Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services. Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital. Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions. Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients. In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research. We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit. Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’. The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients. We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS. Job overview Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We have around 25,000 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs. We are pleased to offer a six-month fixed term opportunity for a Senior Diversity Project Manager. This role has been created to deliver three key projects as part our, GSTT Charity funded, Anti-Racism programme of work. The three projects in scope include: An end to end review of the GSTT recruitment process through the lens of bias and candidate experience To take forward a review of the Just Culture Restorative approach and integrating this approach in a range of HR policies and processes To scope the research required to baseline the current reputation of the Trust as the ‘Employer of Choice’ within Lambeth, Southwark and other London Boroughs. Leading into the development of an attraction strategy. This post will be based in the People Directorate reporting on a day to day basis to the Deputy Chief People Officer, but responsible to the Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. We will be looking to interview week commencing 13th November 2023 Main duties of the job The post holder will develop and lead the direction and delivery of the project work streams, and support and enable senior managers, clinicians, partners and directors. A key aspect of the role will be to ensure appropriate evaluation and metrics are in place to support impact monitoring and milestone achievement of the above projects. The role is expected to provide leadership directly and indirectly for project management and support and identity resources needed to enable project delivery where necessary. The post holder will work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to ensure effective management of interdependencies and delivery of objectives Working for our organisation Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best-known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high-quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. Detailed job description and main responsibilities For a comprehensive list of the role responsibilities please see the attached Job Description/Person Specifications, briefly summarised as follows: Lead or support the production of project plans that deliver agreed milestones and objectives. Lead project management training and model practices to both internal staff members and external stakeholders and partners. Develop business cases, including feasibility studies, outline business cases and detailed scheme designs. Provide project management leadership and expertise to the individuals in the project team and ensure that the leads have clear responsibilities, priorities and timescales and track delivery. Design, facilitate and effectively lead project management meetings with stakeholders; ensuring breadth in participation and a focus on action planning Develop and maintain effective project reporting Proactively mitigate risk across all project activity and assurance informing and relevant organisations of effective risk management plans. Determine and allocate staff and other resources for assigned projects, monitoring work allocation and re-allocating as necessary to ensure successful delivery to time, cost and quality Plan and implement appropriate evaluation and audit of projects within the post-holders portfolio. Manage a delegated budget for own area of work to ensure best value for money, including signing off invoices, monitoring expenditure and providing budgetary reports. Lead the commissioning and procurement of products, equipment, services, systems and facilities, as required for the delivery of the project. Manage engagement plans for project(s) to proactively ensure that positive and effective relations are developed and maintained between members of the team, all clients and key internal and external stakeholders throughout the project. Manage strategies to achieve acceptance, consensus and alignment of views, both formally and informally from senior managers and clinicians. Person specification Qualifications/Education Essential criteria Relevant Masters, equivalent professional qualification or equivalent experience. Experience Essential criteria Experience of operational HR, and working in a centralised HR team delivering services to a business area or across the Trust. Evidence of leading successful project and / or operational performance and improvement Project management experience in large complex organisations, including development, implementation and management of change Skills and Knowledge Essential criteria Excellent understanding and track record of successful change and project management. Highly effective people and project management skills. Ability to find innovative ways of solving or pre-empting problems. Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership. Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy. As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends. Flexible working We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process. Your e-mail address is important to us - We communicate to all job applicants via the e-mail address which has been provided on the application form. Please ensure that you check your e-mail on a regular basis. Please apply for this post by clicking "Apply Online Now." Further details / informal visits contact Name Jane Matty Job title Deputy Director - People Strategy Email address [email protected]