Job summary
The Director for the Office of the West Midlands will be working on behalf of six West Midlands ICB CEOs for a joint work programme across:
- Birmingham & Solihull ICB (host organisation)
- Black Country ICB
- Coventry & Warwickshire ICB
- Herefordshire & Worcestershire ICB
- Shropshire & Telford ICB
- Staffordshire ICB
The OWM foundations are now established with the delegation of a set of functions and staff from NHSE relating to pharmacy, dental, optometry and primary care complaints. These are managed and co-ordinated through the OWM with additional functions being delegated from April 2025.The role will be instrumental in leading this transition to a successful outcome.
The post holder will be required to build and maintain good working relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders working closely with the six ICB CEOs to further develop and lead the vision and future direction of the West Midlands Office.
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Main duties of the job
A collaborative and self-motivated leader with an in-depth understanding of health and care systems is required to take forward the future development of the Office of the West Midlands.(OWM)The OWM has been established since July 2023 and involves working for the six ICBs to develop an integrated office and hub to support a range of functions and projects being undertaken throughout the West Midlands . The hub and staff are hosted by BSOL ICB.The role now involves exploring further opportunities around :
- Strategically working with the ICBs to develop the vision and operating model for the Office going forward. This will particularly focus on identifying the key priorities where ICBs can work together across its functions to add value and oversee its implementation.
- Overseeing and project managing the delivery of these priorities in conjunction with ICB SRO leads.
- Managing the functions and staff within the integrated hub to seek economies of scale for ICBs whilst ensuring clear accountability.
- Further developing the distributed leadership model and ownership of the OWM across all ICBs.
The role requires a leader who is capable of managing equitably and independently across the six ICBs to ensure its development benefits all systems.
About us
The Director for the Office of the West Midlands is hosted by Birmingham and Solihull ICB and based at the host ICB HQ - Wesleyan (Birmingham), but working on behalf of six West Midlands ICB CEOs for a joint work programme across:
- Birmingham & Solihull ICB
- Black Country ICB
- Coventry & Warwickshire ICB
- Herefordshire & Worcestershire ICB
- Shropshire & Telford ICB
- Staffordshire ICB
The ICB is working within a hybrid working model. The postholder will be expected to work across the six West Midlands ICB's (as outlined above) with two days a week in the host organisation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see job description which provides the detailed requirements for the role; in summary this includes:
- Build and maintain key relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Management of the hosted integrated hub.
- Further develop and lead the vision and future strategic direction of the West Midlands office and providing the leadership for staff within the function.
- Managing the WM Office Board meetings.
- Effectively managing high level communications with a wide range of individuals.
- Contribute to the six ICB's strategic organisation and planning processes.
- Be mindful of operating within the six ICBs visions, values and strategic directions to support the best care for patients and citizens.
- Oversee responsibility for policy and service development.
- Ensure the West Midlands office operates within SO and SFIs and effectively uses available information sources.
The ICB is committed to having a workforce which is representative of the population of Birmingham and Solihull. Our current staffing profile demonstrates that we are not as representative of our local community as we would like to be at this level within the organisation. We would actively welcome applications from individuals from a Black, Asian and minority ethnic background for this role.
The ICB is registered as a Disability Confident Employer. We actively welcome applications from applicants with a disability and commit to shortlisting all such suitable applicants who meet the essential criteria for an interview. Please let us know of any reasonable adjustments you require in order to participate in the recruitment process.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see job description which provides the detailed requirements for the role; in summary this includes:
- Build and maintain key relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Management of the hosted integrated hub.
- Further develop and lead the vision and future strategic direction of the West Midlands office and providing the leadership for staff within the function.
- Managing the WM Office Board meetings.
- Effectively managing high level communications with a wide range of individuals.
- Contribute to the six ICB's strategic organisation and planning processes.
- Be mindful of operating within the six ICBs visions, values and strategic directions to support the best care for patients and citizens.
- Oversee responsibility for policy and service development.
- Ensure the West Midlands office operates within SO and SFIs and effectively uses available information sources.
The ICB is committed to having a workforce which is representative of the population of Birmingham and Solihull. Our current staffing profile demonstrates that we are not as representative of our local community as we would like to be at this level within the organisation. We would actively welcome applications from individuals from a Black, Asian and minority ethnic background for this role.
The ICB is registered as a Disability Confident Employer. We actively welcome applications from applicants with a disability and commit to shortlisting all such suitable applicants who meet the essential criteria for an interview. Please let us know of any reasonable adjustments you require in order to participate in the recruitment process.
Person Specification
written (application) and verbal (interview)
Essential
- Qualified to Masters level or equivalent or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Experience of senior level decision making and delivery in an ambiguous and changing environment.
- Understanding and experience of managing key organisational issues e.g., NHS finance, HR, & risk management.
- Demonstrable understanding of NHS providers, commissioners, local authorities, commissioning and systems.
- A proven ability to lead and deliver successful transformational change at scale and across organisational boundaries.
- Evidence of the successful management of a complex programme of work and development of strategic plans within a complex organisation or a group of organisations.
- Extensive knowledge of the health, care, and local government landscape.
- Knowledge of NHS policy development regarding delegated functions.
- Highly developed negotiation and political skills and awareness, and experience of operating at a senior level.
- Financially literate with the ability to critically review, challenge and effectively use financial information for decision making.
- 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
- Effective people management skills.
- Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary, working to tight and often changing deadlines.
Person Specification
written (application) and verbal (interview)
Essential
- Qualified to Masters level or equivalent or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Experience of senior level decision making and delivery in an ambiguous and changing environment.
- Understanding and experience of managing key organisational issues e.g., NHS finance, HR, & risk management.
- Demonstrable understanding of NHS providers, commissioners, local authorities, commissioning and systems.
- A proven ability to lead and deliver successful transformational change at scale and across organisational boundaries.
- Evidence of the successful management of a complex programme of work and development of strategic plans within a complex organisation or a group of organisations.
- Extensive knowledge of the health, care, and local government landscape.
- Knowledge of NHS policy development regarding delegated functions.
- Highly developed negotiation and political skills and awareness, and experience of operating at a senior level.
- Financially literate with the ability to critically review, challenge and effectively use financial information for decision making.
- 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
- Effective people management skills.
- Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary, working to tight and often changing deadlines.
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.
