Workforce and People Senior Manager (XN08)
Job Description
Job summary
The Workforce and People Senior Manager is responsible for delivering regional elements of the NIHR RDN Workforce strategy, including learning, organisational development (OD), and inclusion initiatives. This includes ensuring sites and networks have the necessary skills to deliver RDN effectively. The role leads on strategic workforce planning, develops workforce intelligence, and drives equality, diversity, and inclusion efforts within the RRDN. The post holder provides operational management of the Workforce Development function and line management for Learning & Development Facilitator, Digital Learning Designer, and Clinical Educator posts. Responsibilities also include staff performance reviews, identifying training needs, and ensuring capabilities align with business objectives.
Main duties of the job
Lead regional delivery of RDN Workforce strategy, inspire teams, represent region nationally, and propose innovations to enhance workforce capacity and capability. Coordinate annual planning, and input into RRDN business planning, with focus on workforce, development, and inclusion. Develop national systems for workforce intelligence, manage learning and development programs, and use Information and Learning Technology to support teaching. Manage Workforce Development staff, ensure effective induction programs, and oversee regional/national training delivery. Write regional policies and provide expert guidance on research governance. Contribute to national projects, develop inclusive learning programs, and partner with colleagues for consistent development opportunities.
Manage GCP Facilitator Development, ensure standardized delivery, and handle performance management locally.
Collaborate with the Life Sciences Industry to support workforce development and champion their contribution to NHS and social care.
Embed continuous improvement, promote RDN as a learning organization, and innovate in digital enablement strategies.
Build relationships with stakeholders, ensure high-quality Workforce Development, and collaborate on communication strategies.
Enable effective RDN delivery, ensuring a positive impact on patients, carers, and the public.
Provide reports to leadership, ensuring compliance with governance standards.
About us
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is funded by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). NIHR works in partnership with the NHS, universities, local government, other research funders, patients and the public. The NIHR funds, enables and delivers world-leading health and social care research that improves people's health and wellbeing and promotes economic growth. NIHR is a major funder of applied health research in low and middle-income countries.
The whole of England will be supported through 12 NIHR Regional Research Delivery Networks (RRDNs). The RRDNs will work with the national Research Delivery Network Coordinating Centre (RDNCC) to provide a joint RDN leadership function so that the NIHR RDN as a whole functions as a single organisation with a shared vision and purpose across England.
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Job responsibilities
STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
Lead on the regional delivery of the RDN Workforce strategy to support the strategic, system-wide development of the research delivery workforce across a broad range of roles, specialties and settings
Motivate and inspire teams by being a visible leader and acting as a role model for others
Work as a senior member of the national RDN Workforce and Organisational Development team, representing the region at a national
level and participating in nationally agreed initiatives
Propose key innovative opportunities for increasing research delivery workforce capacity and capability across the RDN
Act as an ambassador for the RDN and wider NIHR
BUSINESS PLANNING
Coordinate engagement with and adherence to annual planning and reporting requirements
Input into the development of RRDN business planning and management for other services and functions where there are dependencies on workforce development, organisational development and the people side of inclusion
INFORMATION & ADMINISTRATION
Develop shared, national systems and processes for gathering robust research delivery workforce intelligence to inform the strategic
development of regional workforce planning activities with partners
Oversee and manage the coordination of regional and where appropriate, national programmes of learning and development including design, delivery and evaluation
Lead and develop the use of Information and Learning Technology to support learning, teaching and assessment across the network and to align with the digital enablement strategy
Report on and present complex data with clarity to senior forums including at Board Level
OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT
Line manage staff members in the Workforce Development function, which will include undertaking staff reviews to identify training and development needs, and establishing how those needs will be met, and managing performance against agreed objectives
Ensure adherence to all RDN approaches and frameworks, and employers policies by all staff in the Workforce Development function
Provide the link for all courses at a national level and provide advice and guidance to the local facilitators
Provide operational oversight and management of regional and, where appropriate, national programmes of work
Ensure effective local induction programmes are in place for all RRDN staff
Provide highly specialist advice on all aspects of the research process in particular interpreting legislative and regulatory requirements and
providing guidance to researchers on fulfilling their obligations
Write regional policies and SOPs by interpreting national directives and guidelines for local implementation, and to work with local partners to support the implementation of these where necessary
SERVICE IMPROVEMENT & DEVELOPMENT
Actively contribute to the development and delivery of national projects and initiatives to drive national and regional impact
Contribute to the development of research leadership that enables a positive One RDN culture and behaviours
Understand regional and national research delivery learning and development needs and partner in the development of high-quality
learning that is inclusive and meets the needs of a diverse workforce
Work as a collegiate partner with colleagues across the Network to ensure consistency of the development opportunities provided to staff, customers and stakeholders
PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
Manage the Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Facilitator Development Programme and ongoing facilitator development, including performance
management issues where required
Determine capacity of the facilitator community across the RRDN region in conjunction with health and care organisations and advise/guide accordingly
Performance manage course facilitators from the RRDN and Delivery Organisations to ensure a standardised approach to logistics for delivering learning and development is implemented
Lead in managing performance issues locally as agreed with the Workforce and Organisational Development Directorate (RDNCC)
LIFE SCIENCES INDUSTRY
Actively collaborate with the RDN Life Sciences Industry in supporting the development of the research delivery workforce within new sites and increasing capacity and capability to deliver a range of studies
Champion RDN Life Science Industry research and the importance and contribution of industry to NHS and social care within learning and
development activities for RDN staff and stakeholders
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
Develop business cases/options papers for the RRDN leadership team to inform decisions regarding workforce and organisational development
Working with the RRDN Finance team, provide accurate financial analysis for use by the RRDN Leadership team to inform strategic network wide decisions
Provide effective management of any financial resources allocated for the successful development & delivery of high-quality, cost-effective learning and development as well as regional and national meetings or events to ensure value for money
Proactively manage and review resource allocation, identifying areas of potential cost savings
Procure and manage necessary hardware and software ...
