Job summary
The Senior Strategic Planning Manager will lead the delivery of assigned Capital projects through the scoping, planning and delivery stages. This will include writing business cases, chairing project meetings, writing project schedules and briefings, reviewing contract documentation and ensuring the brief is delivered to time, scope and budget.
The post holder will lead the process to commission new facilities ensuring they are ready for operational use whilst maintaining reporting to Trust Boards and management groups. They will act as senior customer throughout capital projects representing clinical and operational users to ensure the agreed scheme objectives are delivered.
The post holder will manage the project budget forecasts, approvals and spend, and post project evaluations alongside HDFT Finance.
The Strategic Planning Manager will contribute to the Environment Strategy for the Trust at both the Harrogate District Hospital site and Community properties, shaping the provision of healthcare services for the future.
Main duties of the job
The post holder should have excellent communication and negotiation skills, as well as effective networking, analytical and facilitation skills. The post holder will also have extensive project management and change management experience and be IT literate.
As the Senior Planning Manager within the team, this post holder will be expected to lead a team of Planning Managers and provide mentoring, support and leadership to drive forwards all projects within the department's programme of works.
About us
Harrogate & District NHS FT is a high performing, ambitious organisation with a strong culture based on our KITE values of Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. Our purpose is to put the patient and child first by improving the health and wellbeing of our patients, children and communities. We are committed to delivering the best quality, safest care by supporting every one of our 5,000 colleagues and making HDFT the best place to work.
Date posted: 24 March 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 421-CORP-1984S
Job locations
Harrogate District Hospital
Lancaster Park Road
Harrogate
HG2 7SX
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification. If you have any questions regarding the role, please contact Sarah Kiernan, Assistant Planning Manager via hdft.planning.dept@nhs.net
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Educated to master's degree level or equivalent experience
* Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
* Project, programme, change management or quality improvement qualification
Experience
Essential
* Experience of delivering large scale, complex projects or programmes at pace and to time, cost and quality
* Experience of managing substantial budgets
* Leadership experience, able to demonstrate the ability to set direction, inspire, coach, manage, motivate and develop a high performing team of experienced and new staff
* Experience of building relationships and working in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders
Desirable
* NHS based experience of the essential criteria
* Experience of working in the NHS
* Experience of using improvement methodologies
Knowledge
Essential
* Knowledge of planning processes
* Knowledge of programme and project management methods
* Knowledge of line management processes (eg HR processes, risk management, health & safety, staff engagement)
Desirable
* Knowledge and understanding of capital funding processes and governance
* Knowledge of the RIBA framework for managing construction projects
Skills & Aptitudes
Essential
* A strong, inspiring, engaging and collaborative leader. Able to demonstrate a variety of leadership styles, in particular coaching leadership. Able to develop a clear vision and strategy for the team, a plan to deliver it.
* Excellent interpersonal skills to build relationships internally and externally, with clinical and non-clinical colleagues, at all levels from Board to frontline. Excellent influencing and negotiating skills on complex and contentious issues
* Strategic thinker, with strong analytical skills and ability to plan ahead to anticipate and resolve problems.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Able to present complex information clearly and to deliver compelling, persuasive arguments and propositions (eg business cases) to audiences from Board to frontline, and from individuals to large groups.
* Strong delivery focus to ensure tasks are followed through to completion and projects are delivered. Strong team and personal organisational and time management skills to manage competing priorities and deadlines, to act proactively under pressure.
Desirable
* Ability to facilitate workshops and improvement events.
Personal Characteristics
Essential
* Enthusiastic and committed to delivering for our patients, children and staff
* Self motivated and pro-active with a "can-do" attitude and track record of delivery
* Strong commitment to the Trust's KITE (kindness, integrity, teamwork, equality) values and behaviours; demonstrates the values and behaviours in how they deliver the role and in how they lead
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here.
Employer details
Employer name
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Harrogate District Hospital
Lancaster Park Road
Harrogate
HG2 7SX
Employer's website
https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/
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