Corporate Services Manager South East RRDN

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the full Job description / person specification

Note : HCAS High Cost Area Supplement is applied to Guildford only, excludes Canterbury & Brighton.

The Corporate Services Manager will provide line management and supervision to the Strategy Project Facilitator. Line management of staff members will include undertaking staff reviews to identify training and development needs, and establishing how those needs will be met, and managing performance against agreed objectives. The post-holder will ensure the same review processes take place for all staff with the defined function via appropriate line management arrangements and that skills and capabilitiesexist to meet current and future business needs.

The post-holder will be responsible for ensuring that appropriate methodologies for the collection, interrogation and interpretation of data are used and provide high quality reporting in a range of formats.

The team offers a positive and developmental environment. If you are looking for an interesting role which gives you the ability to work with stakeholdersacross the health and care system with a passion for research we are keen to hear from you.

BUSINESS PLANNING

Support on the management of RRDN plans and reports and produce any related documents to support the regional completion of associated plans and reports, in consultation with RRDN and/or RDNCC colleagues as appropriate

Lead the internal review and quality assurance processes for RRDN plans and reports to meet national and regional requirements, and manage the approval process, including:

o leadership and oversight of a review group, consisting of senior colleagues within the RRDN and RDNCC (as appropriate), to review the plans and reports

o where not provided at a national level, the development and application of a robust set of review criteria to assess the appropriateness, quality and risk level of each plan

o provision of expert input and advice to senior colleagues as appropriate to ensure that their review of RRDN plans is as effective and efficient as possible.

Lead on and coordinate the RRDN approval of plans and reports, to meet national requirements

Maintain close links with the RDNCC Performance and Impact team, and other teams as relevant to ensure that national/standard planning and reporting processes and systems are understood and implemented locally

Support the preparation and issue of any ad hoc and strategic calls for funding across the

RRDN

Facilitate strategic project implementation reviews by developing presentations and reports to present at internal and partnership events to raise awareness of the projects, highlighting local challenges and plans to address them

OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT

Responsible for managing the planning and reporting on a wide range of projects and business as usual activities across multiple organisations in the RRDN that will contribute to the priorities of the RDN

Ensure programme, project, and business as usual deliverables are produced to the required quality, within a specified time frame and within budget

Diagnose complex issues by analysing information and data, proactively problem-solving and negotiating in order to develop a solution

Identify key potential risks in the delivery of programmes/projects/business as usual, and ensure strategies are in place to manage these

Develop, maintain and monitor plans for programmes, projects and business as usual

Coordinate the management and administration of Host Organisation contracts with Delivery Organisations

Lead the management and monitoring of contract compliance in line with national requirements

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Masters level qualification or equivalent experience
• Degree level qualification in a relevant subject or equivalent experience
• Project management qualification or equivalent experience

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Experience of NHS management and research infrastructure
• Experience of acting in a senior management capacity, including experience in overseeing organisational planning and reporting activities
• planning and reporting activities ? A/I Experience of working across complex organisational structures and effective matrix management
• Extensive experience of business planning and robust financial management at appropriate scale
• Experience of managing staff
• Experience of using IT systems for information dissemination and to monitor performance
• Knowledge and experience of delivering projects with a range of project management methodologies/techniques

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Royal Surrey Hospital

Egerton Road

Guildford

GU2 7XX

Employer's website

https://www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)