Sustainability and Social Value Manager

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

NHS Commercial Solutions (NHSCS) is a collaborative procurement NHS organisation providing strategic procurement services to NHS organisations within Kent, Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex and further afield. NHSCS has delivered savings in excess of £270 million working in partnership with trusts and with multiple stakeholders to deliver cash releasing savings, cost and quality improvements across a wide range of categories.

This is an exciting new opportunity for a Sustainability and Social Value Manager to establish a new Sustainability and Social Value programme of support to NHSCS and its members. The role will include extensive engagement with our member NHS organisations and a wide range of stakeholders, based locally, regionally and nationally, including NHS-England, DHSC and others.

This is a pivotal post with responsibility for the strategic development and management of Sustainability and Social Value (SSV) programmes in the South East. We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic individual wanting to make a positive difference in the NHS. The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate strong personal skills, and extensive experience and enthusiasm for sustainability and social value. They will also be a good communicator, have a strong people focused approach, and broad commercial acumen. This role is part of a network of NHS procurement SSV professionals wider NHS SSV and an opportunity to be part of the established European network.

Main duties of the job

You will be the principal expert in Sustainability and Social Value for the organisation, leading a number of initiatives on behalf of its members, providing strategic leadership and responsibility for multiple procurement programmes to improve value and quality for member trusts.

You will act as an ambassador for NHSCS and senior stakeholders, Board and Executive Director level member Trusts on the Sustainability and Social Value agenda. Working closely with key stakeholders and internal and external customers, you will set up and support collaborative project groups working at all levels of stakeholder seniority.

As an integral part of the NHSCS team you will need to be able to:

Implement sustainability strategies for NHSCS and its members, which will include all aspects of social value. Specific considerations will include carbon reduction, environmental impacts, sustainable development, modern slavery, supplier diversity and resilience, plus a wide range of other environmental and socio-economic factors.
Work with our existing teams to operationalise strategic and operational initiatives working with both NHSCS and member trust teams.
Embed sustainable principles and innovative approaches into our procurement portfolio and practices.

Skills, experience, and a passion for this subject area are essential, together with a need for strong practical implementation experience.

About us

NHS Commercial Solutions is a collaborative procurement NHS organisation providing strategic procurement services to NHS organisations within Kent, Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex and further afield. We are hosted by Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Date posted

30 June 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£52,963 to £59,360 a year 5% HCAS Fringe payable for staff based at Leatherhead

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

325-5414009-CORP

Job locations

NHS Commercial Solutions

The Atrium Business Centre, Curtis road

Dorking

RH4 1XA

Job description

Job responsibilities

Develop excellent relationships and support effective communication between abroad range of all relevant stakeholders and customers both internal and external.

Engage with and gather the requirements of stakeholders, both internal and external.

Lead on development and maintenance of strategic level relationships with national level stakeholders in the field of Sustainability and Social Value, including with NHS England, Department of Health and Social Care and NHS Supply Chain.

Act as subject matter expert to the organisation on sustainability, Greener NHS, social value, equality and diversity issues, providing regular communications to the organisation on best practice, operational issues, capacity, and any sector-specific issues arising.

Participate in relevant internal and external working groups and projects and initiatives which may be highly complex with the aim of providing information and advice to the relevant teams, and communicating the relevant content back to your own team.

Present findings of complex investigation and analysis and recommendations in a clear and intelligible form as presentations or written reports, suitable for a wide range of audiences (including those without a sustainability or social value background).

Explain detailed legislative and specialist information making complex issues easy to understand and interpret to a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.

Use communications to shape best practice and embed business process change.

Use influencing techniques to gain stakeholder agreement and co- operation with business process changes.

Use discretion to determine the best methodology and vehicle to communicate with individuals, groups, customers or the wider team, with a focus on ensuring the information is delivered clearly and without jargon.

Liaise directly with the senior management team to design, implement and maintain KPIs, metrics and dashboards, focusing on measurement and delivery of sustainability and social value through all business activity

Job description

Job responsibilities

Develop excellent relationships and support effective communication between abroad range of all relevant stakeholders and customers both internal and external.

Engage with and gather the requirements of stakeholders, both internal and external.

Explain detailed legislative and specialist information making complex issues easy to understand and interpret to a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.

Use communications to shape best practice and embed business process change.

Use influencing techniques to gain stakeholder agreement and co- operation with business process changes.

Person Specification

Qualifications and experience

Essential

Educated to a Masters Degree level or equivalent experience
Generate solutions to complex problems around implementation of sustainability and social value principles in procurement activity.

Desirable

Experience of developing a sustainability programme delivering demonstrable benefits

Qualification & experience

Essential

Educated to a Master's level or equivalent experience working at a senior level in a specialist area in the Sustainability and Social Value industry (public or private sector)

Desirable

People skills - ability to delegate, empower, influence and lead people
Project management and planning skills

Person Specification

Qualifications and experience

Essential

Educated to a Masters Degree level or equivalent experience
Generate solutions to complex problems around implementation of sustainability and social value principles in procurement activity.

Desirable

Experience of developing a sustainability programme delivering demonstrable benefits

Qualification & experience

Essential

Educated to a Master's level or equivalent experience working at a senior level in a specialist area in the Sustainability and Social Value industry (public or private sector)

Desirable

People skills - ability to delegate, empower, influence and lead people
Project management and planning skills

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.