Job description

Job responsibilities

The Strategic Programme Manager will provide high level programme management to the Trusts Investment Programme, leading the development of the capital and revenue plans required to deliver the Trusts Annual Plan and long term Strategy. The post holder will play a key role within the Trusts Strategy team offering programme management support across the annual planning process and for a number of high priority strategic projects, ensuring that best practice, standards, tools and techniques are in place. The post holder will provide expert advice on the development of Trust business cases for both internal and external approval, ensuring up to date knowledge around the NHSE and Treasury approvals process. The post holder will have excellent verbal and written skills, with the ability to draw strategic insights and clinical judgements to inform the development of our plans.

Job responsibilities

The Strategic Programme Manager will provide high level programme management to the Trusts Investment Programme, leading the development of the capital and revenue plans required to deliver the Trusts Annual Plan and long term Strategy. The post holder will play a key role within the Trusts Strategy team offering programme management support across the annual planning process and for a number of high priority strategic projects, ensuring that best practice, standards, tools and techniques are in place. The post holder will provide expert advice on the development of Trust business cases for both internal and external approval, ensuring up to date knowledge around the NHSE and Treasury approvals process. The post holder will have excellent verbal and written skills, with the ability to draw strategic insights and clinical judgements to inform the development of our plans.

Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to Degree Level or significant equivalent experience
• Higher level management qualification at Masters level in business (MBA) or equivalent.
• Business Case development qualification e.g. Better Business Case Practitioner

Desirable

• Improvement methodology qualification (or demonstrable previous applied experience), e.g. QSIR Advanced IT skills in MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint and Office

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience at senior manager level in the NHS working at acute hospital setting / complex healthcare environment.
• Experience of business case development for large or complex capital projects including proven experience in writing business cases
• Experience of working horizontally across organisations, influencing staff at all levels to work towards goals when there is no direct control or reporting line

Desirable

• Significant planning experience within a large acute trust

Communication and relationship skills

Essential

• Strong ability to writing high level briefings and papers to senior managers and committees at pace
• Ability to receive, interpret and communicate highly complex and contentious information where there are barriers to acceptance.
• Excellent presentation skills to present a range of concepts and analysis to senior managers, Directors, senior clinicians and externally to the trust to professional in the wider health community. Must be able to manage varying levels of understanding.
• Ability to develop credible relationships with key stakeholders both internal and external

Analytical and Judgement Skills

Essential

• Demonstrate a creative approach to problem solving. Is proactive, utilising intelligence to support proposals
• Ability to demonstrate a high level of skill in analysis, conceptual thinking, and integration of ideas, abstract thinking and creativity is demonstrated by self and valued in others.

Planning and Organisation Skills

Essential

• Sophisticated organisation and planning skills that enable complex work programmes to be delivered to prescribed timescales.
• Ability to sustain high workload through times of service and organisational pressure oGood time management, efficiency, the ability to meet deadlines and work with minimal supervision.

Physical Skills

Essential

• Must have the ability to use a keyboard, Microsoft applications and IT systems
• Ability to use the Microsoft Office software package to a sufficiently high level that personal efficiency and effectiveness are enhanced and good communication is facilitated.

Values and Behaviours

Essential

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's "We are here for you" behavioural standards

Training & Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to Degree Level or significant equivalent experience
• Higher level management qualification at Masters level in business (MBA) or equivalent.
• Business Case development qualification e.g. Better Business Case Practitioner

Desirable

• Improvement methodology qualification (or demonstrable previous applied experience), e.g. QSIR Advanced IT skills in MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint and Office

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience at senior manager level in the NHS working at acute hospital setting / complex healthcare environment.
• Experience of business case development for large or complex capital projects including proven experience in writing business cases
• Experience of working horizontally across organisations, influencing staff at all levels to work towards goals when there is no direct control or reporting line

Desirable

• Significant planning experience within a large acute trust

Communication and relationship skills

Essential

• Strong ability to writing high level briefings and papers to senior managers and committees at pace
• Ability to receive, interpret and communicate highly complex and contentious information where there are barriers to acceptance.
• Excellent presentation skills to present a range of concepts and analysis to senior managers, Directors, senior clinicians and externally to the trust to professional in the wider health community. Must be able to manage varying levels of understanding.
• Ability to develop credible relationships with key stakeholders both internal and external

Analytical and Judgement Skills

Essential

• Demonstrate a creative approach to problem solving. Is proactive, utilising intelligence to support proposals
• Ability to demonstrate a high level of skill in analysis, conceptual thinking, and integration of ideas, abstract thinking and creativity is demonstrated by self and valued in others.

Planning and Organisation Skills

Essential

• Sophisticated organisation and planning skills that enable complex work programmes to be delivered to prescribed timescales.
• Ability to sustain high workload through times of service and organisational pressure oGood time management, efficiency, the ability to meet deadlines and work with minimal supervision.

Physical Skills

Essential

• Must have the ability to use a keyboard, Microsoft applications and IT systems
• Ability to use the Microsoft Office software package to a sufficiently high level that personal efficiency and effectiveness are enhanced and good communication is facilitated.

Values and Behaviours

Essential

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's "We are here for you" behavioural standards

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Address

City Hospital

Notitngham

NG5 1PB

Employer's website

https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)