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NHS Lanarkshire is seeking a highly motivated Learning and Organisational Development Manager to join our team. In this role you will support the Head of Organisational Development to design, develop and implement initiatives to ensure our staff feel valued, motivated, and supported in their careers.
You will lead a small team of Organisational Development and learning staff who will help to deliver initiatives in support of our organisational strategy. You will manage and oversee the delivery of innovative approaches to learning, development and education for our staff. The role is varied and requires flexibility to respond to changing needs of the organisation from writing reports to promoting our organisational values or commissioning external training – the scope of the role is both interesting and varied.
We are seeking an individual with a background of line managing a team specifically within an Organisational Development or Learning and Development environment.
The following knowledge, training and/ore experience is required:
- Educated to Masters level and /or can demonstrate equivalent experience.
- Professional qualifications appropriate to post e.g. member of CIPD, accredited in psychometric tools, qualified coach.
- Excellent communication skills with highly developed written communication skills and evidence of problem solving/solution finding traits.
- Ability to manage conflict resolution.
- Be able to demonstrate an understanding of the complexities, culture; policies and structure of the health and social care environment.
- High level of interpersonal, strategic and technical skills combined with a supportive and visible leadership style.
- Advanced listening skills to interpret difficult and challenging messaging regarding people and persuading people to change practice.
- Demonstrate advanced practice skills and contemporary knowledge of organisational / leadership development and learning theories and how these apply in practice.
- Evidence of leadership and management skills.
- Understanding of and experience of working in a large, complex, multi-site organisation.
- Be able to evidence excellent influencing and negotiation skills.
- Have excellent communication, interpersonal skills and presentation skills.
- Be able to demonstrate strong planning and organisation skills, with the ability to work under pressure, balancing priorities and working to set timescales.
- Have a strong customer focus and a positive can do attitude.
- Good PC skills - ability to use Microsoft software to a high standard.
The postholder must be a car driver able to travel and work in various locations across Lanarkshire and occasionally beyond.
Informal enquiries are wlecomed by Dr Kirsty Cole, Head of Organisational Development, on kirsty.cole@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
For queries regarding the application form or recruitment process only , please contact jane.davies@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk stating the job title and reference number in the subject. Please note: all job related queries must be directed to the informal contact noted above.
‘In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.’
Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.
NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any Worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by UK Visas and Immigrations. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. Candidates who require a Certificate of Sponsorship can access further information at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk. Skilled worker Visa and all current immigration rules are available at www.gov.uk
