Job summary
INTERNAL ONLY TO NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (NCIC) EMPLOYEES ONLY
An exciting opportunity has arisen working within the Strategic Planning and Performance Directorate working as a Head of Planning for the next 12 months. The main responsibilities of the post will be to support the:
- Development of a strategic implementation plan to help support the implementation of the Trust's new five year strategy
- Review and implementation of the Trust's annual Operating Plan providing regular update reports on its delivery arrangements
- Coordination and development of emerging and required business case documents
- Evaluation of previously funded business cases to ensure that the Trust is receiving the expected benefits realisation and
- Development and roll out of the GIRFT Further faster proposals
Main duties of the job
The main purpose of the role is to improve the coordination and development of the proposed planning process, add momentum and pace to the Trust's planning and implementation functions by adding capacity for joined up working and development. Expertise in capital and business planning as well as strategic development and implementation as well as organisational leadership for transformation will be central to the role being successful and is essential for the role.
You will be educated to Masters level or equivalent experience in Business Administration, Programme/Project Management or similar and have extensive specialist knowledge, expertise and experience, acquired through advanced professional training put into practical effect over a significant period of time, programme management, project management and performance management (including or with a good working knowledge of Managing Successful Programmes, PRINCE2 and Benefits Realisation).
You will also have senior management experience in a service or healthcare delivery organisation.
Experience of delivering highly complex performance and other reports and messages to a diverse range of people is essential, as well as having a proven track record of significant experience and successful outcomes at a senior level in managing and delivering business planning, strategy development and deployment, programme & project management.
About us
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people. Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond. We're responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time'.
- Being a clinically led organisation
- Quality and safety at the heart
- A positive patient experience every time
- A great place to work
- Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies?
- Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
- If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Important Information
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.
For candidates applying using a Hotmail account or have strict firewall settings please ensure the following:
- Junk Mail is checked regularly
Disclosure and Barring Service:
On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.
The changes mean that:
- youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
- the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.
If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.
Nacro Tel: 0300 123 1999, or email: helpline@nacro.org.uk
Unlock Tel: 01634 247350, email advice@unlock.org.uk or complete the online form on the Unlock website
The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Standard Check: £18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
Enhanced Check: £38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.
A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.
27 day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
Flexible working Scheme
Excellent opportunities for development
Competitive NHS Pension scheme
Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies
EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
These schemes are subject to availability
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies?
- Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
- If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Important Information
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.
For candidates applying using a Hotmail account or have strict firewall settings please ensure the following:
- Junk Mail is checked regularly
Disclosure and Barring Service:
On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.
The changes mean that:
- youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
- the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.
If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.
Nacro Tel: 0300 123 1999, or email: helpline@nacro.org.uk
Unlock Tel: 01634 247350, email advice@unlock.org.uk or complete the online form on the Unlock website
The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Standard Check: £18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
Enhanced Check: £38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.
A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.
27 day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
Flexible working Scheme
Excellent opportunities for development
Competitive NHS Pension scheme
Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies
EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
These schemes are subject to availability
Person Specification
Qualifications and Previous experience
Essential
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent experience in Business Administration, Programme/Project Management or similar
- Extensive specialist knowledge, expertise and experience, acquired through advanced professional training put into practical effect over a significant period of time, programme management, project management and performance management (including or with a good working knowledge of Managing Successful Programmes, PRINCE2 and Benefits Realisation).
- Senior management experience in a service or healthcare delivery organisation.
- Experience of exceptional information and budgetary management in a multi-disciplinary environment.
- Experience of interpretation of highly complex sets of business data (e.g. analysis of performance data towards improvement through service redesign).
- Experience of delivering highly complex performance and other reports and messages to a diverse range of people in ways suited to the audience in one to one and group situations. This includes contexts where there is antagonism and significant resistance to the messages conveyed such as in discussions or consultations (e.g. with managers, clinicians, staff, patients or commissioners), about contentious business changes, so as to address barriers to acceptance and change with the aim of influencing people to obtain buy-in.
