Job summary
- Main area
- Business Support
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 990-TD-D&A-6720793-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- NHS England Office in London/Leicester
- Town
- London/Leicester
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum (exclusive of London Weighting)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist - Specialist Analytical Support Functions
NHS AfC: Band 7
Our Organisation
The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition,Ìýalthough the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
Now is an exciting time to join Data and Analytics and this recruitment provides a unique opportunity for a proactive, flexible and self-organised individual with exemplarily communication skills to join the Directorate and undertake a key role directly supporting our Senior Leadership Team.Ìý
Our vision is to support clinicians, decision-makers and researchers with access to trusted, real-time and high-quality data which in turn will have a positive impact on patient outcomes and care.Ìý
With a number of exciting system-changing programmes underway, the Director of Data Services oversees delivery of the Data Services portfolio, from the data that is collected and how it is built and structured to the systems and platforms that hold and connect the data for meaningful use by a diverse group of stakeholders.
Working in a small dynamic team, you'll directly support the Director of Data Services to manage demand and queries and ensure sound oversight and timely reporting on activities in Data & Analytics.Ìý
Working closely alongside the Director of Data Services the successful candidate will be required to develop knowledge of the Data Services Portfolio, ways of working in the Transformation Directorate and NHSE and to establish strong working relationships with a range of senior stakeholders.Ìý
Main duties of the job
This role is focussed on managing specialist Business Support in a team at the centre of the portfolio, which directly supports the Director of Data Services to:
- Co-ordinate delivery against priorities
- Prioritise tasks and activitiesÌý
- Ensure appropriate oversight
- Manage stakeholders effectively
- Meet reporting requirements
- Identify risks and mitigating actions/ escalations
- Ensure alignment and integration with the wider Directorate and National Director’s Portfolio
The role will be managed by the Director of Data Services, although the post holder is expected to have a good degree of initiative to help determine and drive priorities on their behalf.Ìý The post-holder must be able to quickly flex to respond to changing and competing demands.Ìý
The post holder will champion Data and Analytics Services throughout the organisation. Knowledge and experience in a data or healthcare organisation is advantageous but not essential.
Working for our organisation
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visitÌýhttps://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the .Ìý
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description
The role includes the following responsibilities:
- Providing support to the Director of Data Services, for example attending key meetings and progressing actions as well as providing briefings and position statements ahead of time.
- Acting as the first point of contact for queries; managing, prioritising and triaging these for action and response
- Leading projects and initiatives that support the delivery of Data Services
- Co-ordinating and contributing to key reporting on behalf of Data Services and/ or D&A (including commissioning and collating information and data from a diverse range of teams)
- Establishing strong working relationships with senior stakeholders across D&A, Transformation Directorate, wider organisation and with external partners
- Wider support to the D&A directorate, for example coordinating engagement events, briefings & workshops as required
- Ensuring accurate and open communications with a range of audiences, levels, organisations, and individuals on behalf of the Director of Data Services
- Being part of a team to ensure delivery of best practice; identifying and comparing best process or delivery methods to maximise transparency and efficiency
- Working in an agile way, being adaptable and planning your own work effectively and supporting the Director of Data Services and SLT to manage theirsÌýÌý
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of drafting succinct briefing papers, reports and correspondence for a range of audiences
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- An understanding of the value of data to the NHS system and patient outcomes
Desirable criteria
- Experience of supporting delivery in a healthcare, data or technical environment
Skills
Essential criteria
- Exemplary communication skills; clear ability to develop strong working relationships with those all levels of seniority, successfully negotiating on difficult or controversial issues
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed and intuitive decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Consistently looks to improve what they do, looking for successful tried and tested ways of working, and seeking out innovation
Applicant requirements
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Bernadette Rushton
- Job title
- Head of Business & Operational Delivery -Workforce
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Harry AllportÌý
[email protected]
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