Business Manager to the Chief Executive

NHS Jobs; Preston; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board is recruiting for an experienced executive administrator to support the Chief Executive and the Executive Management Team. You will manage private office activities, briefing, correspondence, planning and tracking of actions, and governance support to ensure decisions are recorded and progressed.

You will build trusted relationships with Executive Directors and system partners, provide strategic and analytical briefings, papers, and research

Responsibilities

• Hold strategic and operational responsibility for the Chief Executive's private office and executive business management.
• Provide executive briefing, correspondence arrangements and Executive Management Team planning and action tracking.
• Provide day-to-day strategic support to the Chief Executive, including complex briefings, papers, presentations and research.
• Ensure the Chief Executive is briefed for meetings, decisions and external engagements.
• Lead governance support for the Chief Executive, ensuring meetings, priorities and decisions are planned, recorded and progressed.
• Ensure effective agenda management, horizon scanning and briefing for Executive Committee and key forums.
• Act as strategic partner with Executive Directors and system partners, building trusted relationships.

Job description

Key duties of the role include: Hold strategic and operational responsibility for the Chief Executives private office and executive business management arrangements, the executive business management function, executive briefing and correspondence arrangements, Executive Management Team business planning and action tracking, and the associated policies, systems, workforce and budgets Provide operational leadership for the Chief Executives Office and corporate business management function, establishing consistent service standards, priorities, operating arrangements and performance expectations. Provide strategic and operational support to the Chief Executive and Executive Management Team, ensuring effective and efficient discharge of statutory and organisational responsibilities. Acting as a strategic partner and key interface with Executive Directors, senior leaders and system partners, building trusted and effective relationships across the organisation and the wider Integrated Care System Providing day-to-day strategic support to the Chief Executive, including complex briefings, advice papers, presentations and research. Ensuring the Chief Executive is fully and appropriately briefed for all meetings, decisions and external engagements. Exercising judgement, initiative and autonomy in prioritising issues, escalating risks and resolving problems independently where appropriate. Leading the delivery of business management, executive administration and governance support to the Chief Executive, ensuring key meetings, priorities and decisions are effectively planned, recorded and progressed. Ensuring effective agenda management, horizon scanning and briefing for Executive Committee and other key forums, ensuring outcomes and actions are clear, communicated and tracked.

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board