Leadership Development Lead

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Employee Experience team as the Leadership Development Lead. This role will help us develop our internal leadership offer and will be given the opportunity to shape the future leaders of the Trust. This role will work closely with the Head of Leadership and Organisational Development to embed an inclusive and compassionate leadership development offer across the Trust. It will ensure that a holistic perspective is taken to leadership development, thinking outside of training alone and applying evidence based interventions to ensure our leaders are able to excel in their specific context. Its an exciting time to join NSFT as we have just co-created a new leadership framework that we want to ensure is embedded across the organisation at all levels. The role will be pivotal in designing, implementing and evaluating a variety of initiatives, working closely with the wider People & Culture Team and engaging with leaders across a wide range of Services and Professions. We want to encourage those with experience or interest in Behavioural Science to apply, this includes those who are finishing a current relevant development programme (e.g. MSc Organisational Psychology or Organisational Development)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 leadership development consultancy service to meet the needs of the organisation, especially our clinical leadership teams. You will be instrumental in supporting improvement of the overall organisational performance and effectiveness by developing, delivering and evaluating programmes of leadership . The role will provide strategic leadership and direction for the Trust's organisational development and leadership development strategies. The role is pivotal in driving cultural change, enhancing employee engagement, and building leadership capacity across all levels of the organisation. A core element of the role will be to support the delivery of a new leadership competency framework

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. We are a flexible employer, understanding that for our people to do their best work we want to ensure that they can work a pattern that benefits their other commitments. 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.