About this role
Job summary
We are seeking a highly capable and motivated Senior People Development Trainer to play a key role in the delivery and evolution of leadership and management development across Sherwood Forest Hospitals.
This is a full-time post within a well-established and high-performing People Development function, supporting the Trust's strategic ambition to build a strong, inclusive and sustainable leadership pipeline. Leadership development at Sherwood is an essential-to-role requirement for managers, and this role is critical in ensuring we deliver high-quality, consistent and impactful development at scale.
You will lead the design, delivery and evaluation of leadership programmes for managers at all stages of their career, including emerging, established and medical leaders. You will bring significant experience in leadership and organisational development, with the ability to translate strategic priorities into high-impact learning solutions, alongside strong facilitation, coaching and influencing skills to support leaders in complex and fast-paced environments.
This role is central to improving leadership capability across the Trust, directly supporting staff engagement, retention and progression, and enabling consistent, high-quality leadership practice. Effective leadership is a key enabler of safe, high-quality patient care, and this post plays a critical role in strengthening organisational performance, resilience and workforce sustainability.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for the end-to-end design, delivery and evaluation of leadership and development interventions that directly impact workforce capability and organisational performance.
Key responsibilities include:
Leading the delivery of Trust-wide leadership programmes, including Emerging Leaders, Established Leaders and Medical Leadership development Designing, developing and continuously improving leadership and management training aligned to the Trust's People Strategy and Training Needs Analysis Acting as a subject matter expert in leadership and management development, supporting leaders to build capability in areas such as performance management, change leadership, and team effectiveness Providing coaching and mentoring to leaders at all levels to support professional development, service improvement and organisational change initiatives Supporting the development of a consistent leadership culture across the organisation, reducing variation in leadership practice and improving staff experience Working closely with key stakeholders across divisions to understand workforce challenges and co-design targeted development solutions In addition, you will support the day-to-day coordination and development of training activity, including contributing to team management and supporting the capability of other trainers within the team.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Job description Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements Essential
Significant up to date knowledge of leadership and management and learning development training delivery, HR, change and talent management approaches and improvement techniques and methodologies In depth understanding and implementation of organisational change and development processes Knowledge of project management approaches and techniques Broad knowledge of HR processes such as appraisal, sickness absence, and capability and performance management IT literate with good knowledge of IT packages (Microsoft Office)
Desirable
Good understanding of NHS initiatives Service improvement and lean concepts and models Knowledge of psychometric and other assessment tools to aid personal and professional development
Qualifications Essential
Educated to degree level or equivalent experience Level 5 or equivalent management qualification or relevant experience Training, Teaching or Facilitation qualification or equivalent experience Evidence of recent Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
CIPD qualification Project management qualification Coaching qualification or relevant experience
Experience Essential
Significant experience of developing, planning, organising and delivering of training programmes Significant experience of designing, planning, developing and delivering change management and a broad range of HR people management and soft skills training courses using high level communication and presentation skills Highly developed analytical and problem-solving skills To be innovative, with the ability to 'think differently' and challenge current behaviours and mindsets Experience of leading and managing a wide range of training courses Self- motivated, flexible 'can-do' team worker Resilient and able to challenge
Desirable
Service improvement and lean concepts and models Experience of using a range of psychometric and other assessment tools to aid personal and professional development and giving sensitive and constructive feedback Previous experience of working within complex organisation Experience of coaching and mentoring Data collation & report creation experience Persuasion, influencing & negotiation skills Experience of leading and managing a wide range of training courses
Contractual Requirements Essential
To work flexibly when required to meet the needs of the service Ability to travel between geographical sites when required
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.
Employer details Employer name Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address King's Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton-in-Ashfield
NG17 4JL
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)