Associate Director of Strategy | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 16 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £85,582 - £98,387 including HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 May 2024 |
| Location: | Frimley, GU16 7UJ |
| Company: | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6234450/151-HS-19-A |
Summary
At this exciting time for the Trust, we are looking for a talented individual to join as our Associate Director of Strategy working to the Chief Strategy Officer who is board director.
You will work alongside executive directors and the senior leadership team in the coordination and publication of a new trust strategy which will steer the trust through the next five years.
This role will require someone to work independently across the organisation and with senior partners to ensure the strategy is aligned with our wider system and encompasses our plans for medical services, digital, people and management of our finances over the long term.
Alongside this role, the individual will be required to lead strategic projects to ensure the delivery of the strategy. This will include leading the trust annual business planning process to ensure our services align with our budgets and enable to delivery of the 5-year strategy.
We are open to hearing from individuals from a range of backgrounds with a successful track record of strategy work at a consulting firm or in-house strategy work. Experience in the NHS is not essential but may be useful.
The individual may be already operating in a senior position or looking to step into their first director position. The key skills required to be successful in the role will include:
• Self-starter, skilled problem solver with a can-do attitude, able to deliver at pace and in a highly pressured environment.
• Exceptional stakeholder relationship skills.
• Excellent, engaging communicator.
• Able to work across multi-functional teams to draw key themes.
• Experience of initiating and delivering complex cross-organisation projects.
• Experience in managing up and across. This role will require someone to work closely with the board of directors but also with peers and stakeholders, so being able to adapt style to stakeholders will be key.
• Strong literacy and MS PowerPoint skills ensuring large amounts of qualitative and quantitative data can be distilled and communicated in a simple, effective way.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) covering three hospitals and a range of community services is a leading NHS trust known for its ambitious achievements.
Over the last few years, alongside the pandemic, the trust has delivered a new £100m hospital, implemented a new digital patient record system bringing together 200 IT systems into one, delivered the Frimley Excellence continuous improvement programme and played a leading role in one of the most advanced integrated care systems in the country. The trust has recently been selected to build a £1.3bn hospital to open in 2030 and has large aspirations for the future.
Please review the attached job description and person specification for detailed information on the main responsibilities.
This advert closes on Tuesday 30 Apr 2024
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