Person Specification

Person Specification – Director of Strategy and Change
Education and Qualifications		Essential	Desirable	Method of Assessment
	Educated to degree level or equivalent obtained through experience	✓		CV
	Relevant Professional/Postgraduate Qualification or equivalent obtained through experience	✓		CV
	Masters Degree in relevant subject		✓	CV
	Evidence of Continuing Professional and Personal Development	✓		CV
Experience	Track record of success at a senior management and leadership level in the NHS or large complex organisation	✓		CV & Interview
	Experience at Director level in the NHS		✓	CV
	Evidence of successful track record in strategic development and management	✓		CV/Interview
	Experience of capacity planning and translating organisation strategy and vision into operational objectives	✓		CV/Interview
	Evidence of successfully leading significant organisational change in developing new models of healthcare delivery.	✓		CV/Interview
	Demonstrate a successful track record in building, maintaining and utilising successful relationships with all staff, especially clinicians, service users and carers within complex organisations.	✓		CV/Interview
	Detailed knowledge of the strategic direction of the national and local health economy and the opportunities and threats for the Trust	✓		Interview
	Experience of successfully developing and implementing strategies and action plans promoting equality, diversity and inclusion	✓		CV/Interview
	Experience of devising and implementing effective communications and engagement strategies including social media	✓		CV/Interview
	An understanding of healthcare planning process and key national healthcare issues.	✓		Interview
	Demonstrate strong and credible leadership in being able to pull people together across systems and motivate them to deliver common aims and targets	✓		Interview
	Demonstrate a successful track record or delivering large change projects	✓		CV/Interview
	Demonstrable knowledge of the voluntary and community sector		✓	CV/Interview
		Essential	Desirable	Method of Assessment
Skills, Knowledge and Attributes	Highly effective communication skills – must be able to articulate complex issues to a wide range of recipients, both written and verbally	✓		Interview & Presentation
Skills, Knowledge and Attributes	Excellent presentation skills with the ability to engage and influence diverse audiences	✓		CV & Presentation
	Able to demonstrate sound financial management skills and understand business centred approach to healthcare provision.	✓		Interview
	Excellent organisational and time management skills to meet competing priorities	✓		CV & Interview
	Demonstrates strong commitment to action to achieve equality, diversity and inclusion in the NHS workforce and for the community.	✓		Interview & Psychometrics
	Excellent programme and change management skills as programme manager or sponsor. Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines	✓		Interview
	Ability to share vision and engender ownership in others	✓		CV & Interview
	Exhibits a drive, energy and enthusiasm and resilience to drive through and achieve end results and improvements	✓		Interview
	Acts as role model – values based leader	✓		CV & Interview
	Good judgment essential	✓		Interview
	Able to use change models to service development/transformation	✓		Interview
	Able to adopt different styles and approaches to support, influence and help shape innovation	✓		Interview
	IT literacy and competency	✓
	Political awareness	✓
	Able to handle highly sensitive and complex information	✓
Personal circumstances or other relevant criteria	Able to participate in the Director On Call Rota	✓

If a candidate is concerned that a person specification may prevent or restrict their application for employment on the grounds of their sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability they should initially contact the Appointing Officer or the Trust’s Human Resources department. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.