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Job overview

We are in the process of establishing long-term capability to deliver the New Hospital Programme - the 3rd largest programme on the Government’s Major Projects Portfolio enabling the delivery of NHS’s Health Infrastructure Plan.

As a Senior Commercial Governance Lead you will work in partnership with colleagues to support an efficient, effective and robust Governance structure. You will also work alongside other workstreams to aid the delivery of The New Hospital Programme: 

·       Contributing to and operating effective processes, guidance, templates and business plans.

·       Providing commercial governance support for the senior leadership and other teams, as needed.

·       Working with others in the production of performance reports and ensure data quality / integrity is maintained. 

You will be coordinating with a variety of commercial workstream leaders and stakeholders, to operate and support creation of commercial governance policies to ensure NHP delivers the Government’s Health Infrastructure Plan commitments.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective commercial environment supporting managers and staff across NHP Commercial Function (and where necessary the Programme) to ensure the effective commercial governance, assurance and audit compliance. The scope of this role includes but not limited to:

Supporting the establishment and maintenance of necessary NHP commercial and governance forums - Commercial Committee and Commercial Steering Group, Conflict of Interest Panel, etc.

· Ensure programme spend is compliant with the NHS England, Department for Health and Social Care, Cabinet Office, and other spend controls.

· Ensure governance outcomes are appropriately recorded to allow for third party audits.

· Production of Commercial collateral for Programme Governance meetings

· Creating spreadsheets, word sheets and presentations.

· Dealing with email enquiries, responses on commercial Freedom of Information requests.

· Ensure that Programme and external governance stakeholders are engaged in a way that fosters trust.

· Create culture of empowered, collaborative, helpful, ambitious, proactive and content people. 

The role supports the business in driving transformation as well as value for money in planning, commissioning and service. The role is designed to build a combination of subject matter expertise and technical skills to develop a strong service delivery.

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.