Job summary
This role presents a rare opportunity for an outstanding Governance specialist to join South West London ICB as the Lead Corporate Governance manager.
We are looking for a candidate who is innovative, dynamic, highly motivated, highly competent, and resilient.
The ideal candidate will be a governance specialist and have excellent political aptitude; be a strong and experienced leader and have a proven track record of delivering against objectives. They will exercise sound judgement, providing advice that is rooted in robust evidence and experience and will build strong relationships across the ICB and become a trusted member of the team.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for leading the ICB Corporate Governance function.
This is a key role within the Department; you will be a strong leader, with the ability to set and articulate a clear vision, goals, and priorities for your team.
Acting as a central point of contact and expertise for colleagues across the ICB and ICS, you will have in-depth knowledge and experience of Governance in the NHS and, preferably, within an ICB / ICS setting. Importantly, you will be able to apply this pragmatically to different situations, adapting your style to different audiences.
In leading Corporate Governance, you will oversee and take responsibility for developing and delivering a comprehensive forward look and work plan for the ICB Board and its Committees, the ICP, and the Senior Management Team. You will ensure that, through the forward look and work plan, the Board and Committees are fulfilling their responsibilities.
In all aspects of this work, you will exercise sound judgement, providing advice that is rooted in robust evidence and experience. You will build strong relationships across the Senior Management Team and the wider ICB and become a trusted member of the team.
You will have an excellent knowledge of governance arrangements and, more generally, best practice principles.
About us
NHS South West London Integrated Care Board (ICB), as part of South West London Integrated Care System (ICS), is a partnership of organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined-up health and care services to improve the lives of people in our six boroughs: Croydon, Merton, Kingston, Richmond, Sutton, and Wandsworth.
Each ICS consists of two statutory elements:
1. an Integrated Care Board, bringing the NHS together with its partners locally to improve health and care services
2. an Integrated Care Partnership (ICP): the broad alliance of organisations and representatives concerned with improving the care, health, and wellbeing of the population, jointly convened by the ICB and local authorities in the area.
ICBs are statutory NHS bodies responsible for planning and allocating resources to meet the four core purposes of integrated care systems (ICSs):
1. to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare;
2. to tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access;
3. to enhance productivity and value for money; and
4. to help the NHS support broader social and economic development.
NHS South West London Integrated Care Board decides how the South West London NHS budget is spent and develops plans to improve people's health, deliver higher quality care, and better value for money.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details of the duties and responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
* Educated to master's level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in a specialist area.
* Evidence of continued professional development.
Desirable
* Member of relevant professional body.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
* Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
* Substantial experience of leading governance functions at a senior level in complex organisations.
* Demonstrable experience of working with Board members including Chair, non-executive, and executive members in a complex organisation.
* Demonstrated experience of coordinating projects in complex and challenging environments.
* Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence for a senior audience.
* Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment.
* Problem-solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
* Previously responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes.
* Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment.
* Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
* Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
* Developed communication skills for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders both internal and external (including outside the NHS) to the organisation, some at a very senior level.
* Good presentational skills for conveying complex concepts and using persuasion to influence others.
* Ability to prepare and produce concise communications for dissemination to a broad range of stakeholders as required.
* Ability to understand a broad range of highly complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution.
* Intermediate (or advanced) Keyboard skill - ability to use Microsoft Office package at intermediate (or advanced) level.
* Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
* Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium, and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
* Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales interpreting national policy for implementation.
Other
Essential
* Ability to work as part of a team and work flexibly to provide support to other departments and teams as and when necessary.
* Demonstrates commitment to NHS and organisational values and behaviours.
* Demonstrate commitment and role model behaviours and actions that support equality, diversity, belonging, and inclusion.
* Strong compassionate and inclusive leadership.
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.
Employer details
Employer name
South West London Integrated Care Board
Address
120 The Broadway
London
SW19 1RH
Employer's website #J-18808-Ljbffr