Director of Workforce and Organisational Development
Swansea Bay University Health Board

Qualifications

Essential Criteria: 

• Chartered Fellow (Chartered FCIPD) or equivalent experience
• Educated to Master’s Degree level or equivalent post graduate qualification or equivalent senior level experience.
• Evidence of Continual Professional Development.
• Evidence of recent Management and Leadership Development.

Desirable Criteria: 

• Service Improvement Qualification
• Coaching Qualification

Experience

Essential Criteria: 

• Experience at least at Deputy level in a similar size organisation.
• Proven experience of working and contributing at Board level.
• Significant leadership management and professional experience.
• Evidence of working across a range of organisations to achieve significant change.
• Experience of strategic planning and development.
• Theoretical knowledge of OD techniques, practice and tools.
• Evidence of actively participating in service improvement and efficiency.
• Experience of building personal and professional credibility with Board, management and clinical teams and staff.
• Understanding of the challenges facing the workforce in the 21st Century.
• Understanding of the political agenda for Health and Social Care.

Desirable Criteria: 

• Previous experience of working within NHS at a senior level
• Previous Operational Management Experience

Skills

Essential Criteria: 

• Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively and co-operatively with colleagues and other partners.
• Confident and supportive team manager.
• Excellent leadership and influencing skills.
• Capacity to think strategically and analyse and solve complex problems.
• Inspirational leader who demonstrates the ability to lead and manage change.
• Facilitation skills and ability to manage conflict effectively.
• Committed to the continuous development of staff and self.
• Commitment to developing culture of openness and partnership.
• Evidence of self-awareness.
• Creative thinker

Desirable Criteria: 

• Welsh Language

Knowledge

Essential Criteria: 

• Understanding of NHS drivers and implications for the UHB
• Sound knowledge and experience of the NHS
• Understanding of the national regional and local healthcare landscape
• Sound knowledge of employment law and its application in the NHS

Additional

Essential Criteria: 

• Able to travel between University Health Board sites