Job summary
The Trust is looking to recruit a Deputy Trust Secretary (Corporate Governance)
This is a key senior leadership role, and the successful candidate will lead on all aspects of corporate governance, supporting decision making through the Trust and ensuring that robust governance frameworks are in place at all levels of decision making.
You will also be pivotal in ensuring that development and implementation of any system wide governance assurance processes are integrated into our governance structures and that the Trust's improvement programmes, policy and risk frameworks are effectively embedded.
You will be experienced in all aspects of corporate governance and its application to risk and assurance processes, including the Well Led framework, be confident in managing staff in related disciplines, and providing advice and support on best practice across the organisation.
The person specification provides further detail of the skills, experience and personal qualities required for this position.
Main duties of the job
Working with the Trust Secretary, the post holder will lead, plan, undertake and co-ordinate all aspects of corporate governance ensuring that a high quality of governance is maintained in respect of the Board and its Committees and the Council of Governors and their Committees. The Deputy Trust Secretary will also oversee and implement induction and Board member development, will oversee the integration of all corporate governance improvement projects with the Board Assurance Framework, ensure that corporate governance standards satisfy the Well Led framework and any other regulatory requirements applicable to the Trust, and will provide leadership to the Corporate Governance Team and the Corporate Risk Lead.
The Deputy Trust Secretary will play a key role in developing the Group Accountability Framework including the design and implementation of local decision making at a hospital level and to oversee and appraise the effectiveness of such arrangements and their relationship with the group decision making structures.
The Deputy Trust Secretary will deputise in the absence of the Trust Secretary.
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
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*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
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*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or robust evidence of an equivalent level of education or experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development that enhances theoretical and practical knowledge
- Educated to Masters level, or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- In depth knowledge and experience of relevant areas of leadership eg finance/budgetary, people management, information systems
- Significant practical experience in an NHS corporate governance leadership role advising the Board on all aspects of effective governance, and acting as governance lead to Board Committees
- Significant experience in leading on the management and delivery of all aspects of corporate governance including induction and development of Board members, and the administration of Board Committees
- A good knowledge of and significant practical experience of NHS governance including the regulatory requirements applicable, and experience of the application of regulatory conditions including NHSE undertakings, and CQC notices, and the application of the Well Led framework.
- A good knowledge of the role of governors and the membership of NHS Foundation Trusts.
- Significant experience of strategic risk management in an NHS Foundation Trust including working with the Board and its Committees in the development and management of the Board Assurance Framework.
- Staff management.
- Practical experience of developing, applying and interpreting the Board Assurance Framework in an NHS environment.
- Practical experience of working with system partners on the development of shared governance arrangements.
- Significant practical experience in an NHS corporate governance leadership role advising the Board on all aspects of effective governance, and acting as governance lead to Board Committees
- Significant experience in leading on the management and delivery of all aspects of corporate governance including induction and development of Board members, and the administration of Board Committees
- A good knowledge of and significant practical experience of NHS governance including the regulatory requirements applicable.
- A good knowledge of the role of governors and the membership of NHS Foundation Trusts.
- Significant experience of strategic risk management in an NHS Foundation Trust including working with the Board and its Committees in the development and management of the Board Assurance Framework.
- Staff management.
- Practical experience of developing, applying and interpreting the Board Assurance Framework in an NHS environment
Desirable
- Experience of organisational change in the NHS and developing governance structures accordingly.
- Experience of working with corporate risk teams on the administration of the Board Assurance framework.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Quality focussed with an innovative approach and the ability to solve complex problems
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues.
- Highly developed leadership skills and ability to set a vision
- Creative approach to problem solving including the ability to motivate and negotiate effectively
- Highly developed skills of tact and diplomacy
- Ability to analyse highly complex issues and data where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources and to review large volumes of information at speed to identify salient points.
- Ability to work in partnership at all levels both within the organisation and with key stakeholders and groups across professional and inter- agency boundaries
- Able to communicate effectively both in writing and verbally - delivered with clarity and confidence
- Ability to work effectively between strategic and operational activities where required
- High level report writing and minuting skills
- Can demonstrate ability to act autonomously and to escalate issues appropriately.
- An ability to work under pressure in order to achieve frequent hard deadlines.
- Ability to switch tasks as a result of managing multiple strands of work as a result of interruptions and /or arising situations requiring urgent attention.
- Respond to stressful, unpredictable situations
- Analyse complex numerical and non-numerical data
- Respond to frequent requirement for prolonged and intense concentration, e.g. writing reports, strategies and briefing papers.
- An ability to manage and diffuse conflict
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or robust evidence of an equivalent level of education or experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development that enhances theoretical and practical knowledge
- Educated to Masters level, or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- In depth knowledge and experience of relevant areas of leadership eg finance/budgetary, people management, information systems
- Significant practical experience in an NHS corporate governance leadership role advising the Board on all aspects of effective governance, and acting as governance lead to Board Committees
- Significant experience in leading on the management and delivery of all aspects of corporate governance including induction and development of Board members, and the administration of Board Committees
- A good knowledge of and significant practical experience of NHS governance including the regulatory requirements applicable, and experience of the application of regulatory conditions including NHSE undertakings, and CQC notices, and the application of the Well Led framework.
- A good knowledge of the role of governors and the membership of NHS Foundation Trusts.
- Significant experience of strategic risk management in an NHS Foundation Trust including working with the Board and its Committees in the development and management of the Board Assurance Framework.
- Staff management.
- Practical experience of developing, applying and interpreting the Board Assurance Framework in an NHS environment.
- Practical experience of working with system partners on the development of shared governance arrangements.
- Significant practical experience in an NHS corporate governance leadership role advising the Board on all aspects of effective governance, and acting as governance lead to Board Committees
- Significant experience in leading on the management and delivery of all aspects of corporate governance including induction and development of Board members, and the administration of Board Committees
- A good knowledge of and significant practical experience of NHS governance including the regulatory requirements applicable.
- A good knowledge of the role of governors and the membership of NHS Foundation Trusts.
- Significant experience of strategic risk management in an NHS Foundation Trust including working with the Board and its Committees in the development and management of the Board Assurance Framework.
- Staff management.
- Practical experience of developing, applying and interpreting the Board Assurance Framework in an NHS environment
Desirable
- Experience of organisational change in the NHS and developing governance structures accordingly.
- Experience of working with corporate risk teams on the administration of the Board Assurance framework.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Quality focussed with an innovative approach and the ability to solve complex problems
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues.
- Highly developed leadership skills and ability to set a vision
- Creative approach to problem solving including the ability to motivate and negotiate effectively
- Highly developed skills of tact and diplomacy
- Ability to analyse highly complex issues and data where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources and to review large volumes of information at speed to identify salient points.
- Ability to work in partnership at all levels both within the organisation and with key stakeholders and groups across professional and inter- agency boundaries
- Able to communicate effectively both in writing and verbally - delivered with clarity and confidence
- Ability to work effectively between strategic and operational activities where required
- High level report writing and minuting skills
- Can demonstrate ability to act autonomously and to escalate issues appropriately.
- An ability to work under pressure in order to achieve frequent hard deadlines.
- Ability to switch tasks as a result of managing multiple strands of work as a result of interruptions and /or arising situations requiring urgent attention.
- Respond to stressful, unpredictable situations
- Analyse complex numerical and non-numerical data
- Respond to frequent requirement for prolonged and intense concentration, e.g. writing reports, strategies and briefing papers.
- An ability to manage and diffuse conflict
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
