Overview
The Assistant Director for the Value Improvement Programme will support the development of robust programmes across a range of areas, including the Trust's efficiency plans. The NHS has a major focus on improving financial sustainability, including a need to ensure financial control, whilst balancing multiple complex and competing priorities across clinical demand, operational activity, workforce changes, and constrained funding.
The Assistant Director - Value Improvement Programme (AVP) will be a key strategic leadership role within the Trust, focused on delivering finance transformational change and financial assurance activities within the Christie NHS FT, by engaging with Divisional stakeholders, as well as with the wider partnership organisations across the Greater Manchester Integrated Care System.
Responsibilities
* Championing PMO practices to ensure consistency in the development and design of programme governance.
* Internal leadership to drive the Trust's cost improvement programme, known as the Addition Value Programme or Value Improvement Programme.
* Leadership and delivery of financial transformation and change programmes.
* External engagement in financial implications of major service change processes and related cost benefit analyses.
* Leading the development of innovative ways of working to support improving the financial position.
* Develop programme design and project initiation documentation, financial plans (efficiency plans, work-streams), and financial reports (efficiency delivery and assurance).
* Interpret highly complex NHS policy and its application within the Trust and establish goals and standards to be achieved from a corporate financial perspective.
* Work with system-wide colleagues to understand dynamics within the overall health and care sector.
* Provide knowledge and advice on programme management approaches, financial risk management, future operational finance issues, financial planning, and financial assurance mechanisms.
* Lead on establishing policies and processes to support the Trust efficiency programme; work autonomously using extensive specialist knowledge of operational management, finance and programme management.
* Lead on annual financial plans, CIP targets, and the Trusts Efficiency Programme as a centre of excellence for portfolio, programme and project management.
* Ensure robust governance and assurance for the efficiency and benefits realisation across the portfolio, both at corporate and divisional levels, and across the wider system.
* Travel as required to attend meetings and communicate with stakeholders; escalate significant concerns or risks to the Chief Operating Officer.
* Utilise performance data to inform the Trust Board and provide regular briefings on delivery of the efficiency portfolio.
* Lead on the production of business cases that support service change, transformation and development at corporate and network level.
* Enable programmes and projects to deliver sustainable patient outcomes based on sound business intelligence and robust planning within a programme and project management framework.
* Collaborate with Business Intelligence and Performance teams to ensure plans are underpinned by robust data and benchmarking tools.
* Support and lead where relevant on policy development related to efficiency and performance within the remit of the role.
* Undertake any other duties or project relevant to the role as directed by the Chief Operating Officer, including on-call duties.
Qualifications and Experience
* Essential: Degree level education, or equivalent career experience.
* Essential: Evidence of continuing professional development.
* Essential: Project Management.
* Essential: Higher level degree (e.g. Master's, MBA, fully qualified CCAB / CIMA, or postgraduate level management/financial discipline).
* Essential: Managing Successful Programmes.
* Essential: Demonstrable experience at a senior level in a complex organisation.
* Essential: Experience of managing programmes and delivering them within agreed timescales.
* Essential: Ability to develop and implement strategy, formulate operational plans including KPIs, and deliver projects from inception to completion using a collaborative approach.
* Essential: Experience in using management information and technology systems (finance, performance, programme tools) and reporting tools to design solutions and proposals.
* Essential: Extensive experience of leading, collaborating, motivating, managing and developing diverse teams.
* Essential: Experience negotiating, establishing and managing SLAs and contracts for healthcare and other services.
* Essential: Experience developing wider business proposals and commercial packages.
* Essential: Extensive experience of financial management, including planning (annual and longer term) and monthly reporting.
* Essential: Demonstrate the capability to maintain financial control whilst supporting a devolved style.
* Essential: Negotiation experience and ability to analyse performance data.
* Desirable: Operational management experience including project/change management.
* Desirable: Track record of stakeholder engagement.
Skills
* Essential: Proficiency with technology to manage and manipulate data, including Microsoft Excel (advanced formulas for complex data flows).
* Essential: Clear oral and written communication with all disciplines and seniorities.
* Essential: Strategic thinking and the ability to prioritise under tight deadlines.
* Essential: Strong numeracy and analytical skills; high general computer literacy.
* Essential: Excellent interpersonal skills and political astuteness.
* Essential: Ability to understand and interpret complex financial information.
* Desirable: Knowledge of Microsoft Access and Power BI/Tableau reporting.
Knowledge
* Essential: Awareness of key NHS policies in England.
* Essential: Working knowledge of applicable legal requirements and best practices for team leaders or managers.
* Desirable: Understanding of NHS targets and NHS financial regime (full training provided).
Other
* Essential: Proactive and solution-oriented with perseverance, flexibility, determination and adaptability.
* Essential: Strategic thinking, creativity, and innovation; good personal organization and planning.
* Desirable: Project-oriented mindset.
Additional Information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires disclosure to the DBS 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 will be considered alongside all other applications. For details, see the UK Visas and Immigration website.
Employer details: The Christie NHS FT, Manchester, M20 4BX. Website: https://www.christie.nhs.uk/
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