Director of Strategy and Development

We are looking for an exceptional person to join us to work with partners across the SWL Integrated Care System to develop and deliver both the SWL ICB and ICP five year strategies. A key responsibilities will be for the the annual ICP Priorities Fund process which supports delivery of our strategic objectives. You will therefore have a track record in developing organiastional, and preferable system-wide strategies that work across organisational boundaries and have the ability to take complex, multiple-source information and data and turn this into organisational or system actions.

The Director of Strategy and Development will work with senior system leaders across SWL to determine the system OD priorities and lead the commissioning and delivery of programmes to address the priorities. Experience of leading and determining organiastional development priorities will therefore be important in this role.

You will support the Co-Chairs of the ICP in their work to create an effective, high performing Integrated Care Partnership which will include the setting of agendas for meetings and seminars and ensuring that ICP sub-groups are set up and run effectively to deliver the ambition and outcomes of the ICP Strategy.

You will lead and co-ordinate our system-wide learning, scanning good practice and innovation inside and outside of the NHS to make recommendations on good practice and innovation.

For the full job overview please refer to the Job Description.

Main duties of the job

• Provide leadership to the development of both the ICB and ICP Five Year Strategies and oversee their delivery.
• Ensure that both the ICB and ICP Five Year Strategies take a population approach to understanding people's need. Use population health data to ensure ICB and ICP strategies clearly address health inequalities, setting clear outcomes and standards to measure success.

System Development

• Identifying organisational development needs requirements across SWL ICS and design and commission OD programmes to deliver the requirements.
• Lead on the development and delivery of the ICP Priorities Fund, ensuring that the application of the fund is transparent and robustly evaluated. Lead on sharing good practice across SWL to ensure successful innovation is spread.

For the full main duties please refer to the Job Description.

About us

NHS South West London Integrated Care Board works with partners from across the South West London Integrated Care System (ICS) to develop plans to meet the health needs of the population and secure the provision of health services and is directly accountable for NHS spend and performance in South West London.

Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) are partnerships of health and care organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up services and to improve the health of people who live and work in their area. Each ICS consists of two statutory elements:

• an Integrated Care Board, bringing the NHS together with its partners locally to improve health and care services
• an Integrated Care Partnership (ICP): the broad alliance of organisations and representatives concerned with improving the care, health and wellbeing of the population, jointly convened by the ICB and local authorities in the area.

ICBs are statutory NHS bodies responsible for planning and allocating resources to meet the four core purposes of integrated care systems (ICSs):

• to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare;
• tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access;
• enhance productivity and value for money and;
• help the NHS support broader social and economic development.

Job responsibilities

See Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

Proposed Interview date: w/c 15 May 2024

Person Specification Education/Qualificiations

• Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in the strategy and Development specialist area.
• Significant evidence of continued professional development

Knowledge & Experience

• Previous experience of developing and writing organisational-wide strategies.
• Proven and significant leadership experience with proven track record of results.
• Previous experience in developing organisational or system agendas, seminars and sessions
• Previous experience of assessing organisational development needs and of developing those into organisational development programmes and strategies
• Previous experience of designing, developing and running seminars and events
• Proven Board level experience of leading and delivering complex change and strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment
• Demonstrated work experience in a Healthcare environment
• Significant experience of leading and motivating a team and reviewing performance of individuals.
• Significant management experience at senior level in the NHS or other public healthcare related industry
• Experience or writing and presenting high quality papers to management teams and boards.
• Significant experience in leading complex, challenging and/or politically sensitive areas of work
• Experience of communicating complex matters to staff, management teams or boards.
• Significant experience of dealing with and influencing a variety of people and range of professionals, preferably across organisational boundaries, in a highly professional manner.
• Previous experience of developing and writing system-wide strategies.

Skills & Abilities

• Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate and present on highly complex, sensitive and/or contentions matters and difficult situations
• Ability to persuade board and other senior managers of the respective merits of different options, innovation and new market opportunities.
• Ability to negotiate difficult, highly complex and detailed issues
• Intermediate (or advanced) Keyboard skill - ability to use Microsoft Office package at intermediate (or advanced) level.
• Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess options and draw appropriate conclusions
• Ability to develop, maintain and monitor information systems to support innovation initiatives
• Ability to make sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate
• Delivering results through others and using a range of levers in the absence of direct line management responsibility.
• Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills
• Managing budgets and maintaining financial balance within a highly complex, multi-organisational environment and in the face of increasing demand.
• Proven ability to interpret national and local policies and implement change appropriately.
• Lives by the values of openness and integrity and has created cultures where this thrives

Other

• Ability to work as part of a team and work flexibly to provide support to other departments and teams as and when necessary
• Demonstrates commitment to NHS and organisational values and behaviours
• Demonstrate commitment and role model behaviours and actions that support equality, diversity, belonging and inclusion
• Strong compassionate and inclusive leadership
• High degree of emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and resilience.
• A value-driven style consistent with the values of public services and the Nolan principles.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£105,327 to £120,385 a yearper annum inclusive of Outer HCAS

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