People Development Partner

Learning and development:

• Design, develop and implement engaging learning solutions that meet individual, team and organisational needs, including the FCMS Leadership Development Programme
• Evaluate learning activity to ensure programmes are achieving meaningful outcomes and adding value
• Promote a culture of continuous learning and professional development across the organisation

Apprenticeships and career pathways:

• Support the continued development and promotion of apprenticeship opportunities across FCMS. These are owned by the Training Team, and will be delivered and owned separately to the People Development Partner, although an awareness of the work in this area will be required
• Work alongside managers and colleagues to identify qualification and CPD pathways that support workforce development
• Support the development and communication of talent pipelines that strengthen recruitment, retention and progression of talent across the organisation

Leadership and talent development:

• Facilitate the design and delivery of management and development initiatives
• Contribute to talent development programmes that nurture future leaders across FCMS
• Help managers create development opportunities that build confidence, competence and capability

What we're looking for:

We're looking for someone who enjoys connecting with people, understanding what makes teams successful and creating opportunities for others to grow.

You'll be curious, creative and relationship focused, with the ability to work across a diverse organisation and understand the unique challenges different teams face.

You'll be equally comfortable facilitating a workshop, meeting with senior leaders, analysing workforce trends or designing a new development pathway from scratch.

Most importantly, you'll be passionate about helping people realise their potential in a very genuine way, supporting FCMS to become an even better place to work.

In addition to the above, the successful candidate will contribute directly to the Training Team reputation of getting stuff done, and done well. The emphasis on proactivity, communication and relationship building across the organisation demonstrates how we need a driven individual to make the most of this opportunity. With the right person, we will make learning and development feel easy, accessible and genuinely valuable for every team across FCMS. By building trusted relationships, understanding what makes our people and services successful, and creating meaningful development opportunities, this role will help colleagues achieve their ambitions, strengthen our workforce and make FCMS an even better place to work.

Our key expectations are:

• Self-awareness: Living authentically
• Adaptability: Being ready to adjust depending on the situation
• Openness: What you see is what you get
• Positivity: With a real sense of being able to strive for the impossible
• Generosity of spirit: Everyday should be an opportunity to act with kindness
• Ability to have fun: Taking the role seriously, whilst being yourself

Our Why:

To nurture an environment of inspiration, innovation and disruption so this people in our world receive exceptional healthcare for this generation, and the next.

Values:

Our organisational culture is very important to us, so it is vital that the successful candidate lives and breathes complimentary values and behaviours. Our behaviours should be in line with our values which form part of our Company DNA:

• Fun: People rarely succeed unless they are having fun. Happiness is healthy!
• Awesome: We aren’t here to be average, we’re here to be awesome!
• Humble: We’re here to make a difference to the lives of others, NOT to see how important we can become
• Brave: We challenge the norm. We have the courage to get the difficult jobs done
• Oompf: We have natural oompf! It’s infectious!
• Go-getting: We are intuitive to changing needs and respond quickly which we do with energy, ideas, and positivity

Disability Confident Employer

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.

DBS

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exemption Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. This will require three forms of valid ID to be produced and verified. The onboarding process is also subject to an Occupational Health check, suitable professional references and eligibility to work in the UK (with the requirement to provide relevant documentation as evidence). For Driver positions you will also be required to undertake a Driver check.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Working in a learning environment, or workforce, organisational or people development role
• Building effective relationships across a range of leaders and managers
• Identifying development needs and designing solutions
• Managing multiple development projects simultaneously
• Facilitating learning and development activities with a range of audiences
• Supporting workforce change, improvement or organisational development initiatives

Desirable

• Working with a range of CPD and qualification-based courses
• Talent development and succession planning initiatives
• Supporting organisational change programmes
• Developing high-quality delivery resources
• Validating resources against external CPD accreditation

Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding of learning and development principles and techniques
• Understanding of employee development and career progression principles

Desirable

• Talent management and succession planning to support workforce development

Skills

Essential

• Relationship building and stakeholder engagement
• Asking effective questions and exploring workforce challenges
• Influencing and communication skills
• Ability to analyse information and identify development needs
• Creative problem-solving
• Project management and organisational skills

Desirable

• Working effectively with colleagues at all levels, offering challenge as appropriate
• Identify root causes rather than immediate symptoms

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.