Senior Commercial Operations Manager

NHS England

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Job summary

We are in the process of establishing long-term capability to deliver the New Hospital Programme - the 3rd largest programme on the Government's Major Projects Portfolio enabling the delivery of NHS's Health Infrastructure Plan.

As the Senior Commercial Operations Manager, the postholder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering our ambitious programme, encouraging the programme organisations to work together to deliver more efficient commercial and corporate services.

The postholder will work closely with the workstream lead to help to shape our thinking about the future of these services across the programme and the wider NHS.

The postholder will work closely with others in the Commercial Operations team and across the Directorate.

The postholder will form strong working relationships across delivery teams, within NHSE, with external experts to support the delivery of commercial strategies that benefits the programme and wider NHS England.

They will support the work of other projects across the team, working alongside the senior leadership team and the Deputy Director to achieve this.

The postholder will work as part of the multi-disciplinary team to support the planning, scoping and delivery of projects and wider, supporting them to implement new ways of working and deliver change.

Main duties of the job

The postholder's role will largely cover the following:

Supporting the development of the commercial strategy and framework from which success is defined and subsequently assessed.

Supporting NHS England, the Commercial Directorate and other functions to recognise and understand the role that data, systems and standards plays in delivery of value for money, leading edge services.

Supporting the development of the commercial toolkit, drawing on industry best practice and public sector insights, to support the programme to identify and address the challenges it faces with innovative solutions, through for example ideation tools, information sharing platforms and innovation selection.

Supporting the identification, selection, and delivery of best practice and innovation with partners which can then be showcased to the programme system to encourage further ideation and change.

Supporting the communication of all aspects of the commercial work - from strategy through to ideation and delivery.

Working within a matrix virtual team from across NHS England, the wider NHS system, and suppliers to define problems, plan and execute their delivery.

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.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

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.

Date posted

25 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

990-NHP-6669258-IE

Job locations

Any NHSE Office

National

SE1 8UG

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.

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to Masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in the fields of innovation, project management and transformational change.

Knowledge and experience

Essential

In depth additional knowledge acquired over a significant period of time in supporting the delivery of innovation and economic or business development resulting in significant scale quality improvement and cost reduction in the NHS or similar large and complex organisations.
Supporting ideation and innovation creation, selection, and knowledge management. Demonstrable experience of supporting end-to-end innovation delivery.

Skills, Capabilities & Attributes

Essential

Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
Ability to negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change.
Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action, working to tight and often changing timescales.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to Masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in the fields of innovation, project management and transformational change.

Knowledge and experience

Essential

In depth additional knowledge acquired over a significant period of time in supporting the delivery of innovation and economic or business development resulting in significant scale quality improvement and cost reduction in the NHS or similar large and complex organisations.
Supporting ideation and innovation creation, selection, and knowledge management. Demonstrable experience of supporting end-to-end innovation delivery.

Skills, Capabilities & Attributes

Essential

Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
Ability to negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change.
Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action, working to tight and often changing timescales.

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).

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