Social Value Manager

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

NHS LPP has designed a new vision and strategy that better responds to our customers achieving maximum value and savings in the current challenging NHS landscape. The new strategy puts Sustainability and Social Value at the heart of what we do. As a result, a new Sustainability and Social Value (SSV) team have been created that includes a newly created Social Value manager posts. This role will support the New Hospital Programme (NHP).

Reporting to the Assistant Business Director, the social Value manager will play a vital role in the success of NHS LPP. The postholder will lead on providing better strategic engagement and business intelligence, as well as develop existing and new opportunities for NHS LPP, meeting NHS LPP Steering Board agreed targets and objectives.

This will be a multifaceted role with responsibility for the new Social Value tool which is being rolled about across London to report, monitor and track Social Value commitments made in competitive tendering processes and other agreements. The post holder will work across all NHS LPP category experts and other departments to ensure that members' Social Value requirements are met with a strategic and a well-considered approach, in line with PPN06/20, NHSEI guidance and local priorities. The post holder will also be the NHS LPP super user for the Social Value tool

Main duties of the job

Co-develop training material that supports the roll out of the new tool.

Support NHS LPP to become a centre of Social Value excellence within the health economy and across the wider public sector by ensuring customers and the market understand the NHS LPP value proposition in order to influence buying decisions.

Lead on representing the customer voice to develop the tool to ensure it remains fit for purpose.

Develop and maintain strong relationships with existing customers as well as connected stakeholders across the wider service to build NHS LPP's social Value reputation and strategic position.

Represent NHS LPP as a progressive, proactive, responsive and innovative organisation with a purpose to improve peoples' lives through the delivery of best in class social value criteria in procurements, with an ambition to reach 'world-class'.

About us

NHS LPP develops and manages collaborative procurement projects on behalf of its members including acute, community and mental health trusts, as well as CCGs. NHS LPP has a number of customers outside of London. This postholder will lead on strategic, category-specific engagement with customers to increase existing spend across the entire NHS LPP workstreams; identify new business opportunities; provide critical intel between customers and category experts sourced from current challenges faced by customers and or competitor behaviours to improve our service offer. The organisation will continue to develop as a centre of commercial excellence that delivers significant and sustainable cost and service improvements to all stakeholders primarily in the London economy but also outside London.

Date posted

08 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£58,698 to £65,095 a year p.a inc HCA

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours

Reference number

196-COF9955

Job locations

NHS LPP

India House, 45 Curlew Street

London

SE1 2ND

Job description

Job responsibilities

The postholder will form part of the Sustainability and Social Value team, responsible for delivering Social Value and savings for NHS LPP customers. The role will lead on a number of NHS LPP customer Social Value accounts, including managing day-to-day relationships and ensuring ongoing development and growth. The postholder will work in an integrated way with NHS LPP category experts and other departments to ensure they represent the current Social Value proposition and objectives in a relevant and strategic way.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree level or equivalent training and experience

Desirable

Member of related professional body or equivalent

Experience

Essential

Demonstrable background and specific experience in developing Social Value strategies
Delivering Social Value plans in a complex environment

Desirable

Demonstrable experience of planning, managing and delivering stakeholder programmes and projects

Skills

Essential

Acts as a strong leader and is respected by key stakeholders and other senior decision makers of stakeholder organisations

Desirable

Works collaboratively to positively influence stakeholders and embed NHS LPP value proposition

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree level or equivalent training and experience

Desirable

Member of related professional body or equivalent

Experience

Essential

Demonstrable background and specific experience in developing Social Value strategies
Delivering Social Value plans in a complex environment

Desirable

Demonstrable experience of planning, managing and delivering stakeholder programmes and projects

Skills

Essential

Acts as a strong leader and is respected by key stakeholders and other senior decision makers of stakeholder organisations

Desirable

Works collaboratively to positively influence stakeholders and embed NHS LPP value proposition

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.