Job summary
With the launch of the Women's Health Strategy in July 2022, Dept of Health (DH) has tasked NHS England to deliver specific policy related commitments and provided funding of £1.2m for the period ending 31 March 2025 to resource and deliver the programme. Please note that this is a time limited programme/project.
Supporting the policy team in the WH programme to develop appropriate policies.
This post will support the Senior Policy Advisor in the provision of strategic, managerial and administrative services to Women's Health team to provide support, developing and implementing policy and processes and providing specialist, expert advice
The post holder will work as part of the team in delivering an effective service through the provision of strategic development and day to day management of the directorate policy development functions, to enable the team to operate effectively and deliver their priorities.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as part of the Womens Health Team team delivering an efficient and effective Policy Management Support Service, supporting managers and staff to ensure that their work stream of activities are planned and managed effectively and take the lead in assisting in their successful delivery.
- Manage the team's policy support function, including developing and managing the team's policy plan, progress and reporting risk and issue management.
- Ensure timely and accurate information analysis and reporting tomanagement on agreed areas of work.
- Liaise with appropriate functions and key stakeholders of the business.
- Maintain constructive relationships with a broad range of stakeholders.
- Working with the Senior Policy Advisor and Business Operations to contribute relevant information to support team and corporate requirements.
- Manage the regular cycle of reporting to the team, Boards and other programme/project related bodies
About us
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visithttps://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you'll usually need to be paid the 'standard' salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the 'going rate' for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The NHS health and care system cares for all and 51% of the population face obstacles when it comes to access care. In 2014 the chief medical officers annual report The health of 51%women, they identified the widening disparities for girls and women during their adolescent, reproductive and post reproductive years.
These issues remain relevant today. The DHSC published the firstWomens Health Strategy for England in August 2022.
The year 1 priorities for the strategy are:
- Encouraging expansion of womens health hubs.
- Improving information provision on womens health
- Health in workplace
- Developing a pregnancy loss certificate
- Improving access to IVF and ensuring equity of access
- Access to HRT
- Healthy ageing and long-term conditions
- Research in womens health.
Main responsibilities:
- Develop,implement and contribute to any content management system to ensure information is properly managed and best practice is shared across the team, directorate and the wider NHS organisation.
- Liaise with appropriate functions and key stakeholders of the business.
- Work with members of the team to investigate the causes of any variance from plan and proactively contribute to the implementation of solutions.
- Management of tracking mechanism and the resolution and escalation processes.
- Contribute to performance improvement; taking a lead for identified areas; complex audits or surveys, and prioritise improvement activities across the directorate.
- Maintain strong links with directorates using tact, negotiation and influencing skills to facilitate the development of effective networks / working groups / projects and the delivery of their key objectives.
- Produce material for and present complex presentations which are engaging, influential and effective in delivering key messages, the content of which may include highly complex technical, contentious or very sensitive information.
- Contribute to the development of key performance indicators.
- Contribute to short, medium and long term business plans
Job description
Job responsibilities
The NHS health and care system cares for all and 51% of the population face obstacles when it comes to access care. In 2014 the chief medical officers annual report The health of 51%women, they identified the widening disparities for girls and women during their adolescent, reproductive and post reproductive years.
These issues remain relevant today. The DHSC published the firstWomens Health Strategy for England in August 2022.
The year 1 priorities for the strategy are:
- Encouraging expansion of womens health hubs.
- Improving information provision on womens health
- Health in workplace
- Developing a pregnancy loss certificate
- Improving access to IVF and ensuring equity of access
- Access to HRT
- Healthy ageing and long-term conditions
- Research in womens health.
Main responsibilities:
- Develop,implement and contribute to any content management system to ensure information is properly managed and best practice is shared across the team, directorate and the wider NHS organisation.
- Liaise with appropriate functions and key stakeholders of the business.
- Work with members of the team to investigate the causes of any variance from plan and proactively contribute to the implementation of solutions.
- Management of tracking mechanism and the resolution and escalation processes.
- Contribute to performance improvement; taking a lead for identified areas; complex audits or surveys, and prioritise improvement activities across the directorate.
- Maintain strong links with directorates using tact, negotiation and influencing skills to facilitate the development of effective networks / working groups / projects and the delivery of their key objectives.
- Produce material for and present complex presentations which are engaging, influential and effective in delivering key messages, the content of which may include highly complex technical, contentious or very sensitive information.
- Contribute to the development of key performance indicators.
- Contribute to short, medium and long term business plans
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area. Further training or significant experience to post-graduate diploma level. Evidence of continued professional development.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Experience of providing policy development support to Senior leaders and managing relationships between senior professionals.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Well-developed analytical skills, able to interrogate multiple quantitative and qualitative data sources.
Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Clear communicator with excellent written and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately to a diverse and varied range of audiences consisting of internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area. Further training or significant experience to post-graduate diploma level. Evidence of continued professional development.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Experience of providing policy development support to Senior leaders and managing relationships between senior professionals.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Well-developed analytical skills, able to interrogate multiple quantitative and qualitative data sources.
Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Clear communicator with excellent written and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately to a diverse and varied range of audiences consisting of internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
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).
