Band 7 Leadership and Staff Experience Lead, Bath NHS House, Bath

at  Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

The overall purpose of the role is to support the implementation of inclusive non-clinical leadership and management development offers. In addition to deliver and support staff experience initiatives within the Trust.
You will be part of the wider Staff Experience Team and report into the Leadership and Management Development Manager. You will have strong connections to the Learning and Development Team too. It is an exciting time at AWP we are developing a new Leadership Plan aligned to our new People strategy and you can play a key role supporting the design, implementation and embedding of this plan. It is a great mix of leadership, management and other organisational development initiatives supporting the positive development of our staff experience.
Reporting to the Leadership and Management Development Manager, the post holder will ensure that the leadership and staff experience agenda supports delivery of AWP’s People Strategy which will include:
Supporting the designing, implementation and evaluation of development solutions to meet the organisational leadership, management and team development needs. To also support the development of staff experience initiatives that promote an improved inclusive staff culture.
Facilitating the development of managers and their teams and supporting bespoke development activities according to need, and within organisational objectives.
Supporting the Leadership and Management Development Manager to deliver the Leadership Plan.
Working collaboratively and co-operatively with others in AWP and across the ICS to help develop a workforce with the skills, knowledge and competence necessary to deliver safe effective patient care and to enhance the quality of service delivery.
It is an exciting time to work for AWP, we have a new organisational strategy, a new People Plan and a new Culture Change initiative called Great Place to Work. All these are aligned and will deliver great things for our service users and carers.
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

• To build and sustain effective relationships across the AWP and the wider Integrated Care System and other systems partners to support the collaboration and implementation of all initiatives.
• To deliver practical training as required on the basis of the analysis of learning need and the requirements of the business.
• To design and manage robust and accurate monitoring and evaluation systems for learning and development events and activities using that material to make recommendations and changes for improvement as appropriate.
• Ensure that all training is inclusive and reflects the Trust’s values of Passion, Respect, Integrity, Diversity and Excellence (PRIDE), and reinforces its commitment to principles of recovery.
• Ensure that all training programmes are reviewed at least once a year, in collaboration with associate trainers where appropriate, reviewing and updating learning outcomes, content, and teaching methodologies.
• Work alongside colleagues to ensure the best use of emerging learning technologies.
• To support managers across the Trust in understanding their responsibilities in respect to management, leadership and staff experience, in accordance with Trust requirements, and to support them in this regard.
• To be an active part of the coaching network– and to act as a coach to managers where indicated.
• Support the Leadership and Management Development Manager to work with managers in services and corporate departments to design, develop, deliver and evaluate (in terms of impact on business) activities, such as facilitated staff events, that relate to identified business need.
• Contribute to the overall organisational development activity, as required, including participation in Trust-wide strategic Organisational Development initiatives.
• To support the development of an annual management and leadership development programme and secure and manage resources as required.
• Support the development of bids for external funding and internal business cases for specific projects and initiatives.
• Take responsibility for prioritising own workload, and ensuring that work objectives are delivered to agreed timescales and standards, giving and receiving advice and support when needed, providing input at meetings appropriately and contributing positively to team motivation and morale.

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