Job summary
The Strategic Business Partner (Strategic Development) will be responsible for providing strong capable leadership and day-to-day direction to the strategic development, framework and planning function, and for supporting colleagues across the organisation and the wider health and care system.
The post holder will provide leadership to the directorate as part of an integrated leadership team with shared objectives and accountability for delivery of the directorate's core business and for delivery of the FBI (Finance and Business Intelligence Directorate) strategy.
The postholder is responsible to act as a role model for leadership, living and promoting the LCHS Way. It is an expectation that this role will support and encourage others to reach their full potential by creating an environment of empowerment through adopting a culture of 'freedom coupled with accountability'.
The Strategic Business Partner (Strategic Development) will have shared responsibility with operations and corporate colleagues for ensuring high quality, sustainable service delivery including financial sustainability, effective performance, positive organisational reputation, and ensuring continuous improvements in the delivery of services across LCHS. They will do this through maintaining a focus on systems, processes, culture, performance and behaviours.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will work strategically and tactically across care divisions, corporate services, and FBI Operational Delivery and Business Partnering functions to manage the function of Strategic Development.
This is a highly complex role requiring the postholder to keep abreast of a wide range of national and local health and social care policy developments and ensure these are reflected in the delivery of the trust's services Strategic Developments. The Strategic Business Partner (Strategic Development) will:
Support the Trust in new ways of working with regard to strategic business development, frameworks and planning, ensuring that developments enable LCHS to play a leading role in a number of strategic alliances and partnerships and that contracting and partnership frameworks enable the trust to achieve its strategic objectives.The role will ensure that the Trust is able to respond effectively to the strategic direction of the organisation, Lincolnshire health system, and the changing wider health and care environment.
About us
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.
At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS' workforce.
LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.
We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an 'earn while you learn' apprenticeship programme. Visit our Learning and Development page to find out more https://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/join-us/learning-and-dev
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Day to day management of the business planning processes, which takes initiatives from the initiation of a proposal through delivery and controlled closure and understanding the benefits realisation and sustainability of the change.
- The mobilisation of projects will sit within the Transformation Team, however not all initiatives require project management support therefore this role will provide strategic business support to the generation of scoping documents, business cases, options appraisals, funding applications and investment panel support.
- Maintaining a log of all initiatives; coordinating how ideas are assessed; quality assuring business cases before they are reviewed by the required governance framework and the Executive Leadership Team; managing the flow of documentation for all scheme proposals and ensuring that the appropriate documents are produced and submitted in line with the agreed process.
- Assist Strategic Business Managers and Partners in planning, frameworks and business development, resolving issues and initiating corrective action as appropriate, working within a matrix structure.
- Support the Strategic Business Manager - Strategic Development in the development of the future strategy.
- Provide the process for quality assurance of business cases, ensuring that all progressing through the FBI are robust, and provide the appropriate level of information for informed business decisions to be made.
- Track and maintain progress information, monitoring performance information and communicate to stakeholders the progress and identify where performance targets have not been met in relation to progress on plans and projects.
- Support the dependencies and the interfaces between plans and projects and influencing decisions on a range of complex issues where there is more than one course of action.
- Ensure that the delivery of new services from plans and projects that the post holder leads, is to the appropriate levels of quality, on time and within budget, in accordance with the project plan.
- Ensure that the risks to a plan or projects successful outcome are reported and managed.
- Undertake research and development activities related to a plan or project, such as complex audits.
- Initiate extra activities wherever gaps in plan or projects are identified.
- Coordinate arrangements for meetings of the strategic development / planning group and associated plan/project and/or task and finish groups; chairing relevant meetings.
- Reporting progress of the plans, projects / programmes at regular intervals to the Strategic Business Manager, Deputy Director Strategy and Partnership, Executive Leadership Team and Board committees.
- Ensure that the benefits of plan/project activities are identified and measured and tracked.
- Ensure that the planning process is followed by all staff undertaking relevant projects, from initiation to closure and benefits realisation.
- Support other partners/managers with post plan/project review.
- Provide training and support to staff in planning, and promote the use of planning / business development across the organisation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Day to day management of the business planning processes, which takes initiatives from the initiation of a proposal through delivery and controlled closure and understanding the benefits realisation and sustainability of the change.
- The mobilisation of projects will sit within the Transformation Team, however not all initiatives require project management support therefore this role will provide strategic business support to the generation of scoping documents, business cases, options appraisals, funding applications and investment panel support.
- Maintaining a log of all initiatives; coordinating how ideas are assessed; quality assuring business cases before they are reviewed by the required governance framework and the Executive Leadership Team; managing the flow of documentation for all scheme proposals and ensuring that the appropriate documents are produced and submitted in line with the agreed process.