- Demonstration of business environment awareness and analysis (patients/ customers, NHS/commissioners, Government, competitive health market) with a flair for creative strategy and change programme development proposals.
- A proven track record of significant experience and successful outcomes at a senior level in managing and delivering business planning, strategy development and deployment, programme & project management.
- Significant experience of documenting processes and procedures
- A track record of success in planning and delivering major organisational change
- Experience as a senior manager working cross-functionally, cross-organisationally with people at an executive (director/chief executive) level in a strategic role.
- Significant experience supported by training of recruiting and managing professional staff in line and virtual teams over a period of time including mentoring and continuous professional development.
- Experience of negotiations/consultations within/across organisations (ideally involving staff, commissioners, the public and equality impact assessments).
Written and verbal communication skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Highly competent public speaker/communicator.
- Ability to communicate complex matters in simple, understandable language
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- High level of interpersonal, oral, presentation and written communication skills with the ability to persuade and influence others at all levels, demonstrating political and diplomatic skills and awareness of organisational culture, the sensitive, confidential or controversial nature of material and the tactful and appropriate use of it.
- Developed ability to listen and take input from others, amending stance appropriately.
- Ability to analyse, interpret and make judgements in relation to substantial amounts of complex data so as to make reasoned, logical deductions and plans.
- Ability to plan workload considering conflicting priorities and deadlines
- Highly computer literate, possessing standard keyboard skills with experience and competence in the use of MS Office applications, particularly Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project and Visio to analyse data and prepare professional documents.
- Knowledge of looking at the effective and efficient deployment of resources using a range of techniques.
- Experience of creative problem solving.
- Strong numeric skills, with proven ability to receive, analyse and interpret complex information such as material requiring strong numerical and verbal critical reasoning ability where the ability to think strategically, logically and clearly and to take rational decisions and decisive action under pressure is necessary, analysing problems, generating solutions and influencing others to secure agreement
- Highly developed persuasive, influencing and negotiating skills.
- Ability to lead and manage the motivation, conduct, performance and activities of other people.
- Ability to understand, interpret and implement guidance.
- Ability to work effectively in multi-disciplinary/multi-agency groups
- Results oriented, highly self-motivated and dynamic self-starter with a pro-active, flexible and adaptable approach.
- Positive attitude towards learning and development, demonstrated by a record of consistent personal, career and continuing professional developme
Personal Attributes / Qualities
Essential
- Tenacity: demonstrates high levels of self-belief, drive, enthusiasm and stamina to achieve goals and see things through
- Ability to motivate, inspire and provide innovative solutions.
- Excellent judgement
- Ability to understand links between operational, tactical and strategic delivery and alignment
- Ability to achieve consistently good results in an inclusive and collaborative manner.
- Ability to work effectively in a complex and changing environment.
- Ability to work under pressure to demanding timetables
- Understands the need to deliver short-term priorities and achieve long-term goals (sense of balance).
- High degree of political awareness
- Displays innovative and lateral thinking
- Prepared to work totally flexibly
- High degree of self-awareness
- Ability to maintain confidence, at all times
- High levels of personal integrity and loyalty
- Intellectual flexibility that enables the reasoned assessment of a situation and the ability to draw pragmatic conclusions
- Ability to 'broad scan' to keep abreast of developments in the Health Care sector
- Ability to deal with confidential issues in a professional and sensitive manner
Person Specification
Qualifications and Previous experience
Essential
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent experience in Business Administration, Programme/Project Management or similar
- Extensive specialist knowledge, expertise and experience, acquired through advanced professional training put into practical effect over a significant period of time, programme management, project management and performance management (including or with a good working knowledge of Managing Successful Programmes, PRINCE2 and Benefits Realisation).
- Senior management experience in a service or healthcare delivery organisation.
