Business & Commercial Development Officer

Business & Commercial Development Officer

Yorkshire Health Partners has an exceptional opportunity fora transformational leader to join our senior team.

YHP is an at scale provider based across East Riding andHull. We have 23-member practice and deliver services over a wider ICB footprint.

We bring creative and compassionate thinking, deliveringagile solutions to improve peoples lives.

We are seeking an experienced, innovative inclusive leader who will head up our Business and Commercial workstreams, who can lead as part of a collaborative and agile organisation, who puts people at the heart of all we do.

You will provide consistent leadership to embed the culture and values of the organisation. You will have the ability to inspire confidence and influence people at all levels both internally and externally for the organisation.

You will be an experienced leader with strong tender writing capabilities with NHS or wider health or care sector experience and have a track record in leading complex change and business growth through multiple projects.

You will be an exceptional communicator bringing challenge to the organisation's thinking to ensure we deliver on our business strategy and goals.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are key to the success in any organisation, you will ensure that we help our staff to feel valued, supported and able to contribute to YHPs success.

Main duties of the job

Working closely with the strategic leaders, you willsupport Yorkshire Health Partners Ltd to advance the delivery of crucialactivity for our primary care services across East Yorkshire.You willwork autonomously to plan and deliver bids and tenders of varying complexity. Thisrequires specialist knowledge and skills in programme management, serviceimprovement within health care, and an approach that is collaborative. You willmake the right things happen at the right time and that will result in thesuccessful delivery of a tender program in line with the organisation'sstrategic priorities.

About us

Yorkshire Health Partners LTD (YHP) is an at scale providerand GP federation, collaborating with 23 GP practices spanning eight PrimaryCare Networks in the East Riding and Hull Place to support primary care acrossthe Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care System.

YHP is entering an exciting phase of its development. We arean agile provider whose ability to deliver quality services has always been akey strength. We are looking for a talented leader to support the delivery ofour ambitious strategy for growth.

Our vision is to remain a primary care centred organisationthat works collaboratively with our partners across all sectors to ensure thedelivery of high quality, innovative and responsive services for ourpopulation. We will achieve this by working together to harness the collectivevoice of primary care to lead innovation, quality improvement and integrationby supporting a population health approach through People, Patients andPartners.

If you want to work for an organisation that brings creativeand compassionate thinking, delivering agile solutions to improve peopleslives, then YHP is the place for you.

Job responsibilities

Job Summary

Working incollaboration with senior managers and team colleagues (including, but notlimited to, Workforce, Premises, Finance, Clinical Managers, Quality &Performance, Administration, and the individuals using our services) toformulate sound business proposals & costings for review, pendingimplementation.

Devisingand implementing systems to support the development and ongoing business of theorganisation including growth-based projects which require marketresearch/scoping and support with service operationalisation.

Co-ordinatingtendering exercises, including seeking out and evaluating suitableopportunities, organising tender timetables, supporting and assistingclinicians and managers in the writing and preparation of Pre-QualificationQuestionnaires and Invitation to Tender documentation and being responsible forthe timely submission and monitoring of all tender submissions.

Identifyingsuitable funding opportunities for relevant proposed projects and providingsupport to colleagues in the writing and submitting bids to funders within settimescales.

Ensuring YHPis represented, promoted, and celebrated locally and nationally by identifyingand submitting suitable local/regional/national and international awards whichhighlight best practice.

Ifrequired, to act as or support the budget holder in respect of various grantprojects, ensuring adherence to spending levels and ensuring the projectremains within budget constraints, providing effective monitoring systems.

To beresponsible for a variety of projects as identified by the Senior LeadershipTeam and Board of Directors to develop the organisations business.

Key Areas of Responsibility

BusinessDevelopment

Working independently and with the team to support colleagues to developideas/innovations aimed at improving service delivery, including supporting thepreparation of business cases and delivery plans, and preparing SWOT analysesfor project initiations.

UndertakingHorizon Scanning exercises, ensuring details of potential new/existingopportunities are clearly disseminated across the organisation via establishedforums. This may include working closelywith YHPs Communications and Marketing Team to undertake marketing, research,event promotion, awareness raising, and networking opportunities.

Seeking outfunding opportunities to allow the development of YHPs business.

Seeking outand submitting nominations to local/regional/national/international healthsector Awards, celebrating success and raising the profile of YHP and its work.

Providingperiodic updates to our Board of directors and membership partners regardingall successful opportunities (e.g., grants, tenders and awards attained) andworking alongside the SLT to maintain an accessible database for use bycolleagues.

Identifyingand disseminating suitable local and national tendering opportunities aimed atbusiness growth, and where required, to act as tender co-ordinator, offeringguidance to clinical and managerial colleagues on writing a suitable submission and ensuringadherence to tender deadlines.

