Head of Governance

JOB PURPOSE This is a critical and integral role within the South West Provider Collaborative and its leadership team, reporting to the Assistant Director of Strategic Planning. All members of the Senior Leadership Team will take collective responsibility for working together to ensure the Provider Collaborative and regional partners are well led, successful and managerially supported, enabling integration and delivery through the collaborative structures. All senior leaders are required to lead, support and influence complex transformation and improvement, through collaboration and mature partnership working. Within this, the post holder will provide expert strategic governance advice and leadership supporting the Programme Director and Senior Leadership Team of the South West Provider Collaborative to develop and maintain a gold standard of governance, compliance and assurance.

The post holder will play a key role in driving value through engagement, building and maintaining dynamic relationships across the collaborative to ensure that the right people get the right information, at the right time, in the right place and in the right format. This is a senior level role, and therefore the post holder will have a commensurate level of autonomy. They will be expected to work in a supportive and collaborative manner with the leadership team, under the direction of the Programme Director, Clinical Director and Assistant Director of Strategic Planning. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES The primary duties and responsibilities of the post holder are summarised below.

Collaborative Governance Lead on the design, implementation and oversight of high quality governance arrangements for the whole of the South West Provider Collaborative, ensuring that these are fully replicable to new services and programmes of work. Ensure that delineated governance arrangements are in place and operate as intended to ensure objectivity of governance and decision making within the Lead Provider and across the Collaborative as a whole. Develop and maintain effective systems for ensuring that the Lead Provider is compliant with the requirements as set out in the Lead Provider Roles and Responsibilities document, which forms part of the contract with NHSE. Ensure that the South West Provider Collaborative Governance Board discharges its responsibilities and reporting requirements to the Lead Provider.

Ensure that all relevant national standard operating procedures are taken into account and adhered to within the governance arrangements, and to contribute to their design at a national level where appropriate. Ensure that members of all governance groups are fully cognisant of their duties and responsibilities and effectively discharge their responsibility as set out in the terms of reference. Work with the Programme Director to determine priorities for the business of the Oversight Group, Governance Board and other supporting committees. Establish and maintain a comprehensive forward plan to help plan and manage the core activities of the governance groups within the Collaborative.

Maintain the Collaboratives Governance Compendium ensuring that it is regularly updated and consistently applied in the conduct of the Collaboratives business. Lead the production of an annual report for the South West Provider Collaborative. Regulatory Compliance Establish and monitor procedures to ensure that the South West Provider Collaborative complies with any and all requirements which may be determined by regulatory bodies such as NHS England / Improvement (NHSE/I). Establish good working relationships with the regulators being the first point of contact on all regulatory matters, informing and advising the Assistant Director of Strategy and Programme Director of any key issues.

Ensure that the Provider Collaborative has robust assurance processes in place for undertaking self-assessments and evidencing compliance with regulatory requirements. Work closely with the Head of Quality & Contracts to ensure that there is an effective system in place to oversee compliance. Statutory Compliance Provide independent advice and guidance on legal and constitutional matters, ensuring that Collaboratives business is conducted in accordance with statutory requirements. Act as the Collaboratives key contact for all legal matters.

Ensure that arrangements are in place for the provision of appropriate legal advice and support to the Provider Collaborative. Commission and manage any external providers of legal advice. Risk and Assurance Ensure that a robust and dynamic approach to risk and risk management is in place which reflects best practice and is embedded at all levels of the South West Provider Collaborative. Promote a risk aware culture by working closely with teams across the Collaborative to identify and manage risks proactively.

Develop and maintain a comprehensive Assurance Framework which reflects the Provider Collaboratives long-term strategic plans and p