Head of Planning

Blue Arrow are currently recruiting for a Head of Planning to join our Public Sector Client in the West of Glasgow. This contract is for 6 months. The pay rate is £38.62 per hour. You must have a clear Disclosure or be able to obtain one.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Support the development, agreement, and implementation of the Company Strategy and associated delivery plans ensuring that program resources are assigned to maximise effectiveness
- Develop and maintain key strategic relationships with external senior operational leads as part of the Company Commissioning and Collaboration approach
- Assist the Deputy Director of Quality, Performance, Planning, and Programmes to maintain strategic plans including the Annual Operational Plan for Senior Management, and ensure collaborative working and delivery of projects in line with project plans and national timescales
- Deputise for the Deputy Director of Quality, Performance, Planning, and Programmes at national and regional meetings, where appropriate
- Advise and where appropriate, lead in the delivery of best practices in corporate planning
- Develop and maintain robust and highly effective relationships with Directors and other Senior Managers that result in connected and coherent planning processes and outputs
- Provide highly specialist advice to Senior and Executive Managers in the production of strategic plans and progress monitoring
- Inform the planning of service change/reconfiguration by sourcing, analysing, and interpreting relevant highly complex data (e.g. peer performance, best practice analysis, workforce data, etc), using established planning groups/processes e.g. specialty specific planning groups, utilising negotiating and influencing skills when required
- Support the creation of business plans and cases ensuring that service developments are consistent with the strategic direction and have a realistic assessment of risks and costs
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with senior operational, clinical, and support functions and other agencies whose input to the planning process is required to ensure the delivery of improved services
- Undertake audit and internet research as required. Develop corporate-level strategic plans and ensure collaborative working and delivery of projects in line with project plans.
- Provide specialist advice and services on planning across the Board to achieve operational effectiveness and strategic ambitions.
- Participate or lead, as appropriate overseeing Business Case development as directed by the Board, seeking out relevant information on current and proposed services to assess options and affordability of the project. Determine the relevance of the information provided, ability to challenge, analyse and identify data trends, and probe relevant personnel on the accuracy of data provided. Research and use benchmarking data where appropriate.
- Promote the embedding of best practice planning principles within the Organisation
- Regularly undertakes complex surveys and audits relating to planning objectives e.g. analysis of current service delivery/provision and leads the development and monitoring of subsequent action plans
- Carry out relevant assessments as part of strategic planning developments e.g. Equality Impact Assessment, Quality Assessment, and Data Privacy Impact Assessments

**Experience, Skills and Knowledge**:

- Extensive senior experience within a complex public sector organisation and with a high level of interpersonal, strategic, and technical skills
- Significant experience of inter-agency working at a strategic level
- Extensive experience in planning management within a large complex organisation preferably within the public sector
- Strong leadership and teamwork skills
- Decision-making abilities
- Sound and creative problem-solving ability
- Highly developed influencing, communication, and presentation skills
- Experienced negotiator/facilitator with the ability to influence others
- Must be able to demonstrate experience in leading complex change
- Credibility and integrity at the most senior levels
- Political awareness and understanding of national and regional healthcare planning policy
- High intellectual capacity
- Highly motivated, assertive, and confident, with drive and enthusiasm
- Flexible and adaptable to change

**Blue Arrow Glasgow**

**Tina Piliciauskaite**

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