Business Manager – Private Office | NHS England

NHS England; Greater London; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS England is seeking a proactive Business Manager for the CFO Private Office. You will provide expert business and administrative support, manage the CFO's diary, and serve as a trusted conduit between the CFO, CFO Group, and the wider organisation.

The role requires adaptability, strategic thinking, and the ability to operate in a high-profile, fast-paced environment with a focus on delivering high-quality work and progressing NHS priorities.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level in a relevant subject or equivalent level of experience in a similar role.
• Experience of providing business support, including diary management, to Senior leaders and managing relationships between senior professionals.
• Significant experience of operating in a politically sensitive environment.
• Able to work on own initiative and as part of a multidisciplinary team in a fast paced and pressurised environment.
• Demonstrated ability to act on incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decisions.
• Advanced IT skills including use of Microsoft Office.
• Commitment to equality of opportunity, focused on removing barriers to full participation and values diversity and difference.
• Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop.
• Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive business management support and insight of the highest quality to the Chief Financial Officer and their Group.
• Act as a key conduit between the CFO, CFO Group and the wider organisation, coordinating and managing the CFO diary and stakeholder relationships.
• Support day-to-day activities while planning for the longer term in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
• Coordinate and manage engagement with stakeholders on relevant activities to support NHS England priorities.

Job description

Business Manager – Private Office | NHS England

Company:

Company: NHS England

Salary: £58,133 - £65,261 per annum (inclusive of London Weighting)

The Chief Financial Officer’s Private Office in the NHS England CFO Group is now recruiting for a Business Manager. This is a fantastic opportunity to be at the heart of work to support the NHS. We:

We:

• Secure and allocate NHS funding to deliver national priorities.
• Oversee NHS finances, performance, and value for money.
• Invest resources to improve patient outcomes, reduce inequalities, and support health improvement.
• Work with government on programmes to deliver and refurbish hospitals in England
• Manage the property and facilities of central estates

As a Business Manager, you will deliver comprehensive business and administrative support and insight of the highest quality to the Chief Financial Officer and their Group. You’ll act as a key conduit between the CFO, CFO Group and wider organisation, deploying advanced interpersonal skills to deliver objectives in a fast paced, dynamic environment.

The private office team offers high profile, fast-paced support. This requires adaptability, rigor and innovation and provides exciting development opportunities for those developing their careers in the NHS, health or the public sector.

Below are the types of skills and experience that we are looking for. Even if you feel you only meet some of the criteria, we encourage you to apply.

We are seeking an experienced Business Manager in the CFO Private Office to deliver comprehensive business management support and insight of the highest quality to the CFO and their Group.

The Business Manager will provide support to ensure the effective day to day activities whilst planning for the longer term, including being the main point of contact with stakeholders on the management of relevant activities and coordinating and managing the CFO diary.

NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.

Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms — enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.

In March 2025,the Government announcedthat NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.

If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR).This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.

Please see attached job description for further information about the responsibilities of this role. You can find further details about the role, and advice on completing your application in the document to download section.

Person Specification

Qualifications (Essential Criteria)

• Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
• Experience of providing business support, including diary management, to Senior leaders and managing relationships between senior professionals.
• Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment.
• Able to work on own initiative and as part of a multidisciplinary team in a fast paced and pressurised environment.
• Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
• Advanced IT skills including use of Microsoft Office.
• Commitment to equality of opportunity, focused on removing barriers to full participation and values diversity and difference.
• Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop.
• Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values

Secondments

Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.

You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

Please note that the reason for the fixed term of this contract isto cover absence.

This advert closes on Wednesday 28 Oct 2026

£32,073 - £39,043 per annum pro rata (exclusive of London Weighting)