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Operational requirements Working within the overall strategic objectives, devise, implement and monitor the strategy. Evaluate, interpret and locally implement best practice. Provide overall management to the function. Develop and implement qualitative and quantitative measures to determine performance against the organisational strategy.

Report progress against the strategy through personal representation at senior management forums and by written reports to appropriate boards and groups of staff. Present complex information on all aspects of function practice in a clear, understandable and audience-appropriate manner to senior management and board level groups. Ensure that best practice is developed and delivered at organisational and departmental levels. Challenge ways of working and persuade, motivate and influence other senior managers to realign their practice where necessary.

Ensure a smooth transition through decision making process to the management of contracts. Ensure that an appropriate strategy is in line with business objective and are fully cascaded. Personally lead, support and contribute to formal negotiations with senior level staff from external stakeholders, providing a high level of negotiating expertise to secure the most advantageous arrangements. Advise on innovative opportunities and support all departments in their strategies and programmes to maximise service benefits.

Oversee the tracking of progress against plans and transition milestones, ensuring appropriate processes are in place to flag issues, risks and concerns with the relevant stakeholders. Work closely with the Heads of other Department or Directorate to ensure that units understand and adhere to rules and standards, intervening as appropriate. Ensure the securing of value for money, giving due consideration to all relevant factors including risk, quality and other factors. Devise, manage and update policies and procedures, ensuring the adoption of best practice methodology, rules, standards and thresholds.

Disseminating these methodologies etc. to staff within the department and throughout the organisation. Collect and report on information of expenditure within the organisation and other relevant governing bodies. Communication Skills Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.

Persuade board and senior managers of the respective merits of different options, innovation and new market opportunities. Negotiate on difficult and very complex and detailed issues. Financial and Physical Resources The post holder will have budgetary responsibility for a function and the services provided within that function. This will include evaluating the value for money of new contracts, monitoring the performance of existing providers and ensuring that provider performance aligns, and complies, with contractual terms and conditions; The post holder will be directly responsible for all budgets associated with the management of the function.

Act in a way that is compliant with Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions in the discharge of this responsibility. Constantly strive for value for money and greater efficiency in the use of these budgets and to ensure that they operate in recurrent financial balance year on year. Information Management Responsible for devising, developing and implementing appropriate information sharing systems to: ofacilitate effective working practices for the end to end processes oensure accurate analysis of management information. Lead the creation and implementation of information systems for collecting, evaluating and interpreting large volumes of intricate data on expenditure to inform the short, medium and long term strategies.

Responsible for the operation and maintenance of information systems, adapting systems where necessary to suit changing information needs. Responsible for the collection and reporting on information of expenditure both within and outside the organisation, including compliance reporting. Ensure processes and staff behaviours are in place for appropriate information sharing. Research and Development Ensures that relevant groups are able to access best practice and current information from supply markets Commissions Research and Development initiatives to secure cost and service improvements from alternative methods of operation, through new goods and services or re-engineering existing processes.

Ensures that benefits from research and development and from innovation are realised by stakeholder organisations Planning and Organisation Creates and implements Strategic Operations business plan, clearly identifying links to national, regional and local priorities and policy objectives. Contributes to the development and implementation of general policy and service development. Develops and implements strategies for improving performance. Drives and leads development and improvement of processes.

Ensures stakeholder representation is engaged throughout the cycle. Drives process efficiency in the continuous development of the end-to-end cycle and its associated performance metrics. Accountable for short, medium and long term business plans, achieving quality outcomes. Responsible for linking people, resource and strategy to organisational strategy.

Policy and Service Development To identify and assess opportunities for new services and threats to existing services and market develops. Develop plans and seize opportunities, mitigate threats and deliver NHSs strategic objectives. Responsible for proposing and drafting changes, implementation and interpretation to policies, guidelines and service level agreements (SLAs) which may impact services and Sector. Proposes changes to own function making recommendations for other service delivery.

Contribute to the review and development of existing information management systems and contribute to the development of an integrated approach to project management. The post holder will need to maintain a good knowledge of emerging policies from government departments for example pensions, change management, constitution. This will assist in the thinking and definition of the strategy discussions for the organisation and stakeholders.