Job vacancy: Development Director, HUC, Ascots Lane, Welwyn Garden City

Main area: Commercial
Grade: Non NHS Banding
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (This is a hybrid role – site based with home working)
Job ref: 4265 -8154353

Development Director

For further information about this role please see attached job description and person specification.

Degree Level Education- typically in healthcare managements, business administration, operational management or a related field

Post-graduate qualification / Master – in health services management, or equivalent in a relevant subject area

Significant senior-level experience in bid management for complex bids of £20m+ per annum
Demonstrable experience of modelling complex services and sound financial understanding
Demonstrable experience leading high-performing teams within a matrix environment.
Excellent analytical, communication, negotiation, and influencing skills.
Ability to interpret operational understanding to ensure they translate into clear concise commercial models
Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at senior leadership level.
Evidence of using data analytics to support data driven decision making and service improvements
Implementing a culture of high performance and high quality throughout all services with visible accountability at levels
Proven understanding of budget management, cost controls and departmental transformation to generate efficiencies.
Strong understanding of the NHS, and wider health sector at a senior level with experience of developing and maintaining partnerships within the political landscape
Able to successfully deal with a wide range of challenging demands, timescales and diversity of challenges
Demonstrable commitment to, and understanding of, equity, equality, diversity & inclusion.
Able to collaborate constructively with internal and external partners to create conditions for successful system working approach.

Extensive knowledge of primary and urgent care services including NHS 111 operational delivery and performance management.
Practical experience of project management processes and systems
Experience in supporting and contributing to strong integrated governance, learning and improvement
Ability to demonstrate understanding and behaviours associated with HUC values
Experience of large-scale change management and service redesign projects

Strong visible leadership and motivation skills, acting with integrity whilst valuing diversity
A natural influencer, good communicator / presenter with proven negotiation skills, comfortable debater with sound business and technical reasoning plus commercial awareness with the ability to anticipate alternative scenarios and prepare according.
Ability to display a sound and comprehensive understanding of the complex needs of many stakeholders in HUC; engaging successfully with colleagues at all levels and building successful working relationships when it comes to working with our executive, commissioners and agencies.
Motivational with a genuine desire & concern for quality & appropriateness of patient services.
A problem solver who provides solutions that make a difference with the ability to evaluate complex decision-making processes and ensure outcomes are clearly understood and acted upon.
Strong use of data to understand problems, find solutions and evaluate success
IT literate with proven use of Office 365 products

Display resilience, courage and curiosity Service performance management, transformation and change
Evidence of experience in and / or has good senior knowledge of the healthcare sector Interested in the use of technology to improve the efficiency of services, patient experience and sustainability

Full valid UK driving licence with access to a car or willing to use public transport where appropriate.
Flexible to travel to other sites across the HUC geographical footprint.