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Job summary

Main area
Business Managment
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
828-PROVIDE3334
Employer
Provide CIC
Employer type
NHS
Site
Provide CIC
Town
Colchester
Salary
£46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/01/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Provide CIC logo

Business Manager

Band 7

Job overview

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Provide is a forward thinking, dynamic and thriving organisation and we are looking for two talented and experienced Business Managers to support our Health Senior Leadership Team. One will report to the CEO for Health, working proactively to support innovation, transformation, business planning, performance and achievement of strategic objectives. The other will report to the Director of Delivery and Partnerships to focus on operational capacity, demand management, finance ,performanceÌý and delivery of service priorities. We welcome applicants who are highly motivated and understand the challenges of working operationally in a complex health and social care OrganisationÌý

To be successful you will need to be able to work as part of a team and independently to lead projects and programmes of work.ÌýHaving a compassionate and collaborative approach to working with people is key. You must be can-do, visible, flexible and able to work at pace to prioritise competing demands. You must be organised with highly developed analytical, IT and executive level report writing skills. Project leadership skills and project management training is essential.

All applicants must be educated to degree level in a relevant subject with highly developed specialist knowledge to Master’s Level along with a minimum of two years of varied office/business experience working in health and social care environment. There is a requirement to travel to various locations as part of the role

Main duties of the job

To provide business management support to the Provide Health Directorate, including the Chief Executive Provide Health and their Senior Operational Leads, in the delivery of the core business of the Directorate. To utilise a range of management information to improve the business planning process, with one role focused on operational capacity and demand management, one to meet strategic and service priorities, and one to support innovation and transformation. To monitor and report on service key performance indicators and play an active role in developing and delivering quality improvement initiatives in their area of responsibility.

The post holder will be required to work closely with colleagues in Business Intelligence and take a lead in the regular creation of reports and undertaking of detailed/complex audits and surveys and establishing work streams to address data quality and activity issues.Ìý

The role will also include responsibility for supporting their service area with budget management, procurement, facilitating the annual planning and governance processes and the recruitment process.

ÌýThe role will include responsibility for supporting marketing and communications for services within their remit and fostering good relationships with internal and external stakeholders is a key aspect of this role.

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Working for our organisation

Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.

We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.

A highly respected, award winning health and social care provider. We expect our staff to demonstrate and uphold our values at all times:

Vision:ÌýTransforming Lives

Values:ÌýCare, Innovation and Compassion

Mission:ÌýAn ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.

Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+, Ethnic Minority and Men’s Networks.

We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • To provide support in the co-ordination of the business planning process and achievement of transformation and strategic objectives
  • To support in the production of specific service redesign plans in line with the Service and Directorate’s priorities
  • To work across the different functions within the Health Directorate and into specialist areas such as Finance, Business Intelligence, Governance and People.
  • To project manage service improvement initiatives
  • To co-ordinate and provide financial management support to the Health Senior Leadership team
  • To lead on information systems development and provide management and clinical information to support service developments and improvements
  • Ìý Ìý ÌýTo work with managers and the Recruitment Team to support/facilitate the recruitment process for the service
  • To ensure that the service has risk management systems in place, e.g. incident reporting, incident analysis and risk assessments.
  • To support the complaints investigation process as required
  • To create content for Provide Health communications
  • To Provide technical and analytical expertise to the senior management team in the development and monitoring of key performance information systems in areas such as:
  • ÌýCapacity and demand management
  • Waiting times and care pathways
  • ÌýRecovery rates and outcomes
  • Referrals and increasing access
  • Service productivity
  • BenchmarkingÌý
  • Individual staff performance
  • Project progress against agreed targets/timelines

Person specification

Essential

Essential criteria
  • • Degree level education in a relevant subject or equivalent with additional highly developed specialist knowledge to Master’s Level

Essential

Essential criteria
  • Training in project management /PM qualification

Essential

Essential criteria
  • • Minimum of two years of varied office/business environment system experience

Essential

Essential criteria
  • • Experience of working in health and social care or similar environment

Essential

Essential criteria
  • • Experience of co-ordination and planning of complex information/improvement projects
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of using and applying analytical statistical processes /Data analysis training

Employer certification / accreditation badges

MINTEssex Family Friendly EmployersQNI

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Rebecca Boyes
Job title
Director Delivery and Partnerships
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
03003032642
Additional information

Lucy Wightman Chief Executive for Health and Group Chief Nurse

Tel: 03003032642