Job summary NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board is looking for an experienced and dynamic senior manager to lead the Strategic Commissioning and Planning team. This complex and pivotal role involves system-wide strategic commissioning and planning, working closely with ICS system leaders, including Places, provider collaboratives, public health, primary care, local authorities, voluntary and community sectors, and residents to ensure that commissioning decisions are evidence-based and intelligence-led. Main duties of the job Key responsibilities include developing and implementing a strategic commissioning and planning strategy to create effective and sustainable care pathways, addressing inequities, and shifting investments towards prevention, primary, and community services. The role also involves setting the strategic framework for the annual NHS planning round, ensuring alignment across various organisations and functional areas. About us In the heart of the Thames Valley is our Integrated Care Board (ICB). It covers the geography across three counties and goes in line with the local authority boundaries of Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Reading, West Berkshire and Wokingham. Our geography covers a population of nearly 1.8 million. While overall in good health and socio-economic condition, alongside affluence we have pockets of severe deprivation. Our constituent organisations include 175 GP surgeries, 5 local authorities, 3 acute hospital trusts, 2 mental health and community providers, 1 ambulance trust and a single operating model across all of this, spending £2.5bn of public money each year. We value and promote diversity and are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We want to increase the diversity of our NHS leadership and particularly encourage applications from women, people from black and minority ethnic communities, LGBT communities, younger candidates and from people with lived experience of disability, who we know are all under-represented in these important roles. Date posted 29 January 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 7 Salary £46,148 to £52,809 a year Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number D9482-ICB-5699TG Job locations Unipart Group Of Companies Garsington Road Cowley Oxford OX4 2PG Job description Job responsibilities The post holder will support the Head of Strategic Commissioning & Planning in designing, implementing, and overseeing effective processes to ensure a streamlined and effective system and ICB planning process, liaising with functional and subject matter experts to deliver this. They will help coordinate the mechanics of annual planning, working with Trust leads and across the ICB to ensure a joined-up and effective process. Job description Job responsibilities The post holder will support the Head of Strategic Commissioning & Planning in designing, implementing, and overseeing effective processes to ensure a streamlined and effective system and ICB planning process, liaising with functional and subject matter experts to deliver this. They will help coordinate the mechanics of annual planning, working with Trust leads and across the ICB to ensure a joined-up and effective process. Person Specification Planning Skills Essential Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly. Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures. Communication Skills Essential Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required. Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders. Analytical Essential Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources. Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making. Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills. Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures. Knowledge of Financial Systems e.g. monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement. Autonomy Essential Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Essential The promotion of equality of opportunity and good working relations (providing practical leadership) Ability to work well with colleagues with diverse identities and contribute to a positive culture. Qualifications Essential Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area. Post-graduate degree in Management Studies or equivalent. Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment. Evidence of continued professional development. Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments. Experience of managing risks and reporting. Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at SMT level. such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Project Desirable Experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes. Understanding of the public sector. Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment. Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools,, such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Projec. Person Specification Planning Skills Essential Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly. Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures. Communication Skills Essential Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required. Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders. Analytical Essential Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources. Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making. Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills. Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures. Knowledge of Financial Systems e.g. monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement. Autonomy Essential Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Essential The promotion of equality of opportunity and good working relations (providing practical leadership) Ability to work well with colleagues with diverse identities and contribute to a positive culture. Qualifications Essential Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area. Post-graduate degree in Management Studies or equivalent. Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment. Evidence of continued professional development. Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments. Experience of managing risks and reporting. Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at SMT level. such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Project Desirable Experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes. Understanding of the public sector. Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment. Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools,, such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Projec. Employer details Employer name Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB Address Unipart Group Of Companies Garsington Road Cowley Oxford OX4 2PG Employer's website https://www.bucksoxonberksw.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)