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Senior Net Zero and Sustainable Procurement Manager
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Main area: Commercial
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 990-COM-6865999-E
Site: NHS England Office in Leeds or London
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum (exclusive of London Weighting)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 12/01/2025 23:59
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Job overview
The Central Commercial Function in the NHS England Commercial Directorate is recruiting an experienced policy lead in the field of sustainable procurement. You will join the team responsible for decarbonising, embedding social value, and eradicating modern slavery in healthcare supply chains. This role will support commercial policy making across NHS England as well as the wider NHS.
As a key member of the Net Zero and Sustainable Procurement Team, you will be critical to the successful delivery of the Greener NHS Net Zero Supplier Roadmap so the NHS meets its commitment to be net zero by 2045.
You will have a proven track record of engagement with commercial professionals and suppliers, and delivering change projects within large organisations.
Main duties of the job
Extensive experience and skills in sustainability policy, collaboration, communication, stakeholder engagement, project management, and policy shaping are essential for this role.
The following criteria will be used to short-list this role:
* Educated to masters level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in a specialist area - sustainability qualifications or equivalent experience is essential.
* Subject matter expertise across key areas relating to Sustainable Procurement, including sustainable supply chains.
* Comprehensive experience of project principles, techniques, and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects.
* Ability to negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex information to large groups.
* Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects, and learns from the contribution of others.
Working for our organisation
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:
* 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a Senior Net Zero and Sustainable Procurement Manager, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service supporting managers and staff across the NHS on sustainable procurement and decarbonising the NHS supply chain.
You will:
* Drive the strategy for sustainable procurement, supporting and ensuring alignment across the system.
* Drive reform and support organisational change and uptake of initiatives that support excellence.
* Develop and communicate the vision for the role of innovation, and the development of strategy and operational policies to support this vision.
* Engage with key strategic regional and national policy makers to inform development of strategy and policies.
* Identify examples of national and international best practice to ensure that NHS England benefits from relevant innovations in healthcare.
* Support development by developing the innovation infrastructure and capacity in organisations.
* Champion new initiatives or projects as necessary.
* Work with providers and clinical experts to design new training products to support policy implementation.
* Provide expertise in best practice methodologies, regulatory requirements, policy imperatives, innovation, and technological developments.
Person specification
Knowledge/Qualifications
* Educated to masters level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in a specialist area - sustainability qualifications or equivalent experience is essential.
Skills & Experience
* Subject matter expertise across key areas relating to Sustainable Procurement, including sustainable supply chains.
* Comprehensive experience of project principles, techniques, and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects.
* Ability to negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex information to large groups.
Values & Behaviours
* Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects, and learns from the contribution of others.
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Name: Kelly Wilson
Job title: Head of Net Zero & Sustainable Procurement
Email address: kelly.wilson62@nhs.net
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