Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual to join the Strategy & Partnerships team as Head of Business and Service Development. Reporting to the Chief Officer for Strategy & Partnerships, the post holder will be a senior change leader, working across the organisation and wider health and social care system to identify business and service development opportunities that will deliver the Trust's strategic objectives. These business and service development opportunities will be transformational; improving the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of Trust services and, above all, making a major difference to the health outcomes of the local population and the working lives of colleagues within the organisation.
The successful applicant will have experience of leading successful tenders, in the NHS or private sector, as well as significant experience of leading and delivering change in the health or service sector.
Main duties of the job
Key elements of the role will include
- Identifying new business opportunities or activity, and leading in the decision-making around new or changing services
- Leading the co-ordination of tenders for new or existing contracts, working with clinical, operational and corporate colleagues and ensuring a high-quality submission.
- Developing new and improved models for service delivery, including assessing, identifying the need for, and establishing relationships with partners.
- Developing and delivering, or overseeing delivery of, time-limited projects, including delivering improvements in existing services as part of the Trust's Value in Healthcare programme.
- Direct management responsibility for a number of Service Improvement and Development Partners
The post holder will be part of the Strategy and Partnerships senior leadership team and be seen as a senior leader in the wider organisation.
We welcome and encourage flexible working and would be willing to consider this as a secondment or development opportunity.
About us
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for main duties and responsibilities, and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for main duties and responsibilities, and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oMaster's Degree Level or equivalent qualification
- oManagement Qualification
- oRecognised Programme/Project/PMO Management Qualification (e.g. PRINCE2, MSP, P30)
- oEvidence of continuous personal and professional development in leadership and management
Experience
Essential
- Experience of leading successful bid management
- experience of partnership working with a range of agencies and stakeholder organisations
- experience at senior management level
- Significant experience of successfully delivering large-scale programmes and projects including service redesign in a health or service sector
- Experience of business strategy formulation and business planning
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Effective influencing and negotiating skills
- Able to undertake sophisticated analysis of highly complex information from a range of sources
- Detailed understanding of commissioning and NHS procurement processes
Personal qualities
Essential
Other job requirements
Essential
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oMaster's Degree Level or equivalent qualification
- oManagement Qualification
- oRecognised Programme/Project/PMO Management Qualification (e.g. PRINCE2, MSP, P30)
- oEvidence of continuous personal and professional development in leadership and management
Experience
Essential
- Experience of leading successful bid management
- experience of partnership working with a range of agencies and stakeholder organisations
- experience at senior management level
- Significant experience of successfully delivering large-scale programmes and projects including service redesign in a health or service sector
- Experience of business strategy formulation and business planning
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Effective influencing and negotiating skills
- Able to undertake sophisticated analysis of highly complex information from a range of sources
- Detailed understanding of commissioning and NHS procurement processes
Personal qualities
Essential
Other job requirements
Essential
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).
