 gross per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 30/04/2024 23:59

Interview date: 10/05/2024

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.

Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams.  We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.

We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!

We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require

JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION
Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed.

YOUR APPLICATION
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Job overview

Help us care for those who care.

We are recruiting an Organisational Development Practitioner to join our Employee Experience team at Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust.

NSFT is a large mental health trust employing staff in multiple locations across Norfolk and Suffolk. We provide mental health and learning disability services in the community and inpatient settings.

We believe that staff, who feel valued by their employers and are truly engaged, are able to provide better outcomes for our service users. It’s important to all of us that staff feel cared for and can work in a psychologically safe environment.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for someone to join our team to support the development and delivery of a professional and specialist organisational development consultancy service to meet the needs of the organisation, especially our frontline teams.

You will be instrumental in supporting improvement of the overall organisational performance and effectiveness by developing, delivering and evaluating programme of organisational development objectives including staff engagement and culture change strategies.

This role works closely with the Associate Director of Employee Experience and Organisational Development, and in consultation with the HR leadership team, to design and deliver or commission impactful staff engagement and team development interventions, events, or activities relevant to different staff groups.

Working for our organisation

NSFT is a large mental health trust employing staff in multiple locations across Norfolk and Suffolk. We provide mental health and learning disability services in the community and inpatient settings.

We believe that staff, who feel valued by their employers and are truly engaged, are able to provide better outcomes for our service users. It’s important to all of us that staff feel cared for and can work in a psychologically safe environment.

Some of the benefits you can expect:

• NHS pension
• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• staff physio service
• NHS discounts and many more.
   

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This role contributes to the development and delivery of the Trust’s OD and staff engagement strategies to improve overall organisational performance and effectiveness.

Working in line with NSFT’s People and Culture Strategy, you will regularly assess OD needs and create, develop and implement OD strategies and initiatives including embedding of Trust’s values.

We are looking for someone to provide a professional and specialist internal OD consultancy service. You will be working alongside HR Business Partners and their associated operational managers by providing specialist advice and support to understand, analyse, diagnose, and shape OD needs.   You will also define strategies and plans to meet these needs and contribute to organisational effectiveness.

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of developing and implementing Organisational Development strategies, plans, policies and procedures
• Experience of supporting teams and or individuals through change

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in Organisational Development within the NHS

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Degree and CIPD Professional Qualification (Graduate CIPD Member) plus additional training or equivalent experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable criteria

• Coaching or mentoring qualification
• Accredited and experienced in using psychometric assessment tools