Senior Strategy and Planning Manager

The Methodist Church in Britain; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board in Nottinghamshire region seeks a senior strategy and planning leader to shape plans, lead strategic workstreams and collaborate with partners to improve population health. The role requires master-level qualification or equivalent experience and membership in a professional body.

The post involves drafting parts of the Operational Plan, aligning with national policy and delivering on patient and system priorities across patch work.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field
• Evidence of post-qualifying continuing professional development
• Membership of a relevant professional body
• Proven leadership experience in strategy and planning
• Experience delivering programmes and managing complex workstreams
• Ability to work across multiple organisations and partners

Responsibilities

• Lead defined strategic workstreams and contribute to systemwide planning
• Support development of strategic and operational plans aligned to national policy and local priorities
• Draft and coordinate sections of the annual Operational Plan
• Coordinate delivery of the NHS Strategic Commissioning Framework and operating models
• Plan complex programmes, manage interdependencies, risks and deadlines
• Engage with policy developments and assess impact on the organisation and partners
• Drive opportunities from integrated health and care working to improve population health and reduce inequalities
• Collaborate across directorates and system partners to turn plans into delivery via commissioning and contracting
• Utilise Population Health Management insights in strategy and planning
• Ensure meaningful clinical, patient and community involvement in strategic planning

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Stakeholder management

Policy analysis

Communication

Risk identification

Decison making

Education

Master's degree or equivalent

Membership of a professional body

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

This senior post sits in the ICB Strategy Directorate of NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board and supports the Head of Strategy and Planning and the Director of Strategy in shaping plans for the area. The postholder leads defined strategic workstreams, drafts parts of the annual Operational Plan and works with partners to improve population health and reduce inequalities. The role requires a minimum of two days on patch across the three counties, working from the ICB's main offices or partner sites. Fit depends on a master's-level qualification or equivalent specialist experience and on membership of a relevant professional body.

What the job involves

• Lead defined strategic workstreams and contribute to systemwide planning
• Support development of strategic and operational plans, including the ICB 5 Year Commissioning Plan, aligned to national policy, regulation and local priorities
• Draft and coordinate sections of the annual Operational Plan, meeting NHS England and ICB Board requirements
• Support delivery of the NHS Strategic Commissioning Framework and LNR Operating Model
• Plan and coordinate complex programmes, managing interdependencies, risks and deadlines
• Keep up to date with policy developments and assess their impact on the organisation, partners, patients and public
• Lead time-limited projects supporting directorate and system priorities, and identify opportunities for improvement
• Identify and maximise opportunities from integrated and collaborative working across health and care
• Ensure plans improve population health, reduce inequalities, deliver value for money and embed innovative commissioning
• Collaborate across ICB directorates and system partners to turn plans into delivery through commissioning, contracting and provider collaboration
• Use Population Health Management insights and evidence-based approaches in strategy and place-based planning
• Ensure meaningful clinical, patient, public and community involvement in strategic planning

What’s required

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a relevant subject, or equivalent experience at a similar level in a specialist area
• Evidence of post-qualifying continuing professional development
• Membership of a relevant professional body

Experience

• Proven, significant leadership experience
• Extensive expertise in operational and five-year strategic planning
• Evidence of delivering programmes, projects and services on time
• Working without supervision to tight and often changing timescales
• Understanding of current healthcare policy and its implications, and of the relationships between the Department of Health, NHS England and provider and commissioning organisations

Skills & knowledge

• Communicating key messages to internal and external stakeholders, some at senior level, and managing those relationships
• Presenting complex concepts clearly
• Influencing others through informed persuasion
• Identifying risks, anticipating issues and resolving problems
• Interpreting national policy for implementation and making decisions where opinions differ or no clear solution exists
• Line and job management, and delivering results through others without line authority

Other

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills
• Knowledge of equality of opportunity and diversity