Main area Strategy and Partnerships Grade VSM Contract 12 months (This is a fixed-term/secondment position for up to 12 months to cover the maternity leave of the substantive postholder.) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 190-1161-DIR
Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Northern General Hospital Town Sheffield Salary £125,476.63 pa/pro rata for part time staff Salary period Yearly Closing 30/04/2026 23:59 Interview date 03/06/2026
Strategy and Partnerships Director
About the Role
This is an exciting and rare opportunity for an experienced and dynamic leader to join Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as Strategy and Partnerships Director. This pivotal role is responsible for shaping and delivering strategic initiatives that will define the future of healthcare across our region.
As part of the Strategy Directorate, you will lead on the development and implementation of key organisational strategies, including our first Clinical Strategy – Care 2035 – and the renewal of our Corporate Strategy. You will also drive forward our approach to partnerships, sustainability, and commercial development, ensuring these priorities are embedded across the Trust.
About You
We are looking for a senior leader with:
* Significant management experience in a senior role reporting to Board level.
* Expert knowledge and experience of strategic development and planning within a complex operating environment.
* Strong influencing and negotiating skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across organisational boundaries.
* A proven track record of delivering strategic initiatives and managing change effectively.
Main duties of the job
* Lead the development and delivery of organisational strategy, including overseeing major strategic initiatives such as Care 2035 and refreshing our Corporate Strategy.
* Lead the organisation’s business planning processes, including development of the Trust’s annual business plan.
* Shape and strengthen partnerships across South Yorkshire and beyond.
* Drive sustainability initiatives aligned to our strategic objective to Create a Sustainable Organisation.
* Support the Chief Strategy Officer in ensuring organisational viability and excellence.
* Act as Deputy for the Chief Strategy Officer when required.
* Manage the Directorate budget and ensure delivery of agreed commercial targets.
Qualifications
* Educated to Master’s level in a relevant discipline or with extensive, directly relevant experience.
* Evidence of ongoing personal development, particularly in leadership.
Experience
* Significant senior management experience gained within a large and complex healthcare organisation.
* Significant senior experience of working in partnership and how to progress meaningful change through partnerships.
* Expert knowledge and experience of strategic development and planning within a large and complex operating environment.
* Delivery of complex change within challenging circumstances.
* Track record of leading innovation and change to support the delivery of patient-centred services across organisational boundaries.
* Experience of managing budgets within a complex financial regimen and delivery, especially in constrained financial circumstances.
* Significant Capital Planning experience in managing strategic and complex projects across a range of different services.
* Experience of leading, preparing and writing business cases for major developments and their delivery.
* Sound understanding of the wider NHS policy agenda and demonstrable ability to translate national and local policy into action.
* Evidence of contribution to a wider corporate agenda.
* Experience of peer review or accreditation processes for services.
* Experience of managing the HR environment of a multi-disciplinary workforce, application of organisational policies, wider employment law and practice.
* Highly developed leadership and communication skills.
* Team player able to work across complex, multi-disciplinary matrix arrangements.
* Highly developed interpersonal skills, emotional and social intelligence.
* Ability to manage complex change within Directorates and at the interface with other Directorates and organisations.
* Commitment to NHS values and their delivery.
* Highly effective and credible personal delivery, both oral and written.
* Personal resilience.
* Credibility in a complex clinical environment.
* Political astuteness.
* Ability to coach others to succeed and deliver.
* Excellent communication skills – able to put compelling propositions together and to communicate and present complex information on a formal and informal basis to large groups.
The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community.
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