Organisational Development Partner

We are excited to be recruiting for an Organisational Development (OD) Partner within the Organisational Development team at UHS. In this role, you will lead design and delivery across a broad range of OD programmes and interventions. Working closely with managers, clinicians and leaders within the organisation, partnering with them to make our Trust a great place to thrive, excel and belong. We are looking for a committed individual who can continue to deliver the meaningful work we have started, someone who can enhance and extend our support to staff experience, engagement, inclusion, leadership development and culture across the Trust., Support the delivery of the UHS People Strategy and UHS Inclusion and Belonging Strategy. - Lead the implementation of the OD consulting model at UHS. Embed the approach to consulting, contracting, and evaluation within all OD programmes across the Trust to ensure accountability at a senior operational level, and evidence of impact and improvement. - Work closely with Trust teams who contribute to organisational improvements and collaborate on trust-wide initiatives - including Always Improving (Transformation), Research and Development, Patient Safety, Strategy and Partnerships. Work alongside People Directorate teams: Communications and engagement, HR, Training, Workforce, and Psychology to deliver programmes, resources and interventions. - Act as the OD Partner in relation to oversight of the consistency of OD partnership, practitioner and facilitator interaction with teams and services across the Trust, ensuring the OD approach is "wrapped around" services that require support. - Ensure that OD is an enabler to improvement, and is a role model for improvement, connecting people to ensure support is accessed outside of the OD scope. - Responsible for the implementation of systematic processes for UHS that identify, develop and retain talent within the organisation, and contribute to trust-wide policies or processes. You will also line-manage the OD Practitioners and OD Facilitator, and support the leadership of the OD team Business Support function., Equality remains at the centre of our policymaking, service delivery, and employment practice, giving all employees equal opportunity to develop, apply for promotions, and have working arrangements that enable them to achieve a manageable work-life balance. UHS actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for managers and staff to ensure this happens. We also closely monitor recruitment activity, training, development, and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital status and age.

With a flair for creativity and innovation, you will be confident in communicating, partnering and engaging staff at all levels of the organisation. Ultimately, we want to focus on empowering every manager to support the wellbeing and development of their staff.,

• Expert knowledge of OD acquired by formal qualifications or equivalent experience or training - gained within large-scale organisations.
• An understanding of current thinking on leadership and organisation development, combined with direct experience in the development, design and delivery of organisational-wide cultural transformation programmes.
• Experience in influencing and advising leaders at different levels, together with managing teams and working with external providers.
• Able to demonstrate behaviours that meet our Trust Values of Patients First, Always Improving, Working Together
  
  As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to.
  
  Specific to this role is the suitability for agile working which is a mixture of on-site and remote working. In addition, we are open to discussing flexibility in the hours that you work. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need, and we will explore what's possible for the role and service. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
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