Job summary
We are looking to cover Maternity leave with immediate start to end December 2024. This term will include taking on the duties of a Business Coordinator with the BSU team looking after the Midwifery and QSI teams in the Nursing directorate from commencement until the Change Programme implementation dates to migrate have been agreed at which point the successful candidate will then take on a PMO based role with a different team.
Main duties of the job
Working with the BSU: this will entail taking on the day to day duties of finance management - raising purchase orders, chasing credit notes, raising invoices, working with suppliers & SBS for an end to end service etc; leading on the recruitment process for the teams - TRAC, Secondments and attributable finances, starters & leavers processes. The role also takes on ad hoc business support as required by the QSI and Midwifery teams
PMO role: working with the PMO team to ensure good governance of the programme, including arranging meetings, compiling agendas, taking minutes, following up actions. The role also involves coordinating the response to queries through the shared maternity transformation mailbox and monitoring the maternity PQ mailbox as and when required. The postholder will be a key point of contact for both internal and external stakeholders and team members regarding organisational and governance matters.
About us
NHS England leads the NHS in England to deliver high quality care for all. We support NHS organisations to deliver better outcomes for our patients and communities, work to get the best possible value for taxpayers, and drive improvement across the NHS.
Through ourseven regional teams, NHS England supports localintegrated care systems, made up of public services that provide health and care - NHS organisations, primary care professionals, local councils, social care providers and the community, voluntary and social enterprise sector - to improve the health of the population, improve the quality of care, tackle inequalities and deliver care more efficiently.
From April 2023, NHS England, Health Education England and NHS Digital became one single organisation, putting workforce, data, digital and technology at the heart of our plans to transform the NHS.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!SecondmentsApplicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!SecondmentsApplicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to a degree level or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
- Further training or significant experience to post-graduate diploma level.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Previous experience in business support.
- Experience and understanding of evaluating and measuring the performance of services.
- Experience in communications and stakeholder management.
- Experience of providing business support to senior managers and managing relationships between senior professionals.
Desirable
- Comprehensive knowledge of project management and/or health information systems development.
- Workforce development knowledge and experience.
Skills / Abilities
Essential
- Able to work on own initiative, organising and prioritising own and others workloads to changing and often tight deadlines.
- Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be several courses of action.
- Ability to analyse and interpret information, pre-empt and evaluate issues, and recommend an appropriate course of action to address the issues.
- Advanced keyboard skills.
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Attention to detail combined with the ability to extract key messages from complex analysis.
Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Skills for nurturing key relationships and maintaining networks.
- Professional calm and efficient manner.
- Demonstrate a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.
- Adaptability, flexibility to work and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
- Ability to change ways of working to aid cooperation within and between teams in order to achieve results.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to a degree level or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
- Further training or significant experience to post-graduate diploma level.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Previous experience in business support.
- Experience and understanding of evaluating and measuring the performance of services.
- Experience in communications and stakeholder management.
- Experience of providing business support to senior managers and managing relationships between senior professionals.
Desirable
- Comprehensive knowledge of project management and/or health information systems development.
- Workforce development knowledge and experience.
Skills / Abilities
Essential
- Able to work on own initiative, organising and prioritising own and others workloads to changing and often tight deadlines.
- Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be several courses of action.
- Ability to analyse and interpret information, pre-empt and evaluate issues, and recommend an appropriate course of action to address the issues.
- Advanced keyboard skills.
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Attention to detail combined with the ability to extract key messages from complex analysis.
Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Skills for nurturing key relationships and maintaining networks.
- Professional calm and efficient manner.
- Demonstrate a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.
- Adaptability, flexibility to work and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
- Ability to change ways of working to aid cooperation within and between teams in order to achieve results.
Additional information
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).
