The IRLSS Private Office team for the Director of Innovation, Research, and Life Sciences Strategy sub-directorate plays a pivotal role in supporting the IRLSS directors and senior leadership team. The private office delivers an intelligent, high-functioning executive support model to the IRLSS Director and is responsible for strategic, operational, and logistical activities. Colleagues in the team give effective, insightful, and honest advice on all aspects of their operation, from strategic advice to logistical arrangements.
The Senior Business Manager is a pivotal role in the IRLSS Private Office, driving the day-to-day running and effectiveness with oversight of operational activity within the IRLSS Private Office sphere, including exceptional diary and inbox management.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking applicants with exceptional organisational skills, who thrive in highly dynamic, fast-paced environments and are interested in supporting innovation and research in the NHS. We are seeking an engaged, supportive, and collaborative team player who champions and encourages positive values and ways of working in all that they do.
About us
The NHS England board has 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.
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 holds 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 responsibilities
The Senior Business Manager's key roles include:
Direct support to the Director of IRLSS:
* Ensure the Director remains fully aligned with all corporate activities and mandatory returns as required, for example, regular updates to Declaration of Interests.
* Manage communication channels (including the email inbox) assigning actions to other professionals as required.
* Manage all of the business processes and returns including Oracle, ESR, and Atamis.
* Direct oversight and accountability of the Director of IRLSS logistical arrangements including diary and travel plans.
* Preparation of clearance packs and ensuring these are completed in a timely manner.
* Support in the development of weekly team forward reporting of activities, risks, and achievements to the Director team.
Support to other IRLSS Directors:
* Ensure the Directors remain fully aligned with all corporate activities and mandatory returns as required, for example, regular updates to Declaration of Interests.
* Oversight of the Director of Innovation, Director of Research, and Director of Life Sciences Strategy diary and inbox management.
Comms, engagement, and correspondence:
* Coordination of internal and external briefing, speaking engagements, events, and information requests.
* Ensure quality and timely outgoing correspondence including drafting letters and emails.
Person Specification
Experience
* Experience working in Private Office or a comparative fast-paced highly dynamic and responsive environment with multiple competing priorities.
* Experience of managing and motivating a team/virtual team and reviewing performance of the individuals.
* Experience in operational or business support roles within the NHS or civil service.
Qualifications
* Educated to master's level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in a specialist area.
Skills
* 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.
* Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options.
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.
£53,755 to £60,504 a year (exclusive of London weighting).
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