Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust Hiring for Head of Talent and Development Job at Maidstone, England Full Time

Working with leaders across the Trust, the region and beyond, you will deliver activity that improves the services we provide and supports our commitment to developing our people; ensuring learning is agile and accessible to all and that we continue to grow a sustainable workforce through robust talent management processes and accompanying development programmes. You will promote learning and development as an enabler of effective performance.

This role will support all of KCHFT’s learning and development activity, with a particular strategic focus on digital design and delivery, content curation, onboarding and talent and success. You will lead the development and delivery of L&D activities across the organisation and represent the Trust with OD activities and initiatives across the wider health and social care system.nProviding operational leadership to the Talent and Development function and supporting the wider Education and Development (E&D) team and Trust through overseeing learning design and partnering with other services delivering training or education; ensuring a consistent approach across the Trust.nYou will support the People Strategy with achieving its vision through implementing and achieving tangible actions and objectives across all learning and development activities, including leadership, cultural development, talent and management in line with supporting strategies, such as Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.

We have a passion for delivering high standards of care to patients who are recovering from illness, in need of rehabilitation, or extra support to get them home. We are one of the largest community NHS trusts in the UK, and we are rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC.

To deliver excellent local services and improve the health of our communities we need outstanding people who share our values (CARE):

• Compassionate
• Aspirational
• Responsive
• Excellent

Working for KCHFT won’t mean sacrificing family, friends or interests. Join us and work flexibly, in a way that suits you and your commitments outside work.

Looking for professional development? We can support that too! Ourcareer pathwayswill help you achieve your aspirations.

KCHFT is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, as we know that this leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. So, all our colleagues have equal access to career opportunities and are treated fairly.

KCHFT has signed up to be a real UK living wage employer. This means from 1 April 2021, the minimum salary we will pay is £9.90 per hour (excluding apprentices).

The real Living Wage is the only UK wage rate that is voluntarily paid by more than 7,000 UK businesses that believe their staff deserve a wage which meets every day needs – like the weekly shop, or a surprise trip to the dentist.

Making a commitment to paying the real UK Living Wage is in alignment with our values into action approach.

Find out more about the community differencehere.

The attached job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know so they can help you with this.

All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

It is important to us that all our staff are aligned to our Values and in particular the behaviours we expect from KCHFT managers. We therefore hold assessment centres as part of our selection process to higher level posts. The assessment centre is designed to assess your management style and will consist of several elements, details of which will be given if you are successfully shortlisted.

The provisional date of the Assessment Centre is 3rd August 2022, this may be subject to change.

Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity

Although vaccination against COVID-19 is not mandatory, we are strongly encouraging colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.