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Workforce Development Manager

Manylion swydd
Dyddiad hysbysebu: 12 Medi 2024
Cyflog: £55,114 bob blwyddyn
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: Reading; £55,114 , London; £57,114 (pro-rata)
Oriau: Rhan Amser
Dyddiad cau: 22 Medi 2024
Lleoliad: London
Cwmni: Government Recruitment Service
Math o swydd: Dros dro
Cyfeirnod swydd: 367855/1

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In DHSC, we are proud of our purpose – to enable everyone to live more independent, healthier lives for longer. To achieve this, and create a great place to work, we have four values: we are inclusive, we constantly improve, we challenge, and we are agile. If this sounds like an environment you’d like to work in, we’d love to hear from you.

The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) officially launched on 1 October 2021 with the aim of tackling health inequalities across the country. As part of DHSC, OHID brings together expert advice, analysis and evidence with policy development and implementation working with the whole of government, the NHS, local government, industry, and wider partners to shape and drive health improvement and equalities priorities for government.

This is an exciting opportunity to work across the civil service and the NHS to deliver public health workforce development for the Kent, Surrey and Sussex (KSS) area and to support regional programmes of work.

Your primary focus will be to co-develop the workforce plan for KSS with partners to build the capacity and capability of the core and wider public health workforce. This will include leading the KSS Workforce Leads meeting; project managing the KSS workforce plan producing and submitting progress papers to the Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) network and the South East School of Public Health.

You will lead the South East Making Every Contact Count (MECC) forum liaising with providers, commissioners to map activity; share best practice; build the evidence base for MECC as well as address and trouble shoot regional challenges. This will also include evaluating the South East MECC Health and Justice pilot.

You will work closely with the Associate Head of School of Public Health to support the development of the school in leading the education and training for the practitioner and specialty training programmes. You will oversee the KSS practitioner programme to ensure a quality assured and robust scheme.

You will work in partnership with stakeholders to support the delivery of the South East Workforce Development plan primarily by supporting the delivery of the public health apprenticeship programme across the region.

This role is an external facing role whose main purpose is to support the development of the public health workforce across the Kent, Surrey and Sussex systems and South East region. The post-holder will be responsible for key programmes to be delivered to an agreed workplan across the region in line with local system needs and national strategy.

The job holder will be responsible for work with the OHID South East Region (OHID SE), the local system including local authorities, emerging Integrated Care Systems, the NHS, the voluntary & third sector and higher education institutes and support to some national programmes. They will lead, co-ordinate and support partners in developing a highly skilled workforce to meet emerging and future challenges in public health.

They will work across the Kent, Surrey and Sussex (KSS) region for the OHID South East Region, the local School of Public Health office and other partners to support:

  • Workforce intelligence and planning
  • Revalidation
  • Training, learning and education including organisational development for the Region
  • Leadership development
  • Practitioner development
  • Development of the wider public health workforce
  • System capability and capacity

There is scope to develop the role in response to emerging needs and challenges.

  • Leading and communicating - with clarity, conviction and enthusiasm.
  • Collaborating and partnering - professional and trusting working relationships with a wide range of people.
  • Building capability for all - strong focus on continuous learning for oneself, others and the organisation. All staff has a role as a local advocate for public health and their OHID Region.
  • Additional skills such as delivery through others, influencing skills, knowledge transfer, supporting evidence into practice and leadership and influencing skills will be supported for all workforces in the OHID Region and included where relevant into staff Personal Development Plans (PDPs).

If required, and where this does not fundamentally change the post holder’s role or level of working, the necessary training and development will be provided to take on work in a new area or theme to meet the business requirements of the Region.

Communication and Key Working RelationshipsInternal

The successful candidate will report to the OHID SE Workforce Programme Lead; work closely with the OHID SE Deputy Director Health & Wellbeing & Workforce, and Workforce Development Managers to build effective working relationships across the Region and the organisation.

External
  • The successful candidate will work closely with the Schools of Public Health, NHS England South East - Workforce, Training and Education (WT&E) Directorate, Kent, Surrey and Sussex Head of Public Health Workforce Development. They will build working relationships with public health education and training organisations in the Kent, Surrey and Sussex region in particular within WT&E, and Local Government public health teams.
  • The successful candidate will work with the South East Associate Directors of Public Health Network and the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Workforce development steering group to engage employers of public health staff including Local Authorities, OHID - DHSC, NHS England, the Schools of Public Health, UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and NHS organisations.

Your normal place of work will be your contractual primary workplace, usually either London or Leeds. Within DHSC we offer non-contractual hybrid working. The expectation at present is a minimum of 60% of your working time spent in the office, enabling in person interaction and collaboration and enhancing team working, learning, and support.

You will be asked to express a location preference during the application process. Please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas and some travel may be required across the DHSC estate.

Opportunities for some working from home may be available; other flexible working options may be discussed with the hiring manager in line with individual circumstances and business need.

There are a limited number of DHSC colleagues who have existing agreed homeworking contracts resulting from Our Future Estate Programme 2023-2024. Colleagues covered by these arrangements are eligible to apply for this role whilst continuing their agreed existing home working arrangement. Occasional travel to DHSC offices or other locations may still be required according to business need. Travel and subsistence will be provided in line with the pre-agreed homeworker arrangements.

This role is available as part-time only, for a minimum of 0.8 FTE.