Job summary
**Please note that this post will close once sufficient applicants have been received so may be closed before the advertised closing date. Please submit your application as soon as possible**
The BCHC Learning Disability Community Team are you looking for a full time, experienced Business Operations Manager. Will your next step into management use your business and operational skills and experience?
Do you want to lead and support Clinicians to ensure that the people living with Learning Disabilities across Birmingham City are offered high quality, safe services that ensure they live as independently and maintain a fully integrated community presence?
You will have operational responsibilities within The Community Team.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, motivated, and willing to learn new skills and knowledge, have excellent and robust interpersonal and communication skills, be flexible to meet service needs, have an ability to work in a challenging and busy environment and able to work as part of the multi-professional team.
As this is a development role, experience of management is preferable but not essential as a full induction and support plan will be agreed with the individual on appointment based on their learning needs. This is an excellent opportunity for an individual to enhance their existing skills and knowledge with a support plan tailored to the development needs.
The successful post holder will be based at The Greenfields, however there will be an expectation to attend meetings across the City as required. Please note the pay band for this post is Band 7 under AFC and the successful applicant will be required to participate in the senior on call rota after a period of induction and training.
About us
Be Part of Our Team...
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.
If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
The job purpose requires the post holder to offer support to the Learning Disabilities Group Manager and deputise in their absence, leading on allocated tasks and attending meetings providing clear direction to the multi-disciplinary team.
Ensure an efficient and effective operational support service is provided across Learning Disability Services which is responsive, innovative and delivered to a high standard.
Please see enclosed Job Description and Person Spec for more greater detail of job role and duties.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job purpose requires the post holder to offer support to the Learning Disabilities Group Manager and deputise in their absence, leading on allocated tasks and attending meetings providing clear direction to the multi-disciplinary team.
Ensure an efficient and effective operational support service is provided across Learning Disability Services which is responsive, innovative and delivered to a high standard.
Please see enclosed Job Description and Person Spec for more greater detail of job role and duties.
Person Specification
Qualifications and training
Essential
- Education to degree level or equivalent experience.
- Educated to GCSE level in Maths and English A-C
- OCR 3 Award/Certificate in Text Processing/Word Processing or equivalent qualification/experience.
- NVQ Business Studies - Level 3 or equivalent qualification/experience.
- OCR IT in Office applications or equivalent experience
- Project management qualification or equivalent
- Management skills or qualification/experience.
- Evidence of personal and professional development
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of administration and working in an office environment.
- Experience of working in a customer focused service.
- Previous line management experience.
- Significant experience with dealing with matters of a sensitive and confidential nature.
- Significant experience of finance systems and procedures.
- Experience of managing filing systems.
- Experience of leading change and improvement.
- Experience of using e-systems for finance, workforce and staff management.
- Experience of organizing and co-ordinating work-shops, meetings, seminars or similar events.
- Experience of planning, coordinating staff rotas
- Experience of undertaking audits
Person Specification
Qualifications and training
Essential
- Education to degree level or equivalent experience.
- Educated to GCSE level in Maths and English A-C
- OCR 3 Award/Certificate in Text Processing/Word Processing or equivalent qualification/experience.
- NVQ Business Studies - Level 3 or equivalent qualification/experience.
- OCR IT in Office applications or equivalent experience
- Project management qualification or equivalent
- Management skills or qualification/experience.
- Evidence of personal and professional development
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of administration and working in an office environment.
- Experience of working in a customer focused service.
- Previous line management experience.
- Significant experience with dealing with matters of a sensitive and confidential nature.
- Significant experience of finance systems and procedures.
- Experience of managing filing systems.
- Experience of leading change and improvement.
- Experience of using e-systems for finance, workforce and staff management.
- Experience of organizing and co-ordinating work-shops, meetings, seminars or similar events.
- Experience of planning, coordinating staff rotas
- Experience of undertaking audits
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).
