Job summary
Alder Hey are seeking an Interim Associate Director (AD) of Strategy and Partnerships who wants to make a positive difference for children and young people's outcomes.
This post is for a fixed term of 12 months at 0.6WTE, to cover maternity leave from May 2024 to May 2025. Candidates can be considered on a secondment arrangement subject to relevant agreements.
This is an exciting time for Alder Hey; the Trust is embarking upon a radical new population-health based Vision 2030 - the big ambition of which is to create 'A healthier, happier and fairer future where every child and young person can achieve their full potential'. As part of Vision 2030, Alder Hey has a clear ambition to make a bigger impact for children and young people on the national and international stage, influencing policy and advocating for children and young people's issues more than ever before.
Main duties of the job
Working to the Chief Strategy and Partnerships Officer, the AD for Strategy and Partnerships will support the Trust's strategic plan, as well as proactively lead and contribute to transformational change for example at a Cheshire and Merseyside and a North-West level. The post holder be motivated to enhance the Trust's reputation as both a provider of outstanding services, and as an excellent partner. They will support the development of a systematic plan for strategic commissioning and engagement and play an active role in the delivery of the approach.
The right candidate will be a highly skilled operator, with the specialist relationships, skills, and experience to contribute to and influence partnership working locally and regionally, identifying opportunities for shared working to achieve successful outcomes, and assist in ensuring delivery of what is required within the Trust. The post holder will identify and exploit opportunities for partnership and / or system working and business development and be responsible for scanning the horizon for potential business opportunities, identifying potential areas of growth and development, and coordinating and preparing bids for new business, using internal and external data sources to develop intelligence. The post holder will have line management responsibility for related services.
About us
As one of Europe's biggest and busiest children's hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions.In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.
Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children's medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world's leaders in children's healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children's specialists. Alongside this is ourInnovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.
We know that a children's hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.
Job description
Job responsibilities
System Working
- Act as a lead convener and strategic facilitator in the system under the direction of the Chief Strategy & Partnerships Officer
- Be an externally visible senior leader responsible for delivery of major transformational change across different geographies, demonstrating the Trusts commitment to operate on behalf of the system
- Influence strategic commissioning for the benefit of CYP population health and the Trust
- Develop and deliver relevant system strategy and transformation programmes which support system financial sustainability and optimize investment into children and young peoples services
- As directed, work with senior leaders across the system to craft the emerging health and care system architecture and governance for CYP
- Lead and manage a system portfolio of e.g. Alliances, Joint Services, Networks
Leadership and Management
- Lead on the strategic aspects of business development in conjunction with the Finance Business Development function; work with divisions and corporate leads to assign appropriate leadership to the associated programmes of work required to achieve and implement them.
- Be an active member of the Trusts Senior Leadership Team, flexible in style and approach, working with colleagues to create a positive and engaging culture
- Operate effectively in a flexible, continuously highly complex and demanding environment, and proactively engage with key
- Drive and challenge ways of working to innovate and drive reform to achieve agreed objectives across multiple partners in the system
- Manage potentially contentious situations with staff and stakeholders within change programmes for successful outcomes, often dealing with highly complex and conflicting issues internally and with stakeholders
- Employ effective communication, negotiation and influencing skills to enable stakeholder relationships, and to deliver objectives over the duration of projects/programmes. This will require highly tuned emotional intelligence, both in terms of reading others, and in terms of having a good awareness of your own personal impact.
- Represent the Trust, as directed, in sensitive and political situations, occasionally with high-level audiences.
- Deputise for the Chief Strategy & Partnerships Officer (CSPO) in internal Trust and external meetings, at Committee level and as directed Trust Board level; effectively representing the CSPO and ensure the strategic needs of the organisation, as well as children and young people and the Alder Hey footprint, are considered in all decisions made.
- Deputise for the CSPO in all external meetings, including Place based Boards, and regional (Cheshire and Merseyside, North West) strategy meetings
- Regularly present highly complex and sensitive information, making recommendations for approval.
- Produce regular executive reports and Trust Board reports.