- Experience of exceptional information and budgetary management in a multi-disciplinary environment.
- Experience of interpretation of highly complex sets of business data (e.g. analysis of performance data towards improvement through service redesign).
- Experience of delivering highly complex performance and other reports and messages to a diverse range of people in ways suited to the audience in one to one and group situations. This includes contexts where there is antagonism and significant resistance to the messages conveyed such as in discussions or consultations (e.g. with managers, clinicians, staff, patients or commissioners), about contentious business changes, so as to address barriers to acceptance and change with the aim of influencing people to obtain buy-in.
- Demonstration of business environment awareness and analysis (patients/ customers, NHS/commissioners, Government, competitive health market) with a flair for creative strategy and change programme development proposals.
- A proven track record of significant experience and successful outcomes at a senior level in managing and delivering business planning, strategy development and deployment, programme & project management.
- Significant experience of documenting processes and procedures
- A track record of success in planning and delivering major organisational change
- Experience as a senior manager working cross-functionally, cross-organisationally with people at an executive (director/chief executive) level in a strategic role.
- Significant experience supported by training of recruiting and managing professional staff in line and virtual teams over a period of time including mentoring and continuous professional development.
- Experience of negotiations/consultations within/across organisations (ideally involving staff, commissioners, the public and equality impact assessments).
Written and verbal communication skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Highly competent public speaker/communicator.
- Ability to communicate complex matters in simple, understandable language
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- High level of interpersonal, oral, presentation and written communication skills with the ability to persuade and influence others at all levels, demonstrating political and diplomatic skills and awareness of organisational culture, the sensitive, confidential or controversial nature of material and the tactful and appropriate use of it.
- Developed ability to listen and take input from others, amending stance appropriately.
- Ability to analyse, interpret and make judgements in relation to substantial amounts of complex data so as to make reasoned, logical deductions and plans.
- Ability to plan workload considering conflicting priorities and deadlines
- Highly computer literate, possessing standard keyboard skills with experience and competence in the use of MS Office applications, particularly Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project and Visio to analyse data and prepare professional documents.
- Knowledge of looking at the effective and efficient deployment of resources using a range of techniques.
- Experience of creative problem solving.
- Strong numeric skills, with proven ability to receive, analyse and interpret complex information such as material requiring strong numerical and verbal critical reasoning ability where the ability to think strategically, logically and clearly and to take rational decisions and decisive action under pressure is necessary, analysing problems, generating solutions and influencing others to secure agreement
- Highly developed persuasive, influencing and negotiating skills.
- Ability to lead and manage the motivation, conduct, performance and activities of other people.
- Ability to understand, interpret and implement guidance.
- Ability to work effectively in multi-disciplinary/multi-agency groups
- Results oriented, highly self-motivated and dynamic self-starter with a pro-active, flexible and adaptable approach.
- Positive attitude towards learning and development, demonstrated by a record of consistent personal, career and continuing professional developme
Personal Attributes / Qualities
Essential
- Tenacity: demonstrates high levels of self-belief, drive, enthusiasm and stamina to achieve goals and see things through
- Ability to motivate, inspire and provide innovative solutions.
- Excellent judgement
- Ability to understand links between operational, tactical and strategic delivery and alignment
- Ability to achieve consistently good results in an inclusive and collaborative manner.
- Ability to work effectively in a complex and changing environment.
- Ability to work under pressure to demanding timetables
- Understands the need to deliver short-term priorities and achieve long-term goals (sense of balance).
- High degree of political awareness
- Displays innovative and lateral thinking
- Prepared to work totally flexibly
- High degree of self-awareness
- Ability to maintain confidence, at all times
- High levels of personal integrity and loyalty
- Intellectual flexibility that enables the reasoned assessment of a situation and the ability to draw pragmatic conclusions
- Ability to 'broad scan' to keep abreast of developments in the Health Care sector
- Ability to deal with confidential issues in a professional and sensitive manner
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
