Senior People Development Trainer

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., 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.,

• 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.

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. Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here