- Bring to meetings alternative thinking and ideas with the ability to influence and challenge appropriately and effectively at an executive level both within the Trust and with external partners and stakeholders.
Strategic Development
- As directed, develop and shape Vision 2030, our needs-based strategy, employing transformational change and partnership deployment
- Provide in depth analysis, comparison, and interpretation of highly complex data sets from a number of information sources to inform strategic development.
- Support the identification of opportunities for collaboration across and beyond the Trust, considering potential for integrated care and provision of seamless pathways of care for children, young people and their families.
- Horizon scan emerging national and local policies, strategies, and developments, working in harmony with key roles such as Policy Lead / Advisor to the CEO, translating as appropriate to inform strategic development.
- Co-designing a systematic approach to Horizon scanning with CSPO, and overseeing its implementation
- Work with Divisions to enable the success of cross organisational programmes and projects.
- Lead on specific projects or programmes of work on behalf of the Trust as directed.
- Work jointly with the Communications & Marketing Dept. to develop communications appropriate for rolling out Trust Strategy
- Develop ideas into delivery plans and reality by effectively leading change, engaging key stakeholders and co-designing new models of care/delivery
- Work directly with Divisions and Clinical Directorates and Corporate teams on the development of individual strategies, service developments and strategic planning, including forging productive working relationships with senior leaders and multi-disciplinary teams.
- Review and provide input into enabling strategies, considering organisational complexities and interdependencies, including overall fit with the Trust-wide strategy.
External Partnerships and Collaborations
- Identify and nurture external partnerships, exploring opportunities for collaborative service development and working through the prioritisation of joint strategic plans.
- Build trusted relationships with key people both within the organisation and with partners to enable integrated working and service delivery across different geographies.
- Participate in relevant external programmes of work as directed; these may be local, regional, across the North of England, or potentially even UK-wide.
- Identify service development opportunities from developing national agenda.
- Identify where joint services are needed and should be prioritised, and support the development of clinical strategies in this space
Contract Planning & Negotiation
- Work closely with the Finance Dept. and Divisions to contribute the strategic planning lens to the Trusts annual activity planning process
- Support the development of a systematic plan for strategic commissioning and engagement, and play an active role in the delivery of the approach, working in partnership with contracts, finance and divisions
- Identify and prioritise commercial service growth opportunities if relevant.
Staff Management
- Manage any staff associated with the strategy function, building a collaborative working environment and a supportive, innovative culture
- Line manage appropriate hosted functions e.g. Operational Delivery Networks, and provide leadership and appraisals for joint functions where there is shared oversight and governance with partner organisations
- Responsible for the recruitment and development of any line managed staff, including undertaking appraisal and personal development and, where appropriate, progressing any disciplinary or capability issues
- Work effectively within a matrix structure, as this role requires frequent management of staff that are not in line management structure in order to deliver pieces of work
- Highlight, promote and report innovative approaches to education and training, particularly their impact on service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
System Working
- Act as a lead convener and strategic facilitator in the system under the direction of the Chief Strategy & Partnerships Officer
- Be an externally visible senior leader responsible for delivery of major transformational change across different geographies, demonstrating the Trusts commitment to operate on behalf of the system
- Influence strategic commissioning for the benefit of CYP population health and the Trust
- Develop and deliver relevant system strategy and transformation programmes which support system financial sustainability and optimize investment into children and young peoples services
- As directed, work with senior leaders across the system to craft the emerging health and care system architecture and governance for CYP
- Lead and manage a system portfolio of e.g. Alliances, Joint Services, Networks
Leadership and Management
- Lead on the strategic aspects of business development in conjunction with the Finance Business Development function; work with divisions and corporate leads to assign appropriate leadership to the associated programmes of work required to achieve and implement them.
