Leadership and Management Skills Trainer

at  The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

This is an exciting and influential role in the field of leadership and management skills training. Reporting jointly to the Maguire People Skills Educational team and the Organisational Development & Engagement Specialist in the OD team, this role focuses on developing leadership & management talent within The Christie. This is an 18-month proof of concept role which will be reviewed and potentially extended.
Leadership & management skills are crucial to developing effective organisations, a positive inclusive culture, and both patient and staff well-being. The Maguire People Skills Team mission is to support health and social care staff in every role and at every stage of their career, developing compassionate, effective skills in communication, coaching, leadership and management.
Working across both the OD and Education teams, the Leadership and Management Skills Trainer will lead the design, delivery, commissioning, signposting and evaluation of the leadership and management training portfolio for the Trust. They will support the roll out of the leadership and management development frameworks, and the inclusive culture leadership initiatives in the Trust.
Additionally, as part of the People Skills Team, the individual will offer highly specialised, expert knowledge and skills to support the development, facilitation, and evaluation of our full range of gold standard leadership, management and communication skills programmes.
We’re looking for someone with excellent teaching, facilitation, and organisational skills who can manage a range of leadership and management programmes of education aimed at all levels of staff in The Christie
You should be experienced and competent in planning, designing and delivering training using a variety of teaching approaches, both face to face, virtually, blended and in a e-format. We’re particularly looking for candidates who can create a learning culture that translates the trusts values and principles into the busy workplace. Additionally, you will be able to appraise external courses for impact and outcome, and will have experience in guiding people to identify the right learning for themselves.
Suitable candidates will have substantial experience as a leadership and management educator, will demonstrate a passion for supporting our people and patient care, and will understand and promote the concepts of equity, diversity, inclusion, belonging and engagement in all activity undertaken.
You will have the ability to work with engage, motivate, influence, and enthuse others, showing a passion for behaviour changing education and an empathy with the pressures of busy NHS professionals. You will be able to evidence that you can work autonomously, deliver to deadline under pressure, maintain professional boundaries, manage budgets, be flexible to meet the needs of the workforce, and be a compassionate and supportive colleague to others in the team.
You’ll be joining the team at an exciting time. Several new leadership and management interventions are in-design phase or just about to commence so you’ll have an opportunity to shape our offer and make a positive difference.
We support the frontline of cancer care and you will directly impact on those who deliver it and the effectiveness of our organisation, bringing our Trust values and behaviours to life.
Flexible and hybrid working is supported in the team and questions about this are welcomed. The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country. We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

1. Take responsibility for the planning, development, delivery and evaluation of a range of training events and services to meet leadership and management training needs of The Trust and other Maguire client groups internally and externally.
2. Deliver training in a variety of settings, including face to face and on-line, using specialist skills to adapt learning and facilitation accordingly.
3. Deliver specialist knowledge to a range of colleagues which support the strategic development of high-quality leadership and management skills – informed by national policy, Trust cultural reviews and contemporary research in both management and leadership practice and educational delivery.
4. Provide expert support to workforce colleagues, to proactively identify development pathways, and specialist training needs and opportunities for all Christie staff.
5. Develop strategies and new, innovative modes of delivery to inclusively meet the needs of all stakeholders, including hard to reach groups, groups with specific learning needs.
6. Facilitate groups and individual sessions which require specialist knowledge, highly developed interpersonal skills and the ability to enthuse, inspire and challenge a range of colleagues – including senior staff medical, nursing, AHP and managerial groups
7. Contribute to the community of practice groups within the Trust for leaders and managers
8. Deliver training on relationships and people dynamics. Focusing on people, structures and systems, and provide expert advice and support to associate facilitators, being a source of specialist knowledge in OD, leadership and cultural learning.
9. Take responsibility for sourcing, and contracting with external suppliers where appropriate, ensuring cultural alignment and effective and efficient delivery and ROI
10. Deliver specialist training courses to complex and challenging groups, which can include highly emotive and distressing subjects and reactions. Following up and debriefing.
11. Have a proactive approach to the development of new business opportunities, working alongside the Maguire unit lead, and Education Business Manager to develop business cases and bids
12. Design and develop evidence-based tools for evaluation, audit and research in relation to all aspects of the training programme. Identify opportunities for dissemination of output, including publication in peer reviewed journals and presentations and high-profile conferences.
13. Maintain knowledge of current research and development in the field of Leadership, Management culture and inclusivity
14. Analyse evaluation data, research, national policies and guidelines and theoretical developments and recommend options for developing and improving programmes, practices and services accordingly.
15. Represent the Maguire People skills Team, and OD Team at meetings and events, when required. This can include presentation to large groups and conferences to represent the strategy of the team.
16. Contribute to the development of the leadership & Management profile in the Trust, regionally and nationally by identifying opportunities for collaboration, publication and marketing.
17. Communicate and support members of the Maguire People skills and Senior Leadership Team and liaise with relevant staff from the Trust and ICB on a range of matters.
18. Contribute to improving quality and supporting equality and diversity, adapting content to meet the needs of different stakeholders. Have an informed understanding of specialist communication needs which supports local and international markets.
19. Assist in maintaining own and others health, safety and security.
20. Any other duties as may be required from time to time and which are commensurate with the grade of the post.
21. Be involved in the appropriate recruitment of candidates to specialist courses.
22. Work alongside the Senior Trainer in the development of a cadre of specialist trainers which supports the service requirements of the Christie.
    Personal
    Participate in the performance review process and annual personal development plan to enable achievement of objectives and management of learning needs
    Attend relevant mandatory updates
    Be aware of relevant Trust policies and procedures and work within them
    Manage time effectively and efficiently
    Maintain the Christie values and behaviours