Assistant Director, Culture and Transformation

at  The Nursing and Midwifery Council

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES :

• Able to communicate, listen and influence colleagues and stakeholders openly and collaboratively, with a strong customer focus.
• Culturally competent leadership and inclusive decision making.
• Champion and advocate for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and able to confidently and autonomously lead on issues around our culture including by engaging employees and stakeholders from a range of backgrounds and at all levels to develop an inclusive culture.
• Able to motivate colleagues and stakeholders around a shared purpose, vision and approach.
• Confident and adept at working in a fast-paced environment with colleagues from across NMC as well as external stakeholders.
• Able to manage multiple demands and prioritise effectively.
• Ability to think critically and analytically to draw sound conclusions on the basis of complex data.
• Ability to analyse and distil multiple pieces of potentially complex information and present this clearly in written materials.
• Excellent people leadership skills and proven ability to motivate, develop and hold to account large and diverse teams.
• Integrity and a strong commitment to openness, honesty and inclusiveness. Listens and encourages honest and open discussion throughout the organisation to inform decision making.

ABOUT US

Our core role is to regulate. First, we promote high education and professional standards for nurses and midwives across the UK, and nursing associates in England. Second, we maintain the register of professionals eligible to practise. Third, we investigate concerns about nurses, midwives and nursing associates - something that affects a tiny minority of professionals each year. We believe in giving professionals the chance to address concerns, but we’ll always take action when needed.
To regulate well, we support our professions and the public. We create resources and guidance that are useful throughout people’s careers, helping them to deliver our standards in practice and address new challenges. We also support people involved in our investigations, and we’re increasing our visibility so people feel engaged and empowered to shape our work.
Regulating and supporting our professions allows us to influence health and social care. We share intelligence from our regulatory activities and work with our partners to support workforce planning and sector-wide decision making. We use our voice to speak up for a healthy and inclusive working environment for our professions.
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ABOUT THE ROLE

This is a permanent role, the expected tenure in post is 2 years. Whilst you will initially be posted to this role for 2 years, it may require movement between teams as the flow of work dictates. You will of course understand that this flexible approach enables us to provide the best possible service to our registrants.
This will not change your terms and conditions and will be discussed with you prior to you taking up the post. As part of our work to take forward the findings and recommendations of the People and Culture review and our broader culture transformation, we are recruiting for an Assistant Director.
The postholder will lead the planning, coordination and delivery of the NMC’s response to improve its culture and deliver on our purpose for the public. This is a challenging role, in a fast-moving context, with a high degree of complexity in the stakeholder relationships and engagement.
You will need to be confident working autonomously and have a clear focus on the delivery of impactful outcomes. This is an opportunity to have a significant impact on the NMC and to help shape its future culture.
The successful candidate needs to have a high degree of emotional intelligence and cultural competence as they lead colleagues and stakeholders through the planning and coordination of the NMC’s response programme.
To make meaningful and sustainable progress on our culture, the postholder will need to be collaborative and open with a diverse range of colleagues and stakeholders. They will need to bring colleagues together and galvanise them around a shared purpose and approach.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council is the independent regulator of more than 826,000 nurses and midwives in the UK and nursing associates in England. You will be a member of the NMC leadership team and will help shape the culture to enable the NMC to deliver on its vision of safe, effective and kind nursing and midwifery practice that improves everyone’s health and wellbeing.

ABOUT THE SELECTION PROCESS TO APPLY FOR THIS ROLE

Candidates will need to submit a CV and a two page written statement on their suitability for the role based on our requirements in the ‘About You’ section above.
If you are shortlisted, you will be invited to undertake a series of assessments prior to a final panel interview. Candidates are asked to complete a staff engagement session which involves shortlisted candidates presenting on a given topic and facilitating a discussion with a selection of colleagues from the NMC.
Please note, the assessment will not result in a pass or fail decision. Rather, it is designed to support the panel’s decision making and highlight areas for the panel to explore further at interview.