Join MFT as our Director of Organisational Development & Inclusion and drive your career to new heights, at one of the largest and most complex NHS Trusts in England.
This newly created role means you have the opportunity to shape, influence and build how and where you want it to impact. Reporting directly to the Deputy Chief People Officer, you will be working in collaboration with our senior leadership teams to design and implement strategic organisational development and inclusion initiatives which drive a compassionate and inclusive culture together with strategic ownership of comprehensive leadership development programmes.
It goes without saying you will have autonomy to drive organisational development and inclusion transformation strategically and skilfully, achieved by influencing decision making and increasing organisational and individual awareness of exceptional OD and inclusion practice, through the introduction, development and maintenance of leading-edge interventions.
As for you, you are passionate about all things ‘organisational development and inclusion’, recognised as a role model leader with a compassionate and supportive style, an eagerness to empower others in decision making, with the expertise to encourage our teams to know they make valuable contributions, leading to a high performing, inclusive, open, and transparent culture.
If this all chimes with you, we would love to hear from you.
With extensive experience working at senior management level in a health, social care, or similar large complex organisations, you will provide effective leadership within the OD & Inclusion team, ensuring individual contributions are maximised, and development needs are met, creating a truly integrated OD & inclusion service.
With a successful record in service improvement & change, delivered across a complex organisation, you will make a significant contribution to the overall success of the Trust, setting & implementing strategic objectives as part of the MFT People Plan and other key Trust Strategies.
With significant experience of providing advice on OD and inclusion matters, in a large, complex, multi-professional organisation, you will lead the development and maintenance of MFT-wide OD & inclusion policies.
With a thorough understanding and practical experience of delivering large scale OD and inclusion engagement initiatives, you will work with other colleagues to influence how the OD and inclusion experience shapes organisational direction, strategy and focus, using the MFT People Plan as an enabler for change.
With considerable experience of developing and applying OD & inclusion strategies, employment law and policies, you will actively engage in national policy development, Greater Manchester and Northwest Region strategy & change, researching best practice across the NHS, ensuring MFT is innovative in its approach to the OD and inclusion profession.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading.
Candidate Information Pack
To support this vacancy, we have developed a bespoke ‘Candidate Information Pack’ which provides specific information about the role and the Selection Process. To request a copy of this pack, please contact Executive Assistant/Office Manager to Chief People Officer & Deputy CPO Susan Ramnaught, via email susan.ramnaught@mft.nhs.uk.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you

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