Job summary
**Internal HDFT Applicants Only**
**This Vacancy Will Close at Midnight on Friday 13th November**
There is an exciting opportunity to join Harrogate & District NHS FT's Planning Team on a 12 month fixed term secondment. The Senior Strategic Planning Manager leads on Annual Planning and the Capital Estates Programme for the Trust. This is a strategic role covering planning and capital, and leading the Planning Team to support delivery of the Trust's Strategy, including the ambition to provide "An environment that supports wellbeing".
Main duties of the job
The purpose of this post is to lead on Annual Planning and to manage the Capital Estates Programme. The principal responsibilities of the post are to:
- Annual Planning. Lead and coordinate the annual planning process to develop a coherent, coordinated Trust Annual Plan incorporating our strategic objectives, activity plan, workforce plan, capital (estates and digital) programme and finance.
- Estates Strategy. Supports the development of an Estates Strategy and Development Control Plan for the Trust.
- Annual Capital Planning. Manages the annual capital planning process, as part of the Trust's overall annual planning process. Liaises with clinical and operational teams, corporate teams and Harrogate Integrated Facilities (HIF) to identify and prioritise schemes, aligned with available capital funding. Seeks approval of the capital estates programme through Trust governance processes and groups.
- Capital Estates Programme. Monitors the delivery of the annual capital estates programme ensuring that projects are delivered within the agreed time and cost, and meet their user requirements, and that the overall programme is value for money and within the agreed funding envelope.
- Project Management. Leads the capital planning team to:
- manage capital estates projects during RIBA Stages 0-1 and 6-7,
- act as senior user during stages 2-5 to ensure that the project meets the needs of the clinical and operational users.
About us
Harrogate & District NHS FT is a high performing, ambitious organisation with a strong culture based on our KITE values of Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. Our purpose is to put the patient and child first by improving the health and wellbeing of our patients, children and communities. We are committed to delivering the best quality, safest care by supporting every one of our 5,000 colleagues and making HDFT the best place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification. If you have any questions regarding the role, please contact Matt Graham on matthew.graham3@nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification. If you have any questions regarding the role, please contact Matt Graham on matthew.graham3@nhs.net
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to master's degree level or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Project, programme, change management or quality improvement qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of delivering large scale, complex projects or programmes at pace and to time, cost and quality
- Experience of managing substantial budgets
- Leadership experience, able to demonstrate the ability to set direction, inspire, coach, manage, motivate and develop a high performing team of experienced and new staff
- Experience of building relationships and working in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders
Desirable
- NHS based experience of the essential criteria
- Experience of working in the NHS
- Experience of using improvement methodologies
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of planning processes
- Knowledge of programme and project management methods
- Knowledge of line management processes (eg HR processes, risk management, health & safety, staff engagement)
Desirable
- Knowledge and understanding of capital funding processes and governance
- Knowledge of the RIBA framework for managing construction projects
Skills & Aptitudes
Essential
- A strong, inspiring, engaging and collaborative leader. Able to demonstrate a variety of leadership styles, in particular coaching leadership. Able to develop a clear vision and strategy for the team, a plan to deliver it.
- Excellent interpersonal skills to build relationships internally and externally, with clinical and non-clinical colleagues, at all levels from Board to frontline. Excellent influencing and negotiating skills on complex and contentious issues
- Strategic thinker, with strong analytical skills and ability to plan ahead to anticipate and resolve problems.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Able to present complex information clearly and to deliver compelling, persuasive arguments and propositions (eg business cases) to audiences from Board to frontline, and from individuals to large groups.
- Strong delivery focus to ensure tasks are followed through to completion and projects are delivered. Strong team and personal organisational and time management skills to manage competing priorities and deadlines, to act proactively under pressure.
Desirable
- Ability to facilitate workshops and improvement events.
Personal Characteristics
Essential
- Enthusiastic and committed to delivering for our patients, children and staff
- Self motivated and pro-active with a "can-do" attitude and track record of delivery
- Strong commitment to the Trust's KITE (kindness, integrity, teamwork, equality) values and behaviours; demonstrates the values and behaviours in how they deliver the role and in how they lead
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to master's degree level or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Project, programme, change management or quality improvement qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of delivering large scale, complex projects or programmes at pace and to time, cost and quality
- Experience of managing substantial budgets
- Leadership experience, able to demonstrate the ability to set direction, inspire, coach, manage, motivate and develop a high performing team of experienced and new staff
- Experience of building relationships and working in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders
Desirable
- NHS based experience of the essential criteria
- Experience of working in the NHS
- Experience of using improvement methodologies
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of planning processes
- Knowledge of programme and project management methods
- Knowledge of line management processes (eg HR processes, risk management, health & safety, staff engagement)
Desirable
- Knowledge and understanding of capital funding processes and governance
- Knowledge of the RIBA framework for managing construction projects
Skills & Aptitudes
Essential
- A strong, inspiring, engaging and collaborative leader. Able to demonstrate a variety of leadership styles, in particular coaching leadership. Able to develop a clear vision and strategy for the team, a plan to deliver it.
- Excellent interpersonal skills to build relationships internally and externally, with clinical and non-clinical colleagues, at all levels from Board to frontline. Excellent influencing and negotiating skills on complex and contentious issues
- Strategic thinker, with strong analytical skills and ability to plan ahead to anticipate and resolve problems.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Able to present complex information clearly and to deliver compelling, persuasive arguments and propositions (eg business cases) to audiences from Board to frontline, and from individuals to large groups.
- Strong delivery focus to ensure tasks are followed through to completion and projects are delivered. Strong team and personal organisational and time management skills to manage competing priorities and deadlines, to act proactively under pressure.
Desirable
- Ability to facilitate workshops and improvement events.
Personal Characteristics
Essential
- Enthusiastic and committed to delivering for our patients, children and staff
- Self motivated and pro-active with a "can-do" attitude and track record of delivery
- Strong commitment to the Trust's KITE (kindness, integrity, teamwork, equality) values and behaviours; demonstrates the values and behaviours in how they deliver the role and in how they lead
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).
