Business Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

Responsibilities

Day-to-day management of the DHSC contract for services

• Support NHS Employers senior leadership team to be efficient and effective.
• Manage and continuously improve systems and processes for contract management and commissioning and agreeing work programmes and deliverables, including associated metrics, contract management, contract variations, reviewing performance/performance reporting etc.
• Develop and maintain trusted working relationships with the DHSC contract manager and team, ensuring that any contractual issues are addressed and resolved at an early stage.
• Analyse data associated with DHSC contract reviews for DHSC performance reporting.

• Support the senior leadership team with other corporate contracts, including leading the tendering process where required, pricing, contract management, and governance support.
• Assist teams with advice and support regarding production of business cases to support growth.

• Provide proactive business administration and project management support to the chief executive and senior leadership team.
• Work closely with the governance team to contribute to and continuously improve business management processes.
• Work with managers to ensure accurate and high-quality reports are produced to support corporate reporting requirements.
• Monitor corporate budget expenditure and provide robust financial reporting.
• Provide advice and guidance on GDPR in association with the organisations data protection officer.

• Support robust issues/risk management programme for all work across NHS Employers providing updates and reports and highlighting risks to delivery.
• Work with managers across the organisation to ensure compliance with corporate business policies, including highlighting and supporting staff in relation to their responsibilities for procurement and operational risk management.

• Support the Chief Executive by managing the business unit budgets, including budget planning and budget forecasting.
• Line manage team members (where appropriate), including recruitment, performance management and development in accordance with organisational policies.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of contract management and developing business plans
• Experience of administering specific projects by applying specific project management processes
• Experience of working in a business manager role to senior staff with substantial administrative
• expertise including developing business cases and report writing.
• Strong analytical skills with a proven ability to extract insights that support effective decision
• making
• Budget management and forecasting experience.
• An understanding of corporate governance matters and how these impact on the work of the
• directorate including financial and procurement requirements.
• Understanding of evaluation techniques and collation and reporting of feedback
• Ability to work in a high pressure, sensitive environment with high levels of discretion and
• confidentiality
• Ability to understand and process multiple sources of complex information and present in written
• and visual formats.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Employers

Address

2nd Floor

18 Smith Square

Westminster

London

SW1P 3HZ

Employer's website

https://www.nhsemployers.org (Opens in a new tab)