Job summary
- Main area
- Life Sciences Policy and Strategy
- Grade
- Executives / VSM: Executives / VSM
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 990-TD-INNO-6471268-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Leeds Wellington Place /London Wellington House
- Town
- Leeds/London
- Salary
- £100,000 - £200,000 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Director of Life Sciences Policy & Strategy
Executives / VSM: Executives / VSM
Our Organisation
The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
This is a key leadership role driving Innovation and Research within the NHS with an exciting and expansive portfolio of work. The successful candidate will drive Life Sciences Policy and Strategy for NHS England, lead exciting and innovative programmes of work including Horizon Scanning and Demand Signalling, and build a public facing profile to support the work of the team.
Main duties of the job
The Director of Life Sciences Policy and Strategy is a key member of the IRLSS senior leadership team. It is a highly visible role that will engage frequently with Ministers, NHS England executives, and senior external stakeholders including industry. The team will lead on the development of key national innovation and research initiatives and lead on cross-cutting pieces of work such as developing industry partnerships alongside OLS, leading on work to understand the value of NHS health data, and identifying innovative ways to fund innovation.
The post holder will have:
- In-depth knowledge of both the innovation and research landscapes, key challenges, organizational structures and the ability to build credibility and trust with very senior colleagues in government, academia, industry and the NHS
- Delivery skills to shape and run multiple programmes, including the Horizon Scanning and Demand Signalling programme of work
- Extensive experience developing cross-government strategies and then delivering against these
- Exceptional strategy skills to tackle complex challenges and translate these into real, practical programmes of work
- Exceptional communication skills to work with Ministers, senior external stakeholders, and NHS England executives.
- The ability to build a public facing profile to support the work of the team
Working for our organisation
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
A key leadership role within NHS England, with accountability for:
- · Providing leadership on life sciences strategy and policy, ensuring clear priorities for delivery and clear direction for the directorate. This includes ensuring alignment to the Long Term Plan, departmental priorities and ministerial priorities as they emerge.
- Providing leadership on overseeing the implementation of these priorities to the Director of IRLSS and NHS executive team
- Leading the Horizon Scanning and Demand Signalling team as it shapes a portfolio that addresses the needs of the new NHS England
- Leading the AAC operations and delivery team as it supports the IRLSS sub-directorate
- Leading the Innovation Ecosystem Programme, which reports into the Chief Executive of the NHS and to the Life Sciences Council
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Person specification
Qualifications
Desirable criteria
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
Skills
Essential criteria
- Delivery skills to shape and run multiple programmes, including the Horizon Scanning and Demand Signalling programme of work
- Exceptional strategy skills to tackle complex challenges and translate these into real, practical programmes of work
- The ability to build a public facing profile to support the work of the team and exceptional communication skills to work with Ministers, senior external stakeholders, and NHS England executives.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- In-depth knowledge of both the innovation and research landscapes, key challenges, organizational structures and the ability to build credibility and trust with very senior colleagues in government, academia, industry and the NHS
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience developing cross-government strategies and then delivering against these
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Verena Stocker
- Job title
- Director of IRLSS
- Email address
- [email protected]
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