Business & Strategy Manager

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust

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Job summary

The Business and Strategy Manager is a key and varied role within EMAS working across strategy development, business development and supporting new and emerging relationships with provider collaboratives and integrated care systems.

It is an exciting time in the ambulance sector with a new national focus on ambulance services. In this context the post holder will support the Deputy Director of Strategy and Partnerships to develop and take forward the Trust 5 year strategy and support wider trust colleagues to review and deliver associated sub strategies. The new 5 year trust strategy was launched in 2023 following development with staff, patients, public and integrated care system partners to ensure that the EMAS vision reflects growing and ageing population, increasing demand for our services, changing technology, new models of care and the new Integrated Care Systems opportunity for partnerships.

The post holder will also manage tenders for new business (and other business related projects), co-ordinating the process with subject matter experts across the organisation to ensure model development, written tender response and create a cost effective, high quality tender in response to the requirements of commissioners.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for someone with a good understanding of the NHS and its challenges, as well as skills in business development, building effective relationships and project management to take on this new and exciting role within the team.

Main duties include;

Business development

Lead and co-ordinate the trust response to individual tenders
Support the management of the tender pipeline
Assist with business development activities including horizon scanning, stakeholder mapping, stakeholder engagement exercises development of new business, market appraisals
Business planning processes
Develop options appraisals in relation to business opportunities

Strategy and planning

Support effective implementation of the trust strategy
To support the continued development of the Trust Clinical Strategy.
Support monitoring of delivery of key milestones in the trust strategy
To support the embedding of a Trust-wide culture of Transformational behaviour, seeking to drive long-term improvements and innovation within the Trust.
Support development of options appraisals in relation to new strategic opportunities

About us

EMAS is a friendly, supportive organisation to work for, with this role sitting within the Strategy and Transformation Directorate.

It is an exciting time in EMAS at the moment. Last year we both received significant new investment into the ambulance sector last year and launched our new 5 year trust strategy that starts to define a different approach for the organisation.

EMAS has five values which underpins everything we do; how we deliver our services and how we work with each other.

Respect: Respect for our patients and each other.
Integrity: Acting with integrity by doing the right thing for the right reasons.
Contribution: Respecting and valuing everyone's contribution and encouraging innovation.
Teamwork: Working together, supporting each other, and collaborating with other organisations.
Compassion: Ensure that compassion is central to both the care we provide and how we treat one another.

Date posted

14 June 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

335-A-1514

Job locations

Home Based

Nottingham

NG8 6PY

Job description

Job responsibilities

This role reports to the Deputy Director of Strategy and Partnerships.

Please see job description for further information

Job description

Job responsibilities

This role reports to the Deputy Director of Strategy and Partnerships.

Please see job description for further information

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Programme and project management experience
Proven track record of working with colleagues in other organisations to deliver partnerships and associated outcomes
Experience of creating successful business cases or equivalent documents

Desirable

Experience of working on, developing or implementing tender responses
NHS Management experience

Qualifications

Essential

Professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent
Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

Programme or Project Management Qualification, or demonstrable experience
Educated to masters or equivalent level or experience

Knowledge and skills

Essential

Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build rapport and credibility with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
Good working knowledge of relevant NHS policy initiatives and likely changes in the medium term.
Well-developed analytical skills with sound judgement in interpreting data and nuances of information.
High level of organisation, self-motivation
Business management skills

Desirable

Development of clinical strategy, partnership strategy and stakeholder mapping

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Programme and project management experience
Proven track record of working with colleagues in other organisations to deliver partnerships and associated outcomes
Experience of creating successful business cases or equivalent documents

Desirable

Experience of working on, developing or implementing tender responses
NHS Management experience

Qualifications

Essential

Professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent
Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

Programme or Project Management Qualification, or demonstrable experience
Educated to masters or equivalent level or experience

Knowledge and skills

Essential

Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build rapport and credibility with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
Good working knowledge of relevant NHS policy initiatives and likely changes in the medium term.
Well-developed analytical skills with sound judgement in interpreting data and nuances of information.
High level of organisation, self-motivation
Business management skills

Desirable

Development of clinical strategy, partnership strategy and stakeholder mapping

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.