- Be an active member of the Trusts Senior Leadership Team, flexible in style and approach, working with colleagues to create a positive and engaging culture
- Operate effectively in a flexible, continuously highly complex and demanding environment, and proactively engage with key
- Drive and challenge ways of working to innovate and drive reform to achieve agreed objectives across multiple partners in the system
- Manage potentially contentious situations with staff and stakeholders within change programmes for successful outcomes, often dealing with highly complex and conflicting issues internally and with stakeholders
- Employ effective communication, negotiation and influencing skills to enable stakeholder relationships, and to deliver objectives over the duration of projects/programmes. This will require highly tuned emotional intelligence, both in terms of reading others, and in terms of having a good awareness of your own personal impact.
- Represent the Trust, as directed, in sensitive and political situations, occasionally with high-level audiences.
- Deputise for the Chief Strategy & Partnerships Officer (CSPO) in internal Trust and external meetings, at Committee level and as directed Trust Board level; effectively representing the CSPO and ensure the strategic needs of the organisation, as well as children and young people and the Alder Hey footprint, are considered in all decisions made.
- Deputise for the CSPO in all external meetings, including Place based Boards, and regional (Cheshire and Merseyside, North West) strategy meetings
- Regularly present highly complex and sensitive information, making recommendations for approval.
- Produce regular executive reports and Trust Board reports.
- Bring to meetings alternative thinking and ideas with the ability to influence and challenge appropriately and effectively at an executive level both within the Trust and with external partners and stakeholders.
Strategic Development
- As directed, develop and shape Vision 2030, our needs-based strategy, employing transformational change and partnership deployment
- Provide in depth analysis, comparison, and interpretation of highly complex data sets from a number of information sources to inform strategic development.
- Support the identification of opportunities for collaboration across and beyond the Trust, considering potential for integrated care and provision of seamless pathways of care for children, young people and their families.
- Horizon scan emerging national and local policies, strategies, and developments, working in harmony with key roles such as Policy Lead / Advisor to the CEO, translating as appropriate to inform strategic development.
- Co-designing a systematic approach to Horizon scanning with CSPO, and overseeing its implementation
- Work with Divisions to enable the success of cross organisational programmes and projects.
- Lead on specific projects or programmes of work on behalf of the Trust as directed.
- Work jointly with the Communications & Marketing Dept. to develop communications appropriate for rolling out Trust Strategy
- Develop ideas into delivery plans and reality by effectively leading change, engaging key stakeholders and co-designing new models of care/delivery
- Work directly with Divisions and Clinical Directorates and Corporate teams on the development of individual strategies, service developments and strategic planning, including forging productive working relationships with senior leaders and multi-disciplinary teams.
- Review and provide input into enabling strategies, considering organisational complexities and interdependencies, including overall fit with the Trust-wide strategy.
External Partnerships and Collaborations
- Identify and nurture external partnerships, exploring opportunities for collaborative service development and working through the prioritisation of joint strategic plans.
- Build trusted relationships with key people both within the organisation and with partners to enable integrated working and service delivery across different geographies.
- Participate in relevant external programmes of work as directed; these may be local, regional, across the North of England, or potentially even UK-wide.
- Identify service development opportunities from developing national agenda.
- Identify where joint services are needed and should be prioritised, and support the development of clinical strategies in this space
Contract Planning & Negotiation
- Work closely with the Finance Dept. and Divisions to contribute the strategic planning lens to the Trusts annual activity planning process
- Support the development of a systematic plan for strategic commissioning and engagement, and play an active role in the delivery of the approach, working in partnership with contracts, finance and divisions
- Identify and prioritise commercial service growth opportunities if relevant.
Staff Management
- Manage any staff associated with the strategy function, building a collaborative working environment and a supportive, innovative culture
- Line manage appropriate hosted functions e.g. Operational Delivery Networks, and provide leadership and appraisals for joint functions where there is shared oversight and governance with partner organisations
- Responsible for the recruitment and development of any line managed staff, including undertaking appraisal and personal development and, where appropriate, progressing any disciplinary or capability issues
- Work effectively within a matrix structure, as this role requires frequent management of staff that are not in line management structure in order to deliver pieces of work
- Highlight, promote and report innovative approaches to education and training, particularly their impact on service.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate degree or equivalent experience in a Health Care environment
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate degree or equivalent experience in a Health Care environment
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).
