Job summary
The Head of Public Involvement and Engagement will provide leadership, direction and oversight of NICE's public involvement and strategic engagement programmes. They will manage the Public Involvement and Strategic Engagement teams to ensure that NICE's work is informed by lived experience and feedback from our users and stakeholders.
The post holder will lead the strategic direction of NICE's public involvement and engagement work, through the dynamic implementation and delivery of the new NICE strategic framework for public involvement & engagement and the NICE stakeholder engagement framework.
Success will require effective working with NICE's stakeholders (including its advisory bodies, partner organisations, voluntary and community sector stakeholders, the health and care system, patients, people who use services, their families, carers and the public) to embed valued public involvement and engagement strategies, policy and practice across NICE and the work we do. They will lead and champion innovative work to better engage with people from communities most affected by health inequalities, and embed equality, diversity and inclusion in NICE's work.
The postholder will be to engage with national voluntary and community sector stakeholders at a strategic level to develop partnership working to amplify NICE's reach, so that together we meet our user's needs, get the best care to patients fast and focus on what matters most to people and communities.
Main duties of the job
Contract Type: Permanent - This job can be based in Manchester or London
The postholder will:
- Lead and hold responsibility for the strategic development, implementation and delivery of NICE's strategic framework, plan and policy for public involvement and engagement
- Pioneer, lead and plan innovative public involvement and engagement initiatives and approaches for NICE, to ensure that the voices of people who use services are heard and their contribution honoured
- Lead and evolve a programme of strategic engagement with national organisations and key opinion leaders, aligned to the NICE strategic engagement framework
- Act as the strategic lead for NICE's engagement with the voluntary and community sector, developing partnerships to amplify NICE's reach
- Provide strategic advice and guidance to NICE's centres and directorates to ensure public involvement and engagement is effective and impactful
About us
The Implementation and Partnerships directorate builds effective partnerships with NICE's users, ensuring their voice and needs are used to drive the implementation and use of our products.
To do this:
- We develop partnerships with national, regional and local users, generating intelligence to make sure our products are useful, usable, and implementable in the health and care environment.
- We use data, intelligence and learning on uptake and implementation from our users to drive NICE's activity. This includes focusing on what matters most and ensuring implementation support is responsive and targeted in areas with greatest impact.
- We ensure that high impact patient and public involvement is embedded and valued across all NICE's programmes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Here at NICE we are passionate and proud of the work we do and the impact we make.
We can offer you a great place to work with good benefits, flexible working, and a supportive, friendly, and inclusive environment.
Benefits:
- We offer a range of benefits including the NHS pension scheme and staff discounts
- We provide a thorough induction programme
- Personal development is supported through extensive training and development opportunities
- We promote flexible working to help staff achieve a healthy work life balance
- We value equality and diversity and welcome applicants from all sections of the community
- We will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria in line with the NHS Guaranteed Interview Scheme
If you feel this is the type of environment, you will enjoy working in then please feel free to contact us for more information or apply now
To be considered for this role, you should be able to particularly demonstrate the person specification criteria in the job advert in your application. However, applicants should be able to demonstrateall essential criteriathrough the entirety of the recruitment process to be considered for the job.
Please see job description attached for full list of responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Here at NICE we are passionate and proud of the work we do and the impact we make.
We can offer you a great place to work with good benefits, flexible working, and a supportive, friendly, and inclusive environment.
Benefits:
- We offer a range of benefits including the NHS pension scheme and staff discounts
- We provide a thorough induction programme
- Personal development is supported through extensive training and development opportunities
- We promote flexible working to help staff achieve a healthy work life balance
- We value equality and diversity and welcome applicants from all sections of the community
- We will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria in line with the NHS Guaranteed Interview Scheme
If you feel this is the type of environment, you will enjoy working in then please feel free to contact us for more information or apply now
To be considered for this role, you should be able to particularly demonstrate the person specification criteria in the job advert in your application. However, applicants should be able to demonstrateall essential criteriathrough the entirety of the recruitment process to be considered for the job.
Please see job description attached for full list of responsibilities.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of a senior leadership role in a complex environment, with competing priorities
- Nationally recognised experience of translating patient/public involvement and engagement policy into practice
- Experience of working with a range of stakeholders in a health and social care setting, including experience of collaborative working with people with lived experience, community representatives and voluntary sector organisations
Education
Essential
- Doctorate and further specialist training or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through experience and further training/development in a relevant field
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to engage effectively with a range of colleagues both internally and from external organisations, including at national level
- Ability to lead on and manage the implementation of change
- Experience in strategy development and transformation
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of a senior leadership role in a complex environment, with competing priorities
- Nationally recognised experience of translating patient/public involvement and engagement policy into practice
- Experience of working with a range of stakeholders in a health and social care setting, including experience of collaborative working with people with lived experience, community representatives and voluntary sector organisations
Education
Essential
- Doctorate and further specialist training or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through experience and further training/development in a relevant field
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to engage effectively with a range of colleagues both internally and from external organisations, including at national level
- Ability to lead on and manage the implementation of change
- Experience in strategy development and transformation
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).
