Director of Strategy

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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.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

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Person specification

Qualifications - Academic & Professional

Essential criteria

• High level of general education to degree level.
• Second degree/Masters level qualification in a related subject or equivalent experience.
• Track record of continuous personal and professional development

Desirable criteria

• Formal qualification in strategy or a related discipline

Skills, Knowledge, Requirements & Experience

Essential criteria

• Strategic Leadership - Significant experience working directly to an Executive Director (level 1) in a similarly complex organisation.
• Strategic Leadership - A proven ability to formulate strategy and influence stakeholders with the ability to impact on that strategy
• Strategic Leadership - Knowledge of programme management and experience of delivering complex strategic programmes.
• Effective Partnership - A commitment to system excellence as well as organisational excellence.
• Effective Partnership - A commitment to close working with health and social care partners in localities and across Greater Manchester.
• Effective Partnership - Experience of managing complex programmes of change.
• Effective Partnership - Experience of managing the development of complex business cases
• Effective Partnership - Experience of commissioner decision-making and consultation processes.
• Effective Partnership - Experience of developing effective partnerships with NHS and non NHS bodies.
• Wider NHS and health context - Expert knowledge of current regulations and processes regarding major service change in the NHS.
• Wider NHS and health context - Significant experience of planning, managing and delivering service change, leading engagement with internal and external partners.
• Wider NHS and health context - Knowledge of current systems change planned nationally, for Greater Manchester, and the potential impact on the Trust.
• Wider NHS and health context - A good understanding of the dynamics of the NHS and the values of the UK public sector

Desirable criteria

• Strategic Leadership - Experience working in a complex NHS provider organisation.
• Wider NHS and health context - Significant experience of planning and leading NHS service change, the commissioner assurance process and public consultation.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• Director of Strategy - Job Description (PDF, 248.5KB)
• Director of Strategy - Person Specification (PDF, 136.3KB)
• Functional Requirements - Director of Strategy (PDF, 920.2KB)
• Candidate Essential Guide Non Medical (PDF, 1.3MB)