Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Digital Team that is delivering innovative change across various programmes across multiple organisations within North Central London.
Reporting into the Director of Digital, this role is an important senior leadership role within North Central London ICB and will oversee a portfolio management team that will be responsible for coordinating the design and delivery of digital strategic programmes. This will also include working closely with key NCL ICS executive level groups.
The Assistant Director of Digital will have excellent communication skills and be able to work at fast pace with senior stakeholders across all sectors (acute, primary care, mental health, community and social care). They will also need to work across different directorates within the ICS teams to ensure alignment of programme design and delivery.
There is also a requirement for the postholder to be able to draft a strategy and delivery plan(s) for the selected strategic programme areas and engage, consult and influence the appropriate stakeholder groups to attain buy in where required. This will include successfully leading on the design, agreement and delivery of key strategic business cases that span multiple sovereign organisations.
The successful candidate will be a proactive, driven, delivery focussed individual, who has experience of establishing and developing an organisations approach to change, programme management and delivery.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be required to plan, manage and coordinate a complex and high-profile portfolio of digital system programmes. This will require the effective influence of others, consistent focus, and the balance of conflicting priorities.
Excellent planning and organisational skills are required to ensure interlinking and complex plans are ambitious but deliverable and work closely with colleagues to ensure the right activities are prioritised to deliver the outcomes.
The post holder will ensure there is good horizon scanning in order to identify likely regulator and other asks and opportunities or potential challenges, in order to ensure appropriate measures are put in place.
The postholder will be responsible for the delivery of actions outside of their own control and therefore clear and effective structures will need to be implemented in order to oversee this process.
Line management, leadership and development of the programme management teams for the digital portfolio, including the on-going professional learning of the team.
Interviews currently scheduled for 14th and 15th August.
About us
On 1 July 2022, NHS North Central London Integrated Care Board (NCL ICB) was established. The ICB is part of North Central London Integrated Care System (ICS). The ICS is a partnership of organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up health and care services to improve the lives of people in our five boroughs: Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington.
ICBs are statutory NHS bodies responsible for planning and allocating resources to meet the four core purposes of ICSs:o to improve outcomes in population health and healthcareo tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and accesso enhance productivity and value for moneyo help the NHS support broader social and economic development.
North Central London's population is incredibly diverse, and continues to grow and change. This brings pressure and challenges for the local health and care services that NCL ICB commissions - or buys - on behalf of residents. NCL ICB works closely with Councils, providers, general practices, voluntary, community organisations, and unions, to achieve our shared aims.
NCL ICB values our staff, our partners and their expertise to deliver the best health and care possible for the patients and residents of North Central London. We believe in being inclusive and we welcome job applications from all communities and backgrounds.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Support the Director of Digital to develop and embed PMO established governance, policies and documentation such as project idea templates, logic models, business case and programme plans that are frequently reviewed and revised to fits the needs of the organisation. Mitigating the risks of project drift and silo working practices, ensuring an awareness of system impact
Ensure clinical and programme interdependencies are identified and each understand and adhere to processes and procedures, intervening as appropriate.
Produce clear project documentation and data for use in reports, local briefings, workshops and meetings for both internal and external presentations.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details on the main responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Support the Director of Digital to develop and embed PMO established governance, policies and documentation such as project idea templates, logic models, business case and programme plans that are frequently reviewed and revised to fits the needs of the organisation. Mitigating the risks of project drift and silo working practices, ensuring an awareness of system impact
Ensure clinical and programme interdependencies are identified and each understand and adhere to processes and procedures, intervening as appropriate.
Produce clear project documentation and data for use in reports, local briefings, workshops and meetings for both internal and external presentations.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details on the main responsibilities.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Extensive knowledge of digital and specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare and digital policy in London and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
- Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, the NHS England (London) and individual provider and commissioning organisations
- Essential IT skills
Experience
Essential
- Have experience of working in a digital strategy and transformation capacity within the NHS
- Experience of leading significant programmes of change across boundaries (both within an organisation or across a system)
- Experience of managing people and teams
- Experience in developing creative solutions to problems.
