Learning and Development Operational Team Lead

An exciting opportunity to lead the Learning & Development Team at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has become available.

The Learning and Development Team are responsible for delivering and designing programmes that are role-relevant and health sector endorsed. Providing the highest quality and most engaging and skilled tutors and trainers, we look to employ the most effective, appropriate, and innovative delivery.

The post holder will manage, motivate and develop the Learning and Development team, providing the required governance, oversight and challenge to ensure the effective delivery of high quality apprenticeships, work based learning, careers and employability skills training which meet the needs of the organisation and are a positive and progressive learning experience for the apprentice, delegate or Employability service user.

The post-holder will work with colleagues within People Services across the University Hospital Tees Group.

The post-holder will line manage and provide leadership and support to the Learning and Development team. The post-holder will be required to undertake leadership development training.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will ensure the apprenticeship levy is utilised and accounted for and will co-ordinate apprenticeships and all other learning requirements (e.g., Work based Learning Portfolio and Prospect Employability programme).

The post-holder will ensure that the team are the core organisation and delivery of Management Essentials training.

The post-holder will work closely within the talent management, culture and engagement workstreams of the people services directorate, ensuring the work of the team is closely aligned to cultural development work.

Maintenance of excellent quality learning and assurance is key and this post will ensure all assurance analysis and reporting is of the highest level and that service change is implemented to ensure continuation of high-quality learning and education.

The aim of the team is to support career and personal development for the healthcare support workforce. The team links closely with the Trust Learning Partners, People Services and the Leadership and Improvement Team joint working between the teams is essential to meet the business requirement of the organisation.

Please note this post may close at sufficient applicants.

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers.

This programme aims to:

1. Explore leadership within the NHS
2. Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
3. Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
4. Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role.

After you complete this four and a half days of training, you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3, 5, 6 and 7.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to Degree level qualification
• Educated to MBA or equivalent operational experience managing learning and development
• Teaching/Learning qualification - i.e., Certificate in Education, 7307 or equivalent post graduate qualification (or willing to achieve)
• ILM/CMI level 5 Management Qualification or equivalent experience

Desirable

• Coaching and or leadership to ILM 5

Experience

Essential

• Experience in managing the delivery of learning and development programmes within a public sector organisation, preferably NHS, with demonstrable experience of co-ordinating the delivery of large-scale learning initiatives.
• Experience of coaching and motivating individuals on learning programmes

Desirable

• Proven track record of post qualification teaching delivery including designing and delivering learning and development initiatives, specifically management development programmes, the production of supporting learning materials, assessment, and evaluation models

Knowledge

Essential

• Budgetary management skills
• Business development skills
• Project management skills

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

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