Corporate Business Manager

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the 'Supporting Documents' heading. So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the 'Candidate Essentials Guide' that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how 'we care for you as you care for others'. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Educated to degree level with additional qualification to master's level in business management or corporate governance (including the Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators Advanced Certificate in Health Service Governance) or equivalent level knowledge gained from significant experience whilst working at a similar level
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable criteria

• Further training in project management and financial management

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Specialist knowledge across a range of administration and business management procedures and practices and underpinned by theoretical or practical knowledge or experience
• Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment

Training and Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working within a Senior Administration role with line management responsibilities
• Experience of developing and implementing effective corporate governance procedures and policies
• Experience of co-ordinating risk management processes and risks reporting
• Experience and understanding of proven implementation of project management methodologies.
• Demonstrated experience of working closely and liaising with very Senior managers
• Proven track record of developing/implementing record management systems and policies, procedures and processes in a business management capacity
• Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive and confidential environment with diverse stakeholder input
• Experience of drafting briefing papers for senior level meetings, agenda building and providing structure to internal meetings and external meetings
• Significant experience of taking information from several sources and providing analysis, summary and options with detailed report information
• Demonstrable experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Uses own initiative and takes responsibility for own actions & behaviours
• Makes sure themselves and others work in a way that complies with legislation and organisation policies and procedures on health, safety and risk management
• Takes ownership for improving and maintaining a healthy, safe and pleasant work environment. Working across the organisation in accordance with internal policies
• Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required
• Identifies the impact of contextual factors on communication and manages people's expectations and adapts communication to take account of the intended audience, which will include colleagues at all levels including senior level stakeholders from other organisations.
• Ability to build and maintain a variety of constructive relationships witha broad range of internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to actively participate in and lead working groups across the priority areas of Corporate Affairs and engaging colleagues across the organisation
• Advanced key board skills
• Ability to effectively plan and coordinate the delivery of a broad range of complex tasks or programmes of work covering the Corporate Affairs portfolio over medium term adjusting plans and resources in line with changing events and requirements
• Demonstrates motivational skills to encourage collaborative working to improve services and performance where there maybe resistance tochange
• Works autonomously and expected outcomes are defined but post holderhas freedom to determine how best to deliver these. Guide by principles and broad polices/regulations

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Documents to download

• Corporate Business Manager JD (PDF, 328.6KB)
• Corporate Business Manager PS (PDF, 176.6KB)
• Functional Requirements (PDF, 1000.2KB)
• Candidate Essential Guide Non Medical (PDF, 1.3MB)