Business Manager

Job overview

The Strategy Team delivers a mix of long-term strategy and short-term consultancy style pieces of work; offering post holders challenge, stretch, and variety.

At the heart of strategic development in the NHS, the team works across directorates to inform strategic decisions and shape policies. The team plays a key role in supporting the development of overall NHS strategy, leading specific strategic reviews and building strategic capability and insight across the organisation.

The team has a varied portfolio and examples of work includes:

• The Long Term Workforce Plan
• A review of productivity and efficiency across the NHS
• A new Long Term Infrastructure Strategy
• Working with DHSC on a new Major Conditions Strategy
• The Fuller Stocktake of integrated primary care

The Strategy Team also supports wider strategic decision making and capability, such as: 

• Supporting the Chief Executive and the Board in strategic discussions; for example, on strategic opportunities and risks
• Work with finance and planning colleagues in spending reviews and strategic prioritisation
• Conducting ‘horizon scanning’ studies of key trends related to health and healthcare
• Short problem-solving projects to support priority decisions or areas of business improvement
• Building the strategic skills and capabilities across the organisation.

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The post holder will have an excellent understanding of business management processes, facilitate discussions, and advise colleagues on best practice in the definition of processes, develop and document those processes for agreement, and oversee their delivery into operational policy

• Lead the Group’s Business Management function and management of Business Management ‘pod’. Managing the team to deliver effectively, including performance, training and development.
• Delivering business management processes for the Strategy Group that enable effective delivery of business, including supporting the senior leadership team with planning and management of the Group’s activities, including:

o    Business processes: Ensuring team are using correct business processes, including providing advice and support for procurement and business case processes. Providing reporting and assurance to the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) on areas such as accommodation, recruitment and staffing information.
o    Risk Management: collating the risks for the Strategy Group, supporting project managers in using the right tools and approaches to effectively identify, monitor and mitigate risks
o    Be a member of the extended leadership team within the Strategy Team, support activities including staff health and wellbeing, development and training

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.