Job summary
The Education Directorate Business Manager is an exciting role playing a pivotal part in ensuring that the day-to-day operations of our business within the Education Directorate at Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust run effectively.
Whether you have a background working in healthcare or you have developed great leadership and business skills in other sectors such as retail, education or hospitality we are keen to hear from you.
The successful candidate will be an accomplished manager, ideally with management experience in the public sector, such as education, academia or healthcare, with demonstrated expertise of finance, HR, and business planning. A high degree of personal organisation and a systematic approach to problem solving is required. The Education Business Manager will have direct responsibility for the business development of the Directorate and the commercial sustainability of its services, keeping the Deputy Director, Education leads and senior managers up-to-date with local and national opportunities and developments to support business and strategic decisions. The postholder is also responsible for providing professional leadership and management of new staff, in partnership with line managers, to enhance overall experience and effectiveness.
Main duties of the job
Business planning and monitoring, including supporting Education Leads with ensuring services are best value for money;
Analysis and data management; interpretation and report writing;
Monitoring workforce recruitment, vacancy gaps and job planning and supporting Education Leads and Managers seeking advice;
Project leadership and support, including complex bid writing through to delivery and evaluation;
Supporting the Horizon Centre Manager in auditing building use and opportunities to support the development of future business cases and capital works;
Leading on the impact and evaluation workstreams ensuring the Education Directorate is successful and can demonstrate its impact;
Supporting bid and grant applications and submission of business cases on behalf of the Directorate and developing income opportunities;
Supporting teams with events that promote education;
Leading on developing and delivering comprehensive Directorate communications, engagement and marketing plans, includingpromotion of the Directorate both internally and externally;
Partnership working and partnership development within the organisation and with external stakeholders and partners;
Contract, Quality Assurance and policy adherence;
Supporting the curriculum and competency design and delivery of management and business learning and development for the Trust.
About us
The Education Business Manager role will provide financial and business management support to the Associate Director, Senior Managers and Education Leads within the Education Directorate.
The Education Directorate is based within the Horizon Centre at Torbay Hospital where NHS England (NHSE) and other commissioned programmes are delivered alongside Trust training and development and other education activities, and Library Services.
The teams include:
- Apprenticeships
- Clinical Skills & Mandatory Training
- Digital Horizon / Digital Futures
- Education Programmes
- Horizon Centre admin team
- Library and Knowledge Services
- Medical Education - undergraduate and postgraduate
- People services teams, including the Strategic People Partners, Organisational Development and Employee Relations
- Practice Educators
- Resuscitation
- Simulation
The role includes working in collaboration with:
- Deputy Director of Education and Workforce Development;
- Head of Workforce Development (Support & Enabling Services);
- Head of Digital Education and Simulation;
- Head of Medical Education;
- Head of Clinical Education;
- Education Team Leads;
- People services teams;
- Management Accountant;
- Other education partners outside the Trust;
- Directors and senior managers from across the People Directorate and the Trust, inc. communications and resourcing teams.
- All staff across the Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for a detailed description of the responsibilities and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for a detailed description of the responsibilities and person specification.
Person Specification
Essential and desirable
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent.
- Postgraduate qualification, working towards or willing to undertake.
- Business Management qualification / accredited training or equivalent experience.
- RSA level 2 computer skills or equivalent. Computer literate Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook.
- Experience as Finance Manager, Recruitment Manager or Business Intelligence Manager in a relevant sector.
- Evidence or recent and relevant CPD/training.
- Knowledge of health service management
- Experience of contracting and working with external providers.
- Experience of communications and marketing and demonstratable experience of engagement with internal and external stakeholders.
- Experience of writing complex and detailed policy and procedures in a regulated working environment.
- Experience of bid writing.
- Experience of quality assurance processes or statutory regulation assessments, e.g. NHS England, CQC, Ofsted.
- Proven track record of managing finances, budgets and/or resource allocation.
- Experience in analysing, interpreting and presenting highly complex financial data and ability to translate metrics into reports and action plans.
- Strong background in data analysis budget and project management.
- Experience in line management processes to include recruitment, inductions, mentoring, supervision, monitoring performance and appraisals.
- Evidence of collaborative working to improve service performance.
- Ability to develop and support teams at a senior level.
- Able to demonstrate an awareness and understanding of supporting equality and valuing diversity within their role.
- Able to prepare and give formal presentations to groups.
- Previous management experience and/or commitment to management training.
- Strong leadership skills and an ability to manage change effectively.
- Able to plan, hold, chair and take notes at meetings.
- Able to write documentation clearly and succinctly.
- Able to gain confidence of users, clinicians, senior managers and others involved in delivery of service.
Desirable
- Knowledge of and experience in Quality Improvement (QI) processes
- Project management qualification or training.
- HR training/qualifications.
- Previous experience as a Commissioning Manager.
- Understanding of NHS processes and systems
- A knowledge of NHS management structures and policy.
- A knowledge of digital education/digital innovation.
- Experience of supporting colleagues under informal and formal HR processes.
- Knowledge of payment, procurement and business case procedures within the NHS.
- Experience of contributing to curriculum design, competency framework design, in the areas of management and business administration.
Person Specification
Essential and desirable
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent.
- Postgraduate qualification, working towards or willing to undertake.
- Business Management qualification / accredited training or equivalent experience.
- RSA level 2 computer skills or equivalent. Computer literate Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook.
- Experience as Finance Manager, Recruitment Manager or Business Intelligence Manager in a relevant sector.
- Evidence or recent and relevant CPD/training.
- Knowledge of health service management
- Experience of contracting and working with external providers.
- Experience of communications and marketing and demonstratable experience of engagement with internal and external stakeholders.
- Experience of writing complex and detailed policy and procedures in a regulated working environment.
- Experience of bid writing.
- Experience of quality assurance processes or statutory regulation assessments, e.g. NHS England, CQC, Ofsted.
- Proven track record of managing finances, budgets and/or resource allocation.
- Experience in analysing, interpreting and presenting highly complex financial data and ability to translate metrics into reports and action plans.
- Strong background in data analysis budget and project management.
- Experience in line management processes to include recruitment, inductions, mentoring, supervision, monitoring performance and appraisals.
- Evidence of collaborative working to improve service performance.
- Ability to develop and support teams at a senior level.
- Able to demonstrate an awareness and understanding of supporting equality and valuing diversity within their role.
- Able to prepare and give formal presentations to groups.
- Previous management experience and/or commitment to management training.
- Strong leadership skills and an ability to manage change effectively.
- Able to plan, hold, chair and take notes at meetings.
- Able to write documentation clearly and succinctly.
- Able to gain confidence of users, clinicians, senior managers and others involved in delivery of service.
Desirable
- Knowledge of and experience in Quality Improvement (QI) processes
- Project management qualification or training.
- HR training/qualifications.
- Previous experience as a Commissioning Manager.
- Understanding of NHS processes and systems
- A knowledge of NHS management structures and policy.
- A knowledge of digital education/digital innovation.
- Experience of supporting colleagues under informal and formal HR processes.
- Knowledge of payment, procurement and business case procedures within the NHS.
- Experience of contributing to curriculum design, competency framework design, in the areas of management and business administration.
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).
