Job summary
The Efficiency Strategy team in the NHS England Finance and Planning Directorate is now recruiting for a Senior Manager.
This is a fantastic opportunity to be at the heart of work to support the NHS. We:
work closely with government to agree NHS funding;
ensure the NHS lives within its annual budget;
decide how to distribute the funding to the different NHS services and parts of England;
support innovative programmes that improve the care and experience of NHS patients or people using NHS services;
set out the financial and performance priorities the NHS should be delivering each year;
report how much the NHS has spent on providing services each year;
explore how the NHS can make the best use of its money;
look at how spend on building or equipment can improve the care and experience of people using NHS services.
consider how nationally we use these resources to improve healthcare outcomes, reduce inequality, improve health and support the NHS.
As an Efficiency Strategy Senior Manager, you will be working on a key Government priority of improving NHS efficiency and productivity. You will connect with a wide range of NHS England teams and directorates and directly support the Director of Efficiency, the Chief Financial Officer and the Director of Strategic Finance.
Main duties of the job
The team offers high profile, fast-paced projects. This requires adaptability, rigor and innovation and provides exciting development opportunities for those developing their careers in the NHS, health or the public sector.
Below are the types of skills and experience that we are looking for. Even if you feel you only meet some of the criteria, we encourage you to apply.
Lead the development of a strategy for efficiency improvement through a process of research and evaluation.
Lead the delivery of our efficiency strategy, including management of interdependencies within NHSE and with other NHS national bodies.
Use quantitative and qualitative analysis to understand where efficiency and productivity gains can be made and how this can inform planning and budget setting
Produce high-quality outputs to support engagement and communication of efficiency and productivity plans with senior internal and external stakeholders.
Work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team to ensure that the development of efficiency and productivity strategies are well communicated to external audiences.
Contribute to the development of our team and our people so that we are a great place to work.
About us
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visithttps://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for further information about the responsibilities of this role. You can find further details about the role, a letter from the Deputy CFOs and advice on completing your application in the Document to download section.
Interested in applying and want to find out more about our team and the work we do? Please contact:
Matthew Marsh, Efficiency Strategy Senior Lead
matthew.marsh1@nhs.net
If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for further information about the responsibilities of this role. You can find further details about the role, a letter from the Deputy CFOs and advice on completing your application in the Document to download section.
Interested in applying and want to find out more about our team and the work we do? Please contact:
Matthew Marsh, Efficiency Strategy Senior Lead
matthew.marsh1@nhs.net
If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to graduate level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in a specialist area.
Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive experience of leading strategy projects.
- Experience of strategy development and implementation, using structured problem solving skills to break down issues, evaluate options and make recommendations
- In-depth understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and an appreciation of the implications of this.
- Strong analytical and data exploitation ability.
- Experience of working across team structures to deliver insight into policy development.
- Experience of building effective cross functional working relationships to drive organisational agenda.
Skills
Essential
- Highly developed communication skills with the capability to analyse, review and make sense of highly complex, sensitive or contentious information across a diverse range of subjects relevant to post portfolio.
- Demonstrable skills in presenting complex concepts and information which may include difficult and controversial issues, across a wide range of audiences.
- Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
- Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution.
- Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.
- Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales.
- Interpreting national policy for implementation.
- Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.
- Demonstrable experience developing, managing and motivating teams/individuals to ensure success.
- Experience of delivering against competing priorities and deadlines while also directing the work of teams/individuals.
Values
Essential
- Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do.
- Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.
- Ability to operate in a value-driven style consistent with the values of the public services and specifically with the new organisational values.
- Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
- Values diversity and difference; operates with integrity and openness.
- Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
- Consistently looks to improve what they do, look for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation.
- Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same.
- Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems.
- Self-awareness in teams of emotional intelligence, biases and personal triggers with cultural sensitivity and awareness.
- Values diversity and difference operates with integrity and openness.
- Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop.
- Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to graduate level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in a specialist area.
Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive experience of leading strategy projects.
- Experience of strategy development and implementation, using structured problem solving skills to break down issues, evaluate options and make recommendations
- In-depth understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and an appreciation of the implications of this.
- Strong analytical and data exploitation ability.
- Experience of working across team structures to deliver insight into policy development.
- Experience of building effective cross functional working relationships to drive organisational agenda.
Skills
Essential
- Highly developed communication skills with the capability to analyse, review and make sense of highly complex, sensitive or contentious information across a diverse range of subjects relevant to post portfolio.
- Demonstrable skills in presenting complex concepts and information which may include difficult and controversial issues, across a wide range of audiences.
- Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
- Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution.
- Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.
- Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales.
- Interpreting national policy for implementation.
- Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.
- Demonstrable experience developing, managing and motivating teams/individuals to ensure success.
- Experience of delivering against competing priorities and deadlines while also directing the work of teams/individuals.
Values
Essential
- Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do.
- Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.
- Ability to operate in a value-driven style consistent with the values of the public services and specifically with the new organisational values.
- Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
- Values diversity and difference; operates with integrity and openness.
- Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
- Consistently looks to improve what they do, look for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation.
- Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same.
- Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems.
- Self-awareness in teams of emotional intelligence, biases and personal triggers with cultural sensitivity and awareness.
- Values diversity and difference operates with integrity and openness.
- Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop.
- Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values.
