University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
We are looking to recruit an ambitious, tenacious and confident Data Manager to manage our data team within Ecommerce/Procurement who will work hard in making a success of the BSOL Procurement Collaborative. If that is you, then we want to hear from you.
Birmingham and Solihull Procurement Collaborative (BSOL PC) team hosted by UHB, is responsible for providing dedicated strategic contract management oversight to all Trusts of which BSOL PC are responsible for, which includes:
* University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
* Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
* The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
* Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
* Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
As the Data Manager, you will manage the data team & lead data analysis, reporting, and quality initiatives, ensuring high-performance standards in line with service specifications. Your expertise will contribute to improving data culture, identifying trends, and benchmarking against other organisations.
You will play a major role in developing and maintaining systems, data and processes to enable the BSOL Collaborative to effectively manage and use information and to support category and operational managers.
Main duties of the job
PRIMARY DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY:
1. Ensure all procurement systems are managed, updated and maintained on an ongoing basis.
2. Work with multiple systems across 5 trusts to extract and manipulate data.
3. Apply your skills in BI, SQL, data management and analytics to provide business performance insight alongside the data, identifying trends and possible causes to allow effective decision-making.
4. Provide line management, supervision and guidance to a group of junior members of staff within the data team, ensuring that their skills are effectively utilised, work is appropriately prioritised, and their potential is developed through PDRs, relevant coaching and support.
5. Lead on the development & presentation of KPIs and Reports and contribute to discussions where areas for improvement are identified.
6. Ensure that regular, timely and accurate information is provided to Finance/Procurement.
7. Scope, design, develop and maintain information reporting systems, databases, integrated and automated dashboards and query tools required to support the Trust & its divisions on a routine basis.
8. Ensure the timely provision of accurate statutory information returns to the Department of Health, the NHS Executive and commissioners of services.
9. Maximise the use of Information Technology Systems and business intelligence tools in the discharge of the duties of the post.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
* Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
* Offering our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reaches their true potential, achieves their ambitions and thrives in their work. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Date posted
11 February 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£37,338 to £44,962 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
304-1085813
Job locations
Regent Court, Second Floor, 14, George Road, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 1NT
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Educated to degree level in Finance/Procurement or IT related subjects or equivalent experience.
* Post graduate level qualification or comparable equivalent experience in a numerate/analytical discipline.
* Information or Data Analysis qualifications.
* Evidence of continuous professional development.
Desirable
* Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) level 4.
Experience
Essential
* Proficiency in using data analysis and visualisation tools such as Excel, Power BI.
* Experienced in data analytics, insight generation and data visualisation.
* Ability to identify and solve problems related to data quality and integrity.
* Understanding of the business context and how data analysis can support business objectives.
* Ability to communicate complex data analysis findings to non-technical stakeholders in a clear and concise manner.
* Experience of supporting governance processes and programme reporting.
* Detailed knowledge and experience of using data applications, particularly Excel to manipulate data to present information in user-friendly formats.
* Recent experience of formal presentations to internal and external audiences.
* Experience of managing staff in a large and complex organisation.
* Experienced in working within set timeframes and managing changing priorities/deadlines to meet challenging targets.
Desirable
* Experience in NHS, Public Sector or Private Sector.
* Experience of identifying and implementing improvements within a similar service.
* Experience of implementing a Groupware solution (e.g. SharePoint).
* Development experience in Microsoft software (Power Apps, Power BI, Power Automate, etc).
Additional Criteria
Essential
* Enthusiastic.
* Innovative.
* Methodical.
* Highly numerate and literate.
* Problem Solving.
* Self-Motivated.
* Assertiveness with tact and diplomacy to challenge the status quo.
* Analytical.
* Team player.
* Excellent communication skills.
* Dynamic.
* Flexibility to work at different locations.
* Flexible approach to working times.
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
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Regent Court, Second Floor, 14, George Road, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 1NT
Employer's website
https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm
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