Head of Workforce Transformation & Planning inAshton Under Lyne inAshton Under Lyne PUBLISHED TUE 3 DEC 2024

Are you a seasoned expert in strategic workforce planning, ready to take on a pivotal role in shaping the future of healthcare delivery? We're seeking a dynamic Head of Workforce Transformation & Planning to play a pivotal role in our transformation journey.

As we embark on ambitious projects like our Community and In Patient Tranformation Programmes, your expertise will be instrumental in ensuring we have the skilled workforce needed to meet tomorrow's healthcare challenges head-on.

In this key role, you'll lead the development of strategic workforce plans that align with our Trust's vision, national initiatives, and service innovations. You'll be the linchpin between analysis, strategy, and execution, driving complex workforce planning, transformation, and organisational design for major projects and ensuring alignment with our strategic goals.

As the Head of Workforce Transformation, you'll lead our approach to workforce planning. Your strategic acumen and ability to collaborate with others will guide the development and implementation of workforce transformation and planning strategies.

The postholder will lead on workforce transformation and development programmes across the Trust and support workforce planning across core services, including the development of a fully costed workforce plan.

Working closely with a team of senior Workforce & OD professionals, the postholder will be the lead workforce representative within relevant programmes of transformation, providing workforce expertise to relevant programmes of work and leading on the implementation of relevant pieces of work.

Additionally the postholder, working closely with the Head of Education and Development will lead the development of the Trust's strategic workforce plan and associated monitoring of the implementation of that plan.

About us

• Leading complex workforce planning and transformation for major projects, aligning with strategic goals.

• Providing expert input to the development of workforce plans and strategies to underpin the business cases that support the New Hospital Programme and other major programmes.

• Leading the team providing workforce support to our New Hospital Programme, developing and delivering on all aspects of the project relating to our people, and working closely across our existing people directorate teams.

• Develop strong working relationships and providing expert workforce and HR advice to impact decisions, support initiatives, clarify accountability, and communicate progress across project workstreams.

• Harnessing best practice and innovative thinking to address future healthcare needs through workforce planning and transformation.

• Developing workforce planning capacity and capability of HR colleagues and senior managers