Job overview

We are recruiting for a Business and Service Development Manager to join our Thames Valley Forensic Service on a 14 month fixed term contract position to cover maternity leave. This can also be offered as a secondment opportunity. 

This role is primarily responsible for leading on business, service development, and project management support to the Thames Valley Forensic Directorate under the direction of the Director of Forensic Mental Health.  You'll be leading the development of and co-ordinating the 
directorate strategy and work plan, ensuring that associated projects and workstreams are appropriately constituted, organised and reporting mechanisms are in place and functioning within the governance structure of the directorate.  

We are a small and dynamic team based at the Oxford Clinic  in Littlemore, focused on our performance and achieving excellent outcomes for our patients. We are keen to find a highly motivated and motivational colleague to partner with us in driving forward our ambitious work plan and our strategic direction.

Main duties of the job

• Formulate and implement business plans, projects, service development and service change initiatives. Key to this will be leading the development of and co-ordinating the directorate strategy and work plan, ensuring that associated projects and work-streams are appropriately constituted, organised and reporting mechanisms are in place and functioning within the governance structure of the directorate.
• Govern the performance management processes in the directorate, providing appropriate reports and reporting structures.
•  Provide and receive complex numerical and narrative information, being able to present it in a
   range of media to support delivery of the Directorate business plans, performance reporting,
   and service developments.
• Communicate multi-stranded and highly sensitive business/service information (e.g. organisation redesign/change, discontinuation of service), using highly developed negotiating & influencing skills.

Please refer to the job description attached for a comprehensive list of duties. Interviews for this role will be held on Friday 25 July via Teams. 

Working for our organisation

The Thames Valley Forensic Directorate was established in 2004 and primarily serves Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and Oxfordshire, in a mix of urban and rural areas. We provide holistic, patient-centred, recovery-focused services in a pathway of care that includes medium and low secure inpatient and forensic community services, for men and women. Our vision is to safely enable the recovery of our service users by providing excellent, collaborative treatment in caring environments, whilst managing risk through the least restrictive means.

Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

•    Excellent opportunities for career progression
•    Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
•    27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
•    NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
•    Competitive pension scheme
•    Lease car scheme
•    Cycle to work scheme
•    Employee Assistance Programme
•    Mental Health First Aiders
•    Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
•    Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team