Job summary
- Main area
- NHS Planning
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8d
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 990-S3-COR-N1790-A
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wellington House / Wellington Place
- Town
- London / Leeds
- Salary
- £83,571 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Head of Planning Support and Analysis
NHS AfC: Band 8d
Job overview
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The Finance and Planning Directorate in NHS England is looking for talented, diverse, highly motivated people to join the Planning team. This is a fantastic opportunity to be at the heart of shaping the priorities of the NHS. The team collaborates with colleagues across NHS England and the NHS to: · agree and set out the priorities for the NHS, to best meet the needs of patients and deliver value for taxpayers · develop NHS England’s business plan in response to its mandate from government · implement and continuously improve the national planning framework for the NHS As a Head of Planning Support and Analysis, you will be responsible for the development, delivery and continuous improvement of nationally supported approaches to planning across the NHS. You will work with systems and regions to develop effective planning tools and facilitate building integrated planning capability and capacity across the NHS. This new role will also provide leadership to the work of the embedded data and analytics function and drive joint programmes of work with finance and workforce analytics teams. |
Main duties of the job
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You will build relationships with national, regional and external stakeholders and provide expert planning advice to NHS England regional teams and Integrated Care Boards. The key skills and experience that we are looking for are: · The ability to lead the development and continuous improvement of national planning tools, analysis and related products designed to support integrated planning across the NHS · Experience of developing integrated operational, workforce and financial plans, including demand and capacity planning The leadership and relationship building skills to help drive the development of a senior planning community across the NHS and the ability to work with this community to improve planning · Experience of presenting, interpreting, and explaining complex and technical information and concepts to senior leaders in a clear and concise format. 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. |
Working for our organisation
In April 2023, NHS England, NHS Digital, and Health Education England merged to create a new, single organisation to lead the NHS in England. This new NHS England is designed to create a simpler, smaller, high performing, organisation that leads the NHS more effectively and is a better place to work. Speaking with one voice to the service.
The new 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.
Within Finance and Planning, we put the Equality Diversity and Inclusion commitment into practice with our staff led delivery group.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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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 CFO and advice on completing your application in the Document to download section. There will be an open access webinar on 26/7 4-5pm to give potential applicants the opportunity to find out more about the role and ask questions on an anonymous basis. You can join using the link below. Please email Iain Eaves, Director of Planning, on [email protected] if you would like to highlight any specific issues that you would like more information on as part of the webinar. |
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- In depth expert knowledge acquired over a significant period of time in the following areas: • leading the development and implementation of planning approaches, tools and analysis to support the development and assurance of integrated operational and strategic plans • leading and delivering annual and strategic plans within the NHS • detailed grasp of the full range of current NHS issues and the underlying factors shaping local and national realities of health services
Skills, capabilities & attributes
Essential criteria
- Advanced analytical skills, including triangulating workforce, finance and activity Information to support the development and assurance of integrated operational and strategic plans
- Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess options and draw appropriate conclusions
- Demonstrable leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with strong political skills
- Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate on complex matters and manage difficult situations
- Lead the development and continuous improvement of national planning tools and related products designed to support integrated planning across the NHS, identifying opportunities to improve and systematically implementing the resulting actions.
- Work alongside the Head of Activity and Planning to provide direction to the work of the embedded data and analytics function and lead joint programmes of work with finance and workforce analytics teams
- Lead a joined-up national plan analysis and assurance process and support regions in their role, ensuring that they have access to a consistent set of information and tools.
- Support the development of a joined-up planning leadership community at national, regional and system level and work with leaders across this community, developing strong relationships with regions and systems, designing and managing the plan collection ask and process, supporting the development of integrated planning capability and capacity across the NHS.
- Provide expert planning advice and support to systems, regional teams and systems, including the presentation, interpretation, and explanation of complex and technical information and concepts in a clear and concise format, tailored for different audiences.
Values
Essential criteria
- Commitment to equality of opportunity, focussed on removing barriers to full participation and values diversity and difference.
- Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop.
- Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Iain Eaves
- Job title
- Director of Planning
- Email address
- [email protected]
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