- Involvement in complex and sophisticated service development and reconfiguration.
- Leading capacity planning, influencing behaviours of external bodies.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate a high level of expertise in providing senior leadership
- Ability to create a strategy for a large programme area across multiple organisations
- Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills
- Advanced programme/project management skills and in depth understanding of project life cycles
- High level analytical skills and the ability to understand qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources and present in a clear concise manner
- Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess options and draw appropriate conclusions
- High level critical thinking skills
- Ability to develop, maintain and monitor information systems to support innovation initiatives
- Demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate
- A record of significant achievement in directing and managing teams successfully within a complex and diverse organisation.
- Experience in delivering a portfolio of change programmes across multiple organisations and partners
- Broad experience of leading and influencing teams without direct line management relationships
- Experience of analysing the business environment and of developing strategies to meet changing organisational needs.
- Experience of collaborative working across organisational boundaries and levels and with different professional groups
- Experience of working in a board or committee and evidence of influencing decision making accordingly
Communication
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills suitable for a range of audiences, including chairing of meetings.
- The ability to express oneself clearly both orally and in writing.
- Able to clarify key points from diverse and complex sets of information
- Able to move easily between the detail and the big picture on issues in understanding and explaining the complexity of challenges and possible solutions.
- Experienced in giving presentations to diverse audiences.
Effort factors
Essential
- Mental Effort: able to be frequently interrupted during tasks, have intense concentration when reviewing/writing documents/data and presenting at board meetings
- Emotional Effort: able to occasionally impart unwelcome news to staff, stakeholders, staff exposed to difficult meetings
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Determination, perseverance, and resilience
- Flexibility, and the ability to handle a rapidly changing and ambiguous environment
- Commitment to the values and principles of system working agreed across NCL
- Ability to actively promote equality, diversity and inclusion within all areas of responsibility
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Extensive knowledge of digital and specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare and digital policy in London and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
- Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, the NHS England (London) and individual provider and commissioning organisations
- Essential IT skills
Experience
Essential
- Have experience of working in a digital strategy and transformation capacity within the NHS
- Experience of leading significant programmes of change across boundaries (both within an organisation or across a system)
- Experience of managing people and teams
- Experience in developing creative solutions to problems.
- Involvement in complex and sophisticated service development and reconfiguration.
- Leading capacity planning, influencing behaviours of external bodies.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate a high level of expertise in providing senior leadership
- Ability to create a strategy for a large programme area across multiple organisations
- Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills
- Advanced programme/project management skills and in depth understanding of project life cycles
- High level analytical skills and the ability to understand qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources and present in a clear concise manner
- Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess options and draw appropriate conclusions
- High level critical thinking skills
- Ability to develop, maintain and monitor information systems to support innovation initiatives
- Demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate
- A record of significant achievement in directing and managing teams successfully within a complex and diverse organisation.
- Experience in delivering a portfolio of change programmes across multiple organisations and partners
- Broad experience of leading and influencing teams without direct line management relationships
- Experience of analysing the business environment and of developing strategies to meet changing organisational needs.
- Experience of collaborative working across organisational boundaries and levels and with different professional groups
- Experience of working in a board or committee and evidence of influencing decision making accordingly
Communication
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills suitable for a range of audiences, including chairing of meetings.
- The ability to express oneself clearly both orally and in writing.
- Able to clarify key points from diverse and complex sets of information
- Able to move easily between the detail and the big picture on issues in understanding and explaining the complexity of challenges and possible solutions.
- Experienced in giving presentations to diverse audiences.
Effort factors
Essential
- Mental Effort: able to be frequently interrupted during tasks, have intense concentration when reviewing/writing documents/data and presenting at board meetings
- Emotional Effort: able to occasionally impart unwelcome news to staff, stakeholders, staff exposed to difficult meetings
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Determination, perseverance, and resilience
- Flexibility, and the ability to handle a rapidly changing and ambiguous environment
- Commitment to the values and principles of system working agreed across NCL
- Ability to actively promote equality, diversity and inclusion within all areas of responsibility
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.
