Organisational Development Consultant

at  Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

This is an exciting role in a newly established team in the People and Organisational Development function that signals a time of significant change and an appetite for a new and different approach within MTW. As an advocate for effective people change, you will work alongside the Head of OD in the development and delivery of a Trust-wide Organisational & Leadership Development programme, applying your significant expertise to roll out a programme that delivers sustainable change. This cross-cutting programme will engage our senior leaders to improve organisational effectiveness and organisational health by aligning the way we work to our values and behaviours. The team will support the Trust’s most strategically important programmes, designing, delivering and evaluating interventions to improve team effectiveness and performance in addition to developing and supporting the organisational strategy through organisational design. This includes structure as well as governance both internally and externally working in collaboration with partners across the health, care and wider systems.
Responsible for the development and delivery of powerful organisation-wide change programmes based on an expert and skilful diagnostic underpinned by theory and experience.
Provides expert guidance on the development of Trust-wide leadership development and talent management strategies, implementation and engagement plans.
Supports the development of a high performing team to create and deliver a coherent, high quality and efficient OD work plan that supports the Trust in meeting its strategy and delivers a sustainable and embedded Trust wide OD programme.
Designs and deliver world-class, cutting edge OD interventions which have significant impact on departments and teams e.g. utilises a wide range of skills, tools and interventions such as coaching, mirroring and challenging, creating safe confidential spaces, team assessments, individual psychometric assessments to effect change.
Influences senior management particularly during complex change, encouraging a relational and people-orientated approach.
Provide leading edge thinking, advice and challenge to senior stakeholders on organisation development issues pertaining to major change programmes
Be informed by key theories; action research, systems theory, OD self as instrument; change theories and actively develops supplemental theories to enhance the impact of OD
Role model the Trust’s Values and Behaviours and lead from a position of embodying the change required in the system
MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.
We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.
In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at Basic Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)
At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.
We support our staff with disabilities to ensure they have the adjustments they need to be the best they can be in the workplace. Collaborating with Access to Work means that our staff are assessed by experts in the workplace and we ensure that their recommendations are implemented as quickly as possible. You can find out more here: Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Interview Date: TB

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