- Assist Strategic Business Managers and Partners in planning, frameworks and business development, resolving issues and initiating corrective action as appropriate, working within a matrix structure.
- Support the Strategic Business Manager - Strategic Development in the development of the future strategy.
- Provide the process for quality assurance of business cases, ensuring that all progressing through the FBI are robust, and provide the appropriate level of information for informed business decisions to be made.
- Track and maintain progress information, monitoring performance information and communicate to stakeholders the progress and identify where performance targets have not been met in relation to progress on plans and projects.
- Support the dependencies and the interfaces between plans and projects and influencing decisions on a range of complex issues where there is more than one course of action.
- Ensure that the delivery of new services from plans and projects that the post holder leads, is to the appropriate levels of quality, on time and within budget, in accordance with the project plan.
- Ensure that the risks to a plan or projects successful outcome are reported and managed.
- Undertake research and development activities related to a plan or project, such as complex audits.
- Initiate extra activities wherever gaps in plan or projects are identified.
- Coordinate arrangements for meetings of the strategic development / planning group and associated plan/project and/or task and finish groups; chairing relevant meetings.
- Reporting progress of the plans, projects / programmes at regular intervals to the Strategic Business Manager, Deputy Director Strategy and Partnership, Executive Leadership Team and Board committees.
- Ensure that the benefits of plan/project activities are identified and measured and tracked.
- Ensure that the planning process is followed by all staff undertaking relevant projects, from initiation to closure and benefits realisation.
- Support other partners/managers with post plan/project review.
- Provide training and support to staff in planning, and promote the use of planning / business development across the organisation.
Person Specification
Essential and desirable
Essential
- Educated to Masters level or able to demonstrate equivalent experience that has attained the requisite specialist knowledge
- Evidence of leadership development
- Evidence of relevant Continuing Professional Development
- Highly skilled project manager
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Ability to engage with a range of internal and external stakeholders at all levels
- Ability to collate, analyse, synthesise and present complex information
- Strong negotiation, persuasion and presentation skills
- Strong understanding of public sector finance
- Extensive knowledge of NHS management and the delivery of a range of healthcare services
- Knowledge of project management processes, change Project/Change management of transition in the NHS Page 5 of 6 management and redesign acquired through training and experience to Masters level or equivalent
- Demonstration of application of innovative practice
- Recent portfolio of significant achievements in a complex environment
- Demonstrable track record of delivering business cases which resulted in business growth
- Proven track record on delivering complex and multi-faceted projects/programmes
- Proven track record of effective stakeholder management
- Strong networker and relationship builder
- Ability to influence with or without authority
- Strong connected and motivated leader
- Responsive to change
- Ability to work to tight deadlines
- Ability to work with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail, with constant interruptions.
- Flexible and adaptable approach to hours and duties.
- Ability to travel within the county and beyond, nationally when necessary.
- To adhere to the LCHS Ways
Desirable
- Skilled in the use of PMO software to support project management, reporting and benefits realisation
- Experience of working with a Project Management Office, including the use of PMO software
- Project/Change management of transition in the NHS
- Previous public service experience at senior level
- Evidence of working across health & social care boundaries
Person Specification
Essential and desirable
Essential
- Educated to Masters level or able to demonstrate equivalent experience that has attained the requisite specialist knowledge
- Evidence of leadership development
- Evidence of relevant Continuing Professional Development
- Highly skilled project manager
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Ability to engage with a range of internal and external stakeholders at all levels
- Ability to collate, analyse, synthesise and present complex information
- Strong negotiation, persuasion and presentation skills
- Strong understanding of public sector finance
- Extensive knowledge of NHS management and the delivery of a range of healthcare services
- Knowledge of project management processes, change Project/Change management of transition in the NHS Page 5 of 6 management and redesign acquired through training and experience to Masters level or equivalent
- Demonstration of application of innovative practice
- Recent portfolio of significant achievements in a complex environment
- Demonstrable track record of delivering business cases which resulted in business growth
- Proven track record on delivering complex and multi-faceted projects/programmes
- Proven track record of effective stakeholder management
- Strong networker and relationship builder
- Ability to influence with or without authority
- Strong connected and motivated leader
- Responsive to change
- Ability to work to tight deadlines
- Ability to work with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail, with constant interruptions.
- Flexible and adaptable approach to hours and duties.
- Ability to travel within the county and beyond, nationally when necessary.
- To adhere to the LCHS Ways
Desirable
- Skilled in the use of PMO software to support project management, reporting and benefits realisation
- Experience of working with a Project Management Office, including the use of PMO software
- Project/Change management of transition in the NHS
- Previous public service experience at senior level
- Evidence of working across health & social care boundaries
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).
