Leadership Development Lead

at  Norfolk Suffolk Foundation Trust

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people’s and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require

JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION

Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed.

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

We are looking for someone to join our team to support the development and delivery of a professional and specialist leadership development consultancy service to meet the needs of the organisation, especially our clinical leadership teams.
You will be instrumental in supporting improvement of the overall organisational performance and effectiveness by developing, delivering and evaluating programmes of leadership .
The role will provide strategic leadership and direction for the Trust’s organisational development and leadership development strategies. The role is pivotal in driving cultural change, enhancing employee engagement, and building leadership capacity across all levels of the organisation. A core element of the role will be to support the delivery of a new leadership competency framework

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

This role contributes to the development and delivery of the Trust’s Leadership and staff engagement strategies to improve overall organisational performance and effectiveness.
Working in line with NSFT’s People and Culture Strategy, you will regularly assess leadership needs and create, develop and implement Leadership strategies and initiatives including embedding of Trust’s values.
We are looking for someone to provide a professional and specialist internal Leadership consultancy service. You will be working alongside HR Business Partners, OD leads, Training and Development Leads and their associated operational managers by providing specialist advice and support to understand, analyse, diagnose, and shape leadership needs. You will also define strategies and plans to meet these needs and contribute to organisational effectiveness.