Head of Age Well

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Job overview

The Age Well programme has a focus on ensuring people are able to live as independently and healthily as possible in their older years, alongside leadership of the unplanned care programme at place.

The post holder will be a key member of a team to improve the health and wellbeing of the local people in Newham Place

• The post holder will support the Newham Place Based Partnership, and lead on the delivery of a number of its core priorities and outcomes. The post holder will have good knowledge of their dedicated area, with a strong understanding of and experience in the commissioning cycle alongside advanced co-ordination, leadership, management, communication and interpersonal skills that enable them to promote and further the work of the partnership across a wide range of stakeholders.
• The post holder will both directly and matrix manage a small team of people dedicated to delivery of the Age Well priorities and outcomes at Place, working with internal and external stakeholders
• The post holder will work at Place as well as across north east London, the provider Collaboratives, local government and with other Place Partnerships as appropriate. The post holder will lead the relationship with the Acute (Age Well)/Collaborative as agreed on behalf on the Place Partnership and work effectively with each of the other Collaboratives

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will support the Director of Partnerships, Impact and Delivery, the Executive Place Lead, the Clinical Director and other senior leaders to deliver the strategic vision and the priorities for the Place Based Partnership in line with the partnership operating model, focusing on Age Well and to reduce health inequalities and improve the health and wellbeing of the local population
• The post holder will work with the Director of Partnerships, Impact and Delivery to facilitate the delivery of integrated functions with relevant local authority and NHS partners to ensure best use of resources for the partnership.
• The post holder will work with colleagues in other Place Partnerships to share best practice and learning

The post holder will be expected to lead across north east London for some functions as appropriate

Working for our organisation

North East London is steeped in history and culture, and home to over two million people (and rising). It's the most diverse area of the UK; and because of that, one of the most exciting and vibrant places to work.

NHS North East London works with our health, social care, voluntary and community partners and residents) to plan and buy health services to meet our population's needs, making sure all parts of the local health and care system work effectively together. We work as part of the North East London Integrated Care System northeastlondonhcp.nhs.uk

We make sure residents and visitors have the best physical and mental health and have good access to high-quality health and care services. We have a vision to "work with and for all the people of North East London to create meaningful improvements in health, wellbeing and equity."

We serve eight local authority areas: Barking and Dagenham; City of London; Hackney; Havering; Newham; Redbridge; Tower Hamlets; and Waltham Forest.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will:

• work within the Mutual Accountability Framework to improve the health and wellbeing of local people and will lead on the delivery of core outcomes (related to Age Well) at Place.

• Understand the needs and assets of their local population and lead for the Place Partnership on the Age Well agenda adopting a strengths-based approach and considering the wider determinants of health
• Ensure that local people, communities and wider stakeholders are actively involved in identifying issues and challenges and in co-producing their own solutions within their area
• Develop and implement, in line with the Place Based Partnership's core outcomes and priorities and in line with relevant north east London strategies, local delivery plans in their dedicated areas
• Understand the potential synergies, interfaces or tensions between partnership priorities and individual organisational priorities and actively work with those organisations to demonstrate the benefit of a partnership approach
• Have a nuanced understanding of the different ways of working and cultures across the partner organisations and use sophisticated communication techniques to engage and negotiate with different partners
• Challenge ways of working and persuade, motivate and influence other senior managers to co-design practices as appropriate
• Ensure that the partnership processes are aligned to the wider system approach, and be able to identify synergies, opportunities or potential conflicts with system-wide, collaborative or other place programmes.
• Be an advocate for the Place Based Partnership and be able to demonstrate the benefits of partnership working to a wide set of partners in both formal and informal settings, including at public meetings
• Produce and present written reports for a wide range of audiences including board level committees and politically sensitive settings, for example public overview and scrutiny committees.
• Be well informed around Newham needs and able to apply national, regional, sub-regional policies and guidance as appropriate, learning from best practice and areas for improvement locally and across the system in north east London

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for detailed job description and main responsibilities.

Person specification

Knowledge, training and experience

Essential criteria

• Educated or extensive knowledge of specialist areas to doctorate level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
• Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Member of a professional body
• Experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments
• Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence
• Experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes
• Understanding of the healthcare environment and the public sector
• Knowledge of project principles

Communication skills

Essential criteria

• Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on highly complex matters and difficult situations
• Ability to provide and receive, convey and present highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information to large groups, responding openly to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement
• Ability to communicate with clinical, academic and all levels of staff effectively

Analytical skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to analyse highly complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
• Capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making
• Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills
• Knowledge of financial systems e.g. monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement

Planning Skills

Essential criteria

• Skills to provide leadership, vision, strategic thinking coupled with highly developed political skills
• Capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
• Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.

Autonomy

Essential criteria

• Capability to manage own workload and make informed decisions on difficult issues in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales

Equality and diversity

Essential criteria

• Ability to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of equality of opportunity and diversity. Being aware of how individual actions contribute to, and make a difference to, the equality agenda

General

Essential criteria

• Able to manage teams and team performance

We reserve the right to close any vacancies when we have received sufficient applications to shortlist.

Applicants who can clearly demonstrate how they meet our role profile requirements will be shortlisted for interview. To enquire about your application or inform us of any changes in your circumstances please ensure you quote your application reference number.

Please ensure you check your email account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you. Invitations for interview are sent by email only, so it is important that you monitor your emails once you have submitted an application online. If you have not heard from us within a month of the closing date you should presume that you have not been shortlisted.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As part of our safe recruitment practice pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. As part of the selection process, you may be required to undergo a Criminal Records Bureau check, all cases of criminal record history are dealt with on a case-by-case basis.

Applications are welcome from job seekers who require Skilled Worker sponsorship and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, non-EEA candidates may not be appointed to this post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled EU/EEA candidate is available to take up the post or if we are unable to satisfy the Resident Labour Market Test.