NHS Business Services Authority
About
The NHSBSA values and respects the diversity of its employees, and aims to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including an invitation to the first stage of the selection process and consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.
The NHSBSA will not normally re-engage a former employee in any capacity including in a self-employed/consultancy capacity; through an agency; in a temporary or permanent post or to a supply list, for a period of 12 months after the redundancy date.
Key details
Location: Stella House, Goldcrest way, Newburn Riverside, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE15 8NY
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum (Yearly, NHS AfC: Band 8a)
Specialty: Digital, Data & Technology Strategy Partner
Job Overview
Are you a Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) professional with experience in strategy development and business planning? Do you have a passion for data and keeping an eye on the horizon for new opportunities and challenges? If so, the DDaT Strategy Partner role could be just the opportunity you're looking for! You’ll work as part of a small team to drive the development and implementation of our DDaT and Data Strategies, collaborating with senior stakeholders across the organisation to help shape the strategic direction of the NHS Business Services Authority’s largest directorate and support our organisation wide ambition to become a data driven organisation.
What do we offer?
* 27 days leave (increasing with length of service) plus 8 bank holidays
* Flexible working (we are happy to discuss options such as compressed hours)
* Hybrid working model (we are currently working largely remotely)
* Career development
* Active wellbeing and inclusion networks
* Excellent pension (20.6% employer contribution)
* NHS Car lease scheme
* Access to a wide range of benefits and high street discounts!
Job Purpose
As Digital, Data & Technology (DDaT) Strategy Partner you will work as a member of a high-performing team utilising your expertise and experience to develop and implement a comprehensive DDaT Strategy, being guided by DDaT, health and organisation policies and ensuring the strategy supports the organisations business objectives; developing and implementing our NHSBSA Data Strategy you will work with a wide range of internal & external stakeholders to enable the organisation to become data driven.
Key Responsibilities
Strategy Development and Business Planning
* The planning, development, and monitoring of Digital, Data & Technology strategies, that includes championing ways of working required to drive adoption of these across the NHSBSA, shaping and designing policies, processes and governance where needed, to ensure strategic objectives are achieved across a large, highly complex organisation.
* Working collectively as part of the DDaT Strategy team and with relevant stakeholders to develop and maintain a fit for purpose DDaT Strategy and NHSBSA Data Strategy.
* Being future focused, remaining abreast of strategic developments and best practices within the area of DDaT, providing senior leadership colleagues with advice regarding any opportunities for and/or impacts to our business strategy including on highly complex technical subjects.
* Researching current and future DDaT trends, identifying opportunities and risks and developing and shaping plans to ensure the DDaT directorate and the wider organisation are prepared for the future.
* Supporting and facilitating enterprise-wide business planning activities for the DDaT directorate including developing and refreshing our annual DDaT Business Plan covering the full Directorate budget (£millions).
* Guided by organisation policies and frameworks, develop appropriate strategic measures, including financial measures, to monitor progress against our strategic goals and objectives.
* Collaborating with colleagues to implement strategic measures, ensuring that they are visible to relevant stakeholders.
* Contributing to and preparing proposals for change including producing necessary estimates and budgets, mandates, and business cases within the relevant departments. Producing cost benefit analysis to understand key cost drivers and benefits for these proposals.
Strategic Data Enablement
* Drives and encourages a data driven culture, collaboration, and partnership across the NHSBSA. Leads and influences colleagues across the business by embedding data and evidence in decision making.
* Champion the use of data to drive strategic initiatives and operational improvements.
* Developing & maintaining an inventory of strategic data artefacts, including highly complex data flows, data use cases and data products.
* Defining, leading and/or contributing to strategic data activities to deliver our NHSBSA Data Strategy.
Stakeholder Engagement & Relationships
* Develops key relationships with Directors, Heads of Service, Senior Managers, and DDaT Leaders as well as developing relationships with key stakeholders external to the NHSBSA.
* Building active internal and external networks with the NHS, other Arms Length Bodies and wider organisations, to share working practices and build innovative ideas, with potential for future partnership working. Explore opportunities to work collaboratively with others, forging enduring peer relationships across the wider NHSBSA and beyond, including provision of expert guidance and / or leading challenging discussions and influencing to ensure successful outcomes.
The NHSBSA is passionate about creating a diverse and inclusive organisation, which is a great place to work and truly reflects the diversity of our customers. We welcome applications from talented people of diverse characteristics including age, disability, gender identity and expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any marginalised group. We also welcome applications from all those in the Armed Forces Community.
At the NHSBSA we pride ourselves on being a Disability Confident Leader, Stonewall Top 100 employer and we’ve recently been awarded the Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion Gold Standard benchmark.
Person specification
Essential criteria
* Ability to lead and build effective and trusting business partnering relationships maintaining the highest standard of integrity.
* Ability to work as a strategic partner with both internal and external stakeholders, including Senior Leaders.
* Ability to lead and influence at all levels in the organisation and able to develop and build strong relationships with people of different business and technical backgrounds.
* Able to use initiative, multitask and prioritise diverse workload and work to deadlines.
* Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills, including presenting to large groups.
Experience
Essential criteria
* Experience of working in a large organisation, ideally within the NHS.
* Understanding user/customer needs and requirements/journeys and improving customer experience.
* Experience of developing use cases and understanding required data flows.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Degree level qualification or equivalent work experience plus specialist experience or equivalent demonstrable capability.
For further details or informal visits, please contact:
Name: Ellen Lynch
Job title: DDaT Strategy Lead
Email address: [email protected] #J-18808-Ljbffr