Job summary
The Age Well programme has a focus on ensuring people are able to live as independently and healthily as possible in their older years, alongside leadership of the unplanned care programme at place.
The post holder will be a key member of a team to improve the health and wellbeing of the local people in Newham Place
- The post holder will support the Newham Place Based Partnership, and lead on the delivery of a number of its core priorities and outcomes. The post holder will have good knowledge of their dedicated area, with a strong understanding of and experience in the commissioning cycle alongside advanced co-ordination, leadership, management, communication and interpersonal skills that enable them to promote and further the work of the partnership across a wide range of stakeholders.
- The post holder will both directly and matrix manage a small team of people dedicated to delivery of the Age Well priorities and outcomes at Place, working with internal and external stakeholders
- The post holder will work at Place as well as across north east London, the provider Collaboratives, local government and with other Place Partnerships as appropriate. The post holder will lead the relationship with the Acute (Age Well)/Collaborative as agreed on behalf on the Place Partnership and work effectively with each of the other Collaboratives
Main duties of the job
- The post holder will support the Director of Partnerships, Impact and Delivery, the Executive Place Lead, the Clinical Director and other senior leaders to deliver the strategic vision and the priorities for the Place Based Partnership in line with the partnership operating model, focusing on Age Well and to reduce health inequalities and improve the health and wellbeing of the local population
- The post holder will work with the Director of Partnerships, Impact and Delivery to facilitate the delivery of integrated functions with relevant local authority and NHS partners to ensure best use of resources for the partnership.
- The post holder will work with colleagues in other Place Partnerships to share best practice and learning
The post holder will be expected to lead across north east London for some functions as appropriate
About us
North East London is steeped in history and culture, and home to over two million people (and rising). It's the most diverse area of the UK; and because of that, one of the most exciting and vibrant places to work.
NHS North East London works with our health, social care, voluntary and community partners and residents) to plan and buy health services to meet our population's needs, making sure all parts of the local health and care system work effectively together. We work as part of the North East London Integrated Care System northeastlondonhcp.nhs.uk
We make sure residents and visitors have the best physical and mental health and have good access to high-quality health and care services. We have a vision to "work with and for all the people of North East London to create meaningful improvements in health, wellbeing and equity."
We serve eight local authority areas: Barking and Dagenham; City of London; Hackney; Havering; Newham; Redbridge; Tower Hamlets; and Waltham Forest.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will:
- work within the Mutual Accountability Framework to improve the health and wellbeing of local people and will lead on the delivery of core outcomes (related to Age Well) at Place.
- Understand the needs and assets of their local population and lead for the Place Partnership on the Age Well agenda adopting a strengths-based approach and considering the wider determinants of health
- Ensure that local people, communities and wider stakeholders are actively involved in identifying issues and challenges and in co-producing their own solutions within their area
- Develop and implement, in line with the Place Based Partnerships core outcomes and priorities and in line with relevant north east London strategies, local delivery plans in their dedicated areas
- Understand the potential synergies, interfaces or tensions between partnership priorities and individual organisational priorities and actively work with those organisations to demonstrate the benefit of a partnership approach
- Have a nuanced understanding of the different ways of working and cultures across the partner organisations and use sophisticated communication techniques to engage and negotiate with different partners
- Challenge ways of working and persuade, motivate and influence other senior managers to co-design practices as appropriate
- Ensure that the partnership processes are aligned to the wider system approach, and be able to identify synergies, opportunities or potential conflicts with system-wide, collaborative or other place programmes.
- Be an advocate for the Place Based Partnership and be able to demonstrate the benefits of partnership working to a wide set of partners in both formal and informal settings, including at public meetings
- Produce and present written reports for a wide range of audiences including board level committees and politically sensitive settings, for example public overview and scrutiny committees.
- Be well informed around Newham needs and able to apply national, regional, sub-regional policies and guidance as appropriate, learning from best practice and areas for improvement locally and across the system in north east London
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for detailed job description and main responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will:
- work within the Mutual Accountability Framework to improve the health and wellbeing of local people and will lead on the delivery of core outcomes (related to Age Well) at Place.
- Understand the needs and assets of their local population and lead for the Place Partnership on the Age Well agenda adopting a strengths-based approach and considering the wider determinants of health
- Ensure that local people, communities and wider stakeholders are actively involved in identifying issues and challenges and in co-producing their own solutions within their area
- Develop and implement, in line with the Place Based Partnerships core outcomes and priorities and in line with relevant north east London strategies, local delivery plans in their dedicated areas
- Understand the potential synergies, interfaces or tensions between partnership priorities and individual organisational priorities and actively work with those organisations to demonstrate the benefit of a partnership approach
- Have a nuanced understanding of the different ways of working and cultures across the partner organisations and use sophisticated communication techniques to engage and negotiate with different partners
- Challenge ways of working and persuade, motivate and influence other senior managers to co-design practices as appropriate
- Ensure that the partnership processes are aligned to the wider system approach, and be able to identify synergies, opportunities or potential conflicts with system-wide, collaborative or other place programmes.
- Be an advocate for the Place Based Partnership and be able to demonstrate the benefits of partnership working to a wide set of partners in both formal and informal settings, including at public meetings
- Produce and present written reports for a wide range of audiences including board level committees and politically sensitive settings, for example public overview and scrutiny committees.
- Be well informed around Newham needs and able to apply national, regional, sub-regional policies and guidance as appropriate, learning from best practice and areas for improvement locally and across the system in north east London
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for detailed job description and main responsibilities.
Person Specification
Knowledge, training and experience
Essential
- Educated or extensive knowledge of specialist areas to doctorate level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Member of a professional body
- Experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments
- Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence
- Experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes
- Understanding of the healthcare environment and the public sector
- Knowledge of project principles
Communication skills
Essential
- Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on highly complex matters and difficult situations
- Ability to provide and receive, convey and present highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information to large groups, responding openly to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement
- Ability to communicate with clinical, academic and all levels of staff effectively
Analytical skills
Essential
- Ability to analyse highly complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- Capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making
- Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills
- Knowledge of financial systems e.g. monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement
Planning Skills
Essential
- Skills to provide leadership, vision, strategic thinking coupled with highly developed political skills
- Capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
Autonomy
Essential
- Capability to manage own workload and make informed decisions on difficult issues in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
Equality and diversity
Essential
- oAbility to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of equality of opportunity and diversity. Being aware of how individual actions contribute to, and make a difference to, the equality agenda
General
Essential
- Able to manage teams and team performance
Person Specification
Knowledge, training and experience
Essential
- Educated or extensive knowledge of specialist areas to doctorate level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Member of a professional body
- Experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments
- Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence
- Experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes
- Understanding of the healthcare environment and the public sector
- Knowledge of project principles
Communication skills
Essential
- Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on highly complex matters and difficult situations
- Ability to provide and receive, convey and present highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information to large groups, responding openly to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement
- Ability to communicate with clinical, academic and all levels of staff effectively
Analytical skills
Essential
- Ability to analyse highly complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- Capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making
- Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills
- Knowledge of financial systems e.g. monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement
Planning Skills
Essential
- Skills to provide leadership, vision, strategic thinking coupled with highly developed political skills
- Capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
Autonomy
Essential
- Capability to manage own workload and make informed decisions on difficult issues in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
Equality and diversity
Essential
- oAbility to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of equality of opportunity and diversity. Being aware of how individual actions contribute to, and make a difference to, the equality agenda
General
Essential
- Able to manage teams and team performance
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.