Key Working Relationships The post holder will be required to maintain constructive relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders. Participate in relevant internal and external working groups/projects, services and initiatives to provide, information and analytical advice and expertise. Develop and implement data collection systems that will provide accurate and timely data. Present information and issues, explaining highly complex issues, to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. To liaise with other Managers to share best practice. Functional Responsibilities Project Management Contribute to performance improvement, taking a lead for identified areas where agreed. Provide coordination of and participate in relevant internal and externalworking groups and provide project advice, expertise and support whererequested. Provide relevant and timely specialist advice and guidance on own portfolio of projects/function. Work with members of the Team to investigate the causes of any variancefrom target/plan and proactively contribute to the implementation of solutions. Management of a risk and issues tracking mechanism and its proactiveresolution and escalation processes. Financial and Physical Resources Provide regular reporting on the targeting of resources and monitoring their implementation from a value for money perspective. Responsible for supporting the budget and spend of their respective Cost Centre(s) as a Budget Operator. Evaluate projects/function within identified portfolio for delivery against financial recovery/savings plans through providing sophisticated, high quality project analysis.Staff Management Support training and development, through collating and sharing information with the Team on events of interest / work theyve undertaken. Support recruitment activity across the Team. Manage staff, undertaking appraisals, recruitment including progressing any disciplinary or capability issues, as necessary. Information Management Devise and provide improvements to current management information,analysing, reporting and suggesting procedures to enhance decision makingprocesses. Ensure timely and accurate information analysis and reporting to management on agreed areas of work. Research and Development Contribute to the development of key performance indicators for thesuccessful assessment of individual and workstream success Delegate aspects of Research and Development activities, collatinginformation, analysing and reporting findings. Operational Responsibilities Planning and Organisation Contribute to the strategic planning of Team and Locality projects, identifying interdependencies across projects/functions, potential impacts on wider organisation, resource requirements and building in contingency and adjustments as necessary. Contribute to the development of performance and governance strategies and the development and implementation of improvement programmes, inaccordance with system and local priorities. Contribute to short, medium and long-term business plans, achieving quality outcomes. Policy and Service Development Contribute to the review and development of existing information management systems and contribute to the development of an integrated approach to service or initiative management. Develop policies and procedures in own work function with an impact on the wider organisation, as required.