Job summary
- Main area
- Business support
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 990-NHP-6730187-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Any NHSE office
- Town
- National
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum (exclusive of london weighting)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Business Manager
Band 7
Our Organisation
The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
The post holder will play a pivotal part in supporting the day-to-day work assigned in relation to all business matters across the directorate’s business areas. The role supports the business in driving transformation as well as value for money in planning, commissioning, and service.
Main duties of the job
Key skills and responsibilities will include:
Skills
· Excellent workload prioritisation skills.
· Highly collaborative approach with the ability to build strong internal relationships.
· Secretariat and minute taking skills.
· Excellent time management and organisational skills.
· Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build the right relationships internally (both with the senior management team and individual team members) and with stakeholder and members.
· Ability to offer constructive and well thought through support advice and guidance.
· An excellent knowledge of office systems and software to provide the level of secretarial administrative support required to do the job effectively.
· Support the portfolio of initiatives in demonstrating value for money for the current spend.
· Support the procurement processes with provision from central PMO.
· Identify and manage any business-related risks and issues.
· Ensure robust financial governance is in place.
· Support workstream leads in drafting business cases and management of approvals process.
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
· Confidence and the ability to communicate with people at all levels, both within the organisation and externally.
Working for our organisation
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 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.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details on job description and responsibilities please see attached job description.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to a degree level or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Well developed data analysis and interpretation skills involving highly complex data, with good analytical and problem-solving skills
- Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies
Skills Capabilities and aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Able to communicate in a variety of ways with key stakeholders
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult and contentious issues
Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
- Equality Standard and Workforce Disability Equality Standard
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Esther Oladiran
- Job title
- Business Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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