People Promise Manager

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

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Job summary

Do you have experience working in the field of HR, Organisational Development, Workforce, Staff Experience/Engagement, or Retention, and have knowledge and experience in leading large-scale programmes of work?

Have you worked strategically at an organisation or ICS level and have knowledge and experience of the factors that influence staff experience and staff retention in the NHS?

If you answer yes to the above and are passionate and driven to deliver transformational change, we have an exciting opportunity for a newly created fixed-term People Promise Manager role in our organisation that will offer a challenging and interesting programme of work.

For internal candidates, we welcome a conversation about an internal secondment option.

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Main duties of the job

As a People Promise Manager, the post holder will be responsible for coordinating and embedding all elements of the NHS People Promise within the organisation. They will work collaboratively across the organisation and ICS (Integrated Care Systems) and with other designated People Promise Managers to maximise opportunities to retain staff across the NHS and Social Care.

You will also have colleagues doing the same role in other organisations regionally and nationally to relate to and to offer and receive support.

As well as being embedded into the organisation's structure, the post holder will operate on a matrix basis, managed by the ICS Retention SRO, and build strong relationships with the Regional Retention Manager and colleagues in the National Retention Programme as required. It will be essential to pass vital information from their organisation to inform retention policy and changes in practice, as necessary.

About us

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.

The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Date posted

18 April 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,952 to £57,349 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

380-SS0515

Job locations

Eastern and Coastal Area Office

Littlebourne Road

Canterbury

CT11AZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main responsibilities of the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.

Knowledge and experience

Essential

Have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
Have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
Experience of managing and motivating a team/virtual team and reviewing performance of the individuals.

Desirable

Experience of identifying and interpreting national policy.

Skills, Capabilities & Attributes

Essential

Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
Ability to negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change.
Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action, working to tight and often changing timescales.
Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.
Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others.
Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies

Other

Essential

Able to travel across various sites where applicable

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.

Knowledge and experience

Essential

Have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
Have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
Experience of managing and motivating a team/virtual team and reviewing performance of the individuals.

Desirable

Experience of identifying and interpreting national policy.

Skills, Capabilities & Attributes

Essential

Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
Ability to negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change.
Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action, working to tight and often changing timescales.
Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.
Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others.
Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies

Other

Essential

Able to travel across various sites where applicable

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.