Optimisation Advisor
| Posting date: | 10 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £31,049.00 to £37,796.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £31049.00 - £37796.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 September 2025 |
| Location: | Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 8NY |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | G9914-25-0235 |
Summary
In this role, you are accountable for 1. Provide support, and report to the Optimisation Lead. 2. Support in multiple optimisation projects to ensure successful adoption of change for both NHSBSA and organisations using WSD services and systems. 3. Build excellent working relationships internally and externally, with system and service suppliers, customers and a wide range of stakeholders. 4. Adopt a forward-thinking approach by continuously reviewing the effectiveness of the optimisation activities to identify improvements. 5. Ensure active engagement from Optimisation Administrators, providing clear direction, updates and actions to enable a positive change experience. 6. Support the implementation of business change, highlighting risks, issues and actions in line with required standards across a number of concurrent projects and diverse stakeholder groups. 7. Use high-functioning communication skills to encourage a collaborative customer focused approach. 8. Line manage direct reports and oversee the effective implementation of policies relating to appraisal, absence management, disciplinary, grievance, performance monitoring and personal development plans. 9. Prepare user guidance documents, briefings and process mapping to support the implementation of improvements and process change, ensuring that the benefits of the change activities are identified, measured and owned. 10. Create highlight reports for the Operational Management Team that outline progress, identify problems and propose solutions. Ensure lessons learned are integrated into future activities by conducting evaluations and assessing results. 11. Collaborate with WSD project teams including internal and external members, acting as a subject matter expert. Promote the benefits of WSD systems across the NHS and beyond throughout optimisation activities. 12. Where appropriate collaborate with stakeholders within the wider Workforce Services Directorate and other NHSBSA services to ensure successful delivery of optimisation projects. 13. Participate in broader organisational activities where own recognised strengths may be utilised. 14. Be accountable for your own personal development requirements to be fully equipped to meet current and future management and organisational needs.