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Job Overview
Are you looking for an opportunity to work in an exciting role that offers variety, job satisfaction and fantastic opportunities for self-development? If so, then come and join us in the Organisational Development (OD) team, at our base in the Grange University Hospital, Cwmbran.
We are looking for someone with a passion for OD to role model our organisational values, to provide support and leadership in the development and implementation of the OD elements of our People Plan.
This role is varied and interesting. The successful candidate will lead on the Health Board’s core learning and OD provision including Organisational Induction, Statutory & Mandatory training, along with other related OD projects.
You will be joining a talented team, whose focus is on the delivery of excellent services to employees, visitors and service users of Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.
We promote agile working. This role will offer opportunities to work from various sites and from home. Work is something you do, not necessarily somewhere you go, we enable people to work from whichever location enables them to perform at their best.
As a team we have developed portfolios of work which promote autonomy and accountability and developmental opportunities – we’ll look to grow and develop you.
We offer a robust local induction to help orient you to the team and health board (and some of our wider team will join the selection process so you can get to know them too).
Main duties of the job
- Manage and deliver an effective and efficient Learning and OD provision for non-medical education and training across the organisation
- Develop planned programmes of work in conjunction with learning and development/OD practitioners, managers, Head of OD and agreed parameters in our People Plan
- Develop and monitor work streams and provide timely reports against all key objectives aligned, to this role and our People Plan
- Lead on the Health Board’s core learning provision including Organisational Induction, Statutory & Mandatory training and key programmes of work
- Lead on the design, delivery and evaluation of learning offers aligned to organisational need, making recommendations for improvement.
- Regularly facilitate learning and OD workshops and interventions aligned to service and organisational need.
- Design, manage and evaluate specific projects within Learning and OD
- Support senior OD practitioners in OD interventional work
- Provide line management to team members, aligned to all Wales compassionate leadership principles and our organisational values
- To enable the provision of an effective digital learning offer. This will include coaching, resource planning, performance management, appraisals and support with team and individual development.
- Design marketing and promotional materials and promote through relevant digital platforms and networks.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Qualifications And Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Appropriate Professional Registration or equivalent experience
- Relevant education to Masters Level or experience
- Knowledge of the wider NHS & multi sector organisation relating to OD
- Understanding of current national drivers influencing service development and education
Desirable criteria
- Recognised teaching/ L&D or OD qualification
- Project management qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Excellent L&D design, delivery & evaluation experience
- Planning learning programmes
- Proven experience in leading/implementing a project
- Experience of working in partnership across professional areas & organisations
Desirable criteria
- Data analysis, planning and management
- ESR & OLM superuser/admin user
- Management of successful change / Line management
Skills and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Facilitation knowledge and skills
- Ability to organise own and others workload
- Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage own workload, prioritise and meet deadlines
- Proficiency in MS packages (eg MS teams, Excel, PowerPoint)
Desirable criteria
- ECDL / IT GCSE
- Budgetary management
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel within all regions to support the health board
Desirable criteria
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards
