Employer: Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Acre Mill, Town: Huddersfield
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 01/04/2025 23:59
Interview date: 07/04/2026
NHS AfC: Band 6
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.
We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.
We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.
Job overview
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust are looking for a dynamic and experienced Organisational Development (OD) Practitioner to join our team!
This is a great opportunity to join a team committed to developing interventions including digital content to ensure our leaders have the tools to create the best conditions for effective team working, where all colleagues can thrive which in turn will deliver effective patient outcomes.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will take an active role in learning and organisational development activities with a focus on digital content. Scoping, designing, facilitating, and evaluating development interventions which support teams and leaders through change and team interventions. You will take a lead on various elements of our leadership and talent programmes and will support in the creation of tools and resources to support colleagues and managers. This could include videos. You will have experience in learning design and facilitation, as well as exposure to various types of OD interventions and will have an aptitude for learning and further developing your skills. You should be a strong communicator, with previous experience in delivering and developing internal communications messages to engage our people.
As an OD Practitioner, you will play a crucial role in fostering growth, innovation, and high performance across our organisation. If you're a strategic thinker with a passion for developing people and processes, we want to hear from you!
Working for our organisation
Workforce and Organisational Development (WOD) are responsible for developing our people strategies, policy, practice, and delivering WOD services which support strategic objectives, improve staff engagement, comply with legislation, and support organisational culture development and the embedding of organisational values.
As part of the OD team you will design and facilitate a range of learning and organisational development interventions across the organisation which support the Trust Strategy. You will be working across the full cycle of learning and OD work; from scoping and contracting, data gathering and designing appropriate and impactful solutions to delivering engaging interventions, as well as evaluating short-, medium- and long-term impact.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Specifically, the role will take a lead on the overall management, design, delivery and evaluation of Learning and OD interventions in the areas of talent, leadership, digital and team development in line with our Trust Values and NHS People Plan priorities.
With a passion for developing individuals and teams, you will be an experienced L&D/OD professional, committed to enhancing the colleague experience.
Key Responsibilities:
* Lead organisational development initiatives to improve processes, culture, and engagement.
* Partner with leaders to develop and execute leadership development programs.
* Conduct assessments and diagnostics to identify areas for improvement.
* Facilitate team-building activities, workshops, and training programs.
* Promote a culture of continuous learning and employee development.
* Foster a positive, inclusive work environment.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Degree level qualification in Learning/ OD/ HRM/ Organisational Psychology or equivalent experience.
* Evidence of CPD in a Learning, OD or related role.
* MBTI/Insights Practitioner (or other similar behavioural tools).
* Coaching or Mentorship qualification.
* Communications or Engagement qualification.
Knowledge & experience
* Knowledge of key concepts and best practice in OD.
* Experience of supporting organisational culture and embedding values.
* Experience of contributing to organisational change and deploying OD interventions to support change.
* Experience of assessing organisational culture through a variety of options.
* Experience of working with teams to develop their effectiveness using a range of interventions.
* Knowledge of key concepts relating to adult learning such as learning styles.
* Experience of the full learning cycle of Learning Needs Analysis, design, delivery and evaluation.
* Experience of utilising psychometric instruments to support team effectiveness.
* Understanding of the NHS and key workforce challenges.
* Experience of using coaching to support individual and team development.
Practical/Intellectual Skills/Personal Qualities
* Demonstrate the capability to analyse and interpret data to produce recommendations.
* Group facilitation skills virtually and in person with the ability to build rapport and communicate with large groups of diverse staff.
* Communication skills in large groups and on a one to one basis with the ability to build rapport and give a clear message to people at all levels of the organisation.
* Team member skills with the ability to deliver key objectives through collaboration with others.
* Able to demonstrate professionalism with the ability to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust values even when under pressure.
* Flexible with the ability to adapt and change plans particularly when facilitating large groups to meet their needs.
* Ability to produce highly professional presentations and other learning materials.
* Ability to produce clear summary OD evaluation reports.
* Ability to represent organisations priorities and challenge the views of others who demonstrate behaviour contrary to Trust values.
* Ability to demonstrate positive working relationships that produce well-formed outcomes.
* Ability to work independently to solve problems and find solutions.
Our vision is to provide One Culture of Care for one another in order that we can provide compassionate care for the people who use our services. We are passionate about creating a workplace where we work together to get results, encouraging colleagues to have their say, in order to co-create the change we want to see. We take pride in the diversity of our workforce that’s why we encourage applications from all. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants.
Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/education history over the last three years and include valid email addresses for them. We will request electronic Factual Employment References from your previous employers. These references will be requested before you are issued with an unconditional offer of employment letter.
If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system. The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.
You may be required to undertake a DBS. The Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £54.40, Standard £26.40 or Basic £26.40) from your salary when you commence in post (including Internal staff). You will also be required to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £16 cost per year. This is a condition of your employment.
CHFT is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.
If you have any questions please contact ask.recruitment@cht.nhs.uk for assistance.
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