Completingorganisational questionnaires (PQQs) associated with tendering opportunitiesand maintaining a tender resource library on the shareddrive to assist colleagues when working on a tender.

Workingcollaboratively with YHP Members, Commissioners and Stakeholders to develop and nurturerelationships with potential business partners, including within the VCS.

Project Management

Providehigh quality project management support, including undertaking a range ofactivities supporting the delivery of YHP Strategic plan, and workingeffectively with management and clinical colleagues across the organisation.

Ensure thatthe right people are identified to make these projects happen, that they areeffectively matrix managed so they develop, feel valued and are supported todeliver.

Developservice development proposals, business plans and delivery plans within YHP andas required, across provider organisations.

Support successfulservice developments working with service leads/managers including developingbusiness plans and delivery plans and liaising with other teams to achievethis.

lead onchange programmes of multiple challenging projects ensuring that the rightsupport is mobilised at the right time. You will demonstrate professionalflexibility and the capability to move across workstreams and projectsas and when required, despite competing demands.

Understandthe needs of our partners in primary care and work collaboratively to meetthese through the delivery of high-quality services.

Ensurerobust systems for managing programmes of change are in place that areefficient, effective and engage will all our key stake holders appropriately

Utilise coaching skills to build project management capability andconfidence within YHP and its partners.

Finance& Risk Management and Quality Assurance

Oversee thefinance manager to record all related activities, e.g. income, expenditure,profit and loss, outputs etc in respect of funding and budget monitoring.

Oversee asystem for the management of all YHPs contracts, subcontracts, Service Levelagreements and memorandum of understandings.

Workingclosely with the Chief Operating Officer and Finance Manager to manage thebudget for specific projects as delegated.

Deploy agreed risk management processes, taking an analytical approach toqualitative and quantitative information to facilitate a review of options tomitigate or eradicate the risk.

To record, monitor and report risk, benefits, and performance.

Deploy effective methods to assess how beneficial a programme is.Undertake reviews on performance post implementation and make furtherrecommendations on service improvement based on evidence.

Management of Communication

Prepare regular updates and reports to provide assurance on projectdelivery identifying clear progress statements including risk mapping,performance data and the direction of travel towards benefits realisation.

Hold regular, (most likely) weekly project management meetings withworkstream leads. Concisely capture key actions, opportunities, obstacles andthe way forward to facilitate effective communication internally and externally,where appropriate.

With integrity engage with internal and external stakeholders.

Management of workload and personal development

Act on owninitiative in prioritising and managing workload, delegating tasksappropriately and referring to designated Board Members in respect of clinical,managerial, and administrative areas, as necessary.

Maintain ownpersonal and professional development as agreed at your annual review and inaccordance with any professional bodies with whom you are registered.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Educated to Degree Level
• Evidence of a sound educational background including Maths and English
• Advanced IT qualification or in depth experience of using Microsoft Office or equivalent experience.
• Educated to Diploma Level in business studies, accounting or management or equivalent or equivalent experience
• Attained recognised business administration/secretarial qualifications
• Certificate in Capital Investment Planning (Return on Investment)
• Project Management Qualification or experience of providing project officer support to projects/programmes of work

Experience

• At least 5 years experience of working within a large complex organisation, with some strategic exposure.
• Proven track record of successful project management
• Proven track record of successful tender production
• Knowledge of maintainingsetting up administration and filing systems
• Knowledge of health and safety issues in a complex environment and the implications of poor compliance
• Proven track record of achieving targets for generating income through commercial products and services
• Proven track record of success with attaining grants, tenders and awards
• Attained Management Qualification to at least Level 4
• Attained Health & Safety qualification to at least IOSH
• Has an evidence Portfolio

Skills/Abilities

• Excellent communicator, both in writing and verbally
• Previous experience of applying for external funding
• Ability to build and develop effective relationships with partners and customers
• Personal organisation and team-working skills, to manage the workload and ensure the production of high quality work, and manage and prioritise a varied workload to meet agreed deadlines.
• Ability to delegate as required
• Ability to produce formal minutes of a high standard
• Ability to produce complex spreadsheets and databases
• Can describe the principles involved in securing other funding sources
• Ability to organise and deliver projects
• Highly accurate with a strong attention to detail when handling information.
• Previous experience of delivering projects
• Previous experience in contract management
• Full understanding of the Data Protection Act
• Deep understanding and respect for confidentiality
• Knowledge and understanding of Market Research, Business Law

Other

• Flexible approach to duties
• Positive attitude to change
• Professional appearance
• Willing to attend further training courses (as and when required)
• Ability to travel between sites within the local area
• Pragmatic and solution-oriented.
• Committed to high standards and continuous improvement.
• Self-motivation, enthusiasm and results-focus
• Demonstrate the principles of partnership working
• Understands the needs of people with mental health problems and demonstrates a belief in empowerment

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.

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