Job overview

We have a fantastic opportunity to join a dedicated team that supports the delivery of an ambitious suite of programmes aimed at ensuring the NHS is one of the most pro innovation and research systems in the world, helping to improve patient outcomes as well as supporting economic growth.

We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our governance team, to help support the continued development and delivery of a high-performing governance function across the Innovation, Research, Life Sciences and Strategy sub-directorate, within NHSE’s Transformation Directorate. 

This role includes supporting the Accelerated Access Collaborative (AAC) Board – a unique partnership that aims to ensure the NHS is in the best place to improve patient outcomes and reduce health inequalities through research and innovation. The role provides a great opportunity to further develop your career and expand your current skill set through all you would expect of a governance role – and so much more.

A positive attitude and application are high on our list of key attributes; alongside the ability to work as part of a small team that relies on developing and maintaining key relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders. 

If you want hands on responsibility delivering a general secretariat function across a range of boards, programmes and projects, and feel you have what it takes to succeed – then we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• Being a main point of contact for governance related matters, managing queries from a range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Providing a high-quality secretariat function that supports a range of boards, programmes, projects and activities – ranging in seniority. 
• Maintaining high quality and accurate records, using a variety of tools such as meeting minutes, action logs and performance trackers. 
• Confidently supporting and working alongside internal and external colleagues ranging in seniority across a number of activities.
• Working independently with minimal supervision, organising and prioritising workloads (your own and others) to competing, changing and often challenging deadlines.
• Ensuring governance systems, processes and structures remain fit for purpose, identifying areas for improvements and associated delivery plans.
• Ensuring the delivery of an effective and responsive administration service, including managing correspondence, diary management and coordination and responding to general work requests. 
• Continuously developing and managing relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
• Assisting in the implementing and reporting of the sub-directorate’s risk management strategy, including maintaining assigned risk registers

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.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.