Executive Business Manager

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust; Brockworth; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Executive Business Manager to support the Chief Executive and lead the Corporate Governance Team in coordinating senior-level work across the Trust.

The role requires strong judgement, discretion and the ability to manage confidential information, with travel across Gloucestershire and occasional after-hours involvement; you will prepare briefings, manage committees and ensure decisions are implemented.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent demonstrable experience in a senior executive, governance, policy or business management role.
• Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to executive support, governance, policy, leadership or project management.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate executive business, advising on priorities and supporting the Chief Executive's leadership of a complex NHS organisation.
• Prepare concise briefings, reports, presentations and correspondence for the Chief Executive.
• Coordinate Executive Committee business, including forward planning, agendas, papers, decisions and actions.
• Manage the flow of information and priorities through the Chief Executive's Office.
• Line manage the PA to the Chair and Non-Executive Directors and ensure coverage across the office.

Job description

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Executive Business Manager

The closing date is 24 November 2026

Are you an experienced professional who can bring clarity, judgement and pace to a complex senior leadership environment?

We are looking for an Executive Business Manager to join the Corporate Governance Team and provide high-quality support, advice and coordination within the Chief Executive's Office.

This is a trusted and influential role at the centre of the Trust, helping the Chief Executive manage priorities, make informed decisions and maintain effective relationships with colleagues, partners and stakeholders.

You will be an organised, credible and politically aware professional with the ability to work directly with a Chief Executive. This means being confident analysing complex information, producing clear advice and briefings, coordinating senior-level meetings and following through decisions and actions.

You will need excellent written and verbal communication skills, sound professional judgement and the discretion to handle highly confidential and sensitive information. You should be able to work autonomously, manage competing priorities, influence senior colleagues constructively and remain calm and effective when priorities change.

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, our values are working together, always improving. You will join a collaborative Corporate Governance Team and work with colleagues across the Trust and with local, regional and national partners.

Main duties of the job

Working closely with the Chief Executive, Executive Directors, Board members and the Director of Corporate Governance, you will coordinate executive business and ensure that information, decisions and actions move efficiently through the Chief Executive's Office.

Prepare concise, accurate briefings, reports, presentations and correspondence for the Chief Executive.

Coordinate Executive Committee business, including forward planning, agendas, papers, decisions and actions.

Manage the flow of information and priorities through the Chief Executive's Office.

Undertake horizon scanning and bring together intelligence on policy, regulatory, system and stakeholder developments.

Coordinate responses to complex, sensitive and high-profile correspondence.

Support strategic diary and stakeholder engagement planning.

Track executive commitments and cross-organisational actions, escalating risks or delays appropriately.

Line manage the PA to the Chair and Non-Executive Directors and help ensure effective cover and continuity across the office

The role requires travel to Trust sites, meetings and events across Gloucestershire, with occasional travel beyond the county. Flexibility may also be required to respond to urgent executive business outside normal working hours. Please review the job description and person specification for full details of the role and the essential criteria.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Job responsibilities

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

The post holder will work across the Trust and with external partners to coordinate executive business, advise on priorities and support the Chief Executive's leadership of a complex NHS organisation. The role will routinely handle highly confidential, sensitive and politically significant information, requiring discretion, judgement and credibility.

The post holder will be a member of the Corporate Governance Team and will line manage the PA to the Chair and Non-Executive Directors.

To support compliance with UK immigration requirements, all applicants who require a visa to work in the UK must disclose their visa history in full. This includes current and previous sponsors, dates of sponsorship, visa category, and any changes of employment. If you are on a Graduate or Dependant Visa, please disclose the expiry date on your application. Incomplete information may mean we are unable to consider your application.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent demonstrable experience in a senior executive, governance, policy or business management role.
• Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to executive support, governance, policy, leadership or project management.

Experience

• Experience working directly with a Chief Executive, Board-level leader or equivalent senior officeholder.
• Experience of preparing strategic briefings, advice, reports, presentations or correspondence for senior decision-makers.
• Experience of analysing and synthesising complex information and presenting clear options or recommendations.
• Experience of managing executive-level committees, including forward planning, agenda development, paper quality assurance, decision recording and action follow-up.
• Experience of strategic diary, workflow and stakeholder engagement management for a senior leader.
• Experience of the NHS, wider public sector or another highly regulated environment.
• Experience of co-ordinating discrete projects, reviews or improvement work.

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.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Gloucester Business Park 1010 Pioneer Avenue

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