Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for an excellent and visionary senior leader to join our values driven organisation as Assistant Director of Business Development. This is a crucial role which is accountable for delivery of our 'Business Growth, Partnerships and Engagement' strategic programme. This programme is one of 3 key strategic ambitions as part of the Spectrum Business Strategy 2025-2028
You will be responsible for horizon scanning and pipeline development, leading and coordinating tenders including crafting tender responses and new business decision support. The role includes maintaining and fostering new strategic relationships with both existing and new partners and the design and mobilisation of new products and services. Skills and ambition in the use and adoption of data analytics and emerging new technologies that enhance and inform procurement responses, relationship management, targeted business developments and the way we articulate our impact, benefits realisation and business cases is highly desirable
Main duties of the job
You will have an opportunity to work with an ambitious Executive Team, senior leaders and operational colleagues leading programmes of work to deliver our business strategy and shape the systems we work in through effective collaborations and strategic partnerships. You will also work as a key member of our Strategic Leadership Team (SLT) working with other senior leaders across Spectrum.
Have you got significant proven experience of leading and delivering service redesign, organisational change and strategy development in a complex working environment?
Can you demonstrate a strong track record of winning new business through successful tender submissions including a demonstrable track record of crafting tenders and complex bid coordination, getting the best out of the Spectrum group of companies within health and social care, working where relevant with a range of strategic partners, commissioning frameworks and within the new national provider selection regime.
Can you show us that you are able to constantly improve our business growth and contract retention strategies, learning from procurements and contributing to the leadership of programmes of mobilisations and demobilisations ?
Are you a successful strategic leader who can bring vision to life in respect of Spectrum's commercial growth, partnerships and engagement strategy and lead high performing teams to do so?
About us
BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE
Join our team
We're looking for passionate individuals to join our diverse and innovative team.
Whether you are starting out in your healthcare journey or are an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge we've got a role for you!
- Access to NHS Pension
- Annual leave on your Birthday
- Welcome payment for some posts
- Refer a friend scheme
- Training and Development opportunities
- Flexible Working
- Access to Employee Assistance and Health and Wellbeing programmes
- Up to 33 days annual leave
We have an ambition to become a truly lived experience inclusive employer, changing how we approach staff experience and value personal stories our colleagues bring with them.
We welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who belong to LGBTQIA+ Community and are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and Asexual, people with a disability, neurodivergent applicants and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.
Spectrum Community Health CIC provides a range of award-winning healthcare services on behalf of the NHS, Local Authority Public Health services, and other partners across substance misuse, sexual health, and health and justice settings. As a not-for-profit social enterprise and Community Interest Company our focus is centred on people - our patients, service users, staff and partners.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information regarding the advertised vacancy, please see attached job description and person specification or contact Linda Harris, Chief Executive via Sue Quinn, Business Administration Manager on Business.Admin@spectrum-cic.nhs.uk
Stakeholder panels will be held virtually on 9th October
Interviews will be held on 13th October at Navigation Walk, Wakefield
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information regarding the advertised vacancy, please see attached job description and person specification or contact Linda Harris, Chief Executive via Sue Quinn, Business Administration Manager on Business.Admin@spectrum-cic.nhs.uk
Stakeholder panels will be held virtually on 9th October
Interviews will be held on 13th October at Navigation Walk, Wakefield
Person Specification
Education and Training
Essential
- Educated to master's degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level experience gained in a similar senior management role.
Desirable
- Appropriate professional qualification e.g. in health/ leadership/management
- Evidence of continued professional and personal development
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of commercial contracting arrangements and development of mobilisation plans including relevant regulatory frameworks
- Knowledge of regulatory and compliance constraints relevant to our sector
- Significant leadership experience.at a senior management level
- Experience of managing, developing and maintaining key relationships and partnerships.
- Significant experience of leading high performing teams
- Proven experience of leading and delivering organisational change and strategy development in a complex working environment.
- Demonstrable track record of craft-ing tenders and complex bid coordi-nation within health and social care sector
- Evidence of improving customer out-comes in the delivery of services.
- Extensive experience of delivering presentations to groups of stake-holders, and staff.
- Evidence of robust financial and re-source management
Desirable
- Understanding of the structure and framework of healthcare services and how a social enterprise operates within this framework
- Experience of managing, developing and main-taining key relationships and partnerships in health/social care sector
- Strong track record of winning new business through successful ten-der submissions in health/social care sec-tors.
- Commercial sector experience.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Leadership, vision and strategic thinking
- Highly developed people-management skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate others.
- Highly developed people-management skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate others.
- Highly developed people-management skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate others.
- Sound financial management skills with strong business acumen
- Highly developed influencing and negotiation skills.
- Ability to positively challenge whilst maintaining good relationships with work colleagues and external partners.
- Leadership and coordination exper-tise and contributions of external consultants / bid writers to deliver against agreed outcomes
- Ability to make decisions autonomously when required.
- Highly developed analytical and problem-solving skills2
Person Specification
Education and Training
Essential
- Educated to master's degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level experience gained in a similar senior management role.
Desirable
- Appropriate professional qualification e.g. in health/ leadership/management
- Evidence of continued professional and personal development
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of commercial contracting arrangements and development of mobilisation plans including relevant regulatory frameworks
- Knowledge of regulatory and compliance constraints relevant to our sector
- Significant leadership experience.at a senior management level
- Experience of managing, developing and maintaining key relationships and partnerships.
- Significant experience of leading high performing teams
- Proven experience of leading and delivering organisational change and strategy development in a complex working environment.
- Demonstrable track record of craft-ing tenders and complex bid coordi-nation within health and social care sector
- Evidence of improving customer out-comes in the delivery of services.
- Extensive experience of delivering presentations to groups of stake-holders, and staff.
- Evidence of robust financial and re-source management
Desirable
- Understanding of the structure and framework of healthcare services and how a social enterprise operates within this framework
- Experience of managing, developing and main-taining key relationships and partnerships in health/social care sector
- Strong track record of winning new business through successful ten-der submissions in health/social care sec-tors.
- Commercial sector experience.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Leadership, vision and strategic thinking
- Highly developed people-management skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate others.
- Highly developed people-management skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate others.
- Highly developed people-management skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate others.
- Sound financial management skills with strong business acumen
- Highly developed influencing and negotiation skills.
- Ability to positively challenge whilst maintaining good relationships with work colleagues and external partners.
- Leadership and coordination exper-tise and contributions of external consultants / bid writers to deliver against agreed outcomes
- Ability to make decisions autonomously when required.
- Highly developed analytical and problem-solving skills2
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).