Job summary
- Main area
- Administrative and Clerical
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 990-CFO-6770110-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- London / Leeds / Flexible
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum (exclusive of London weighting)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Service Transformation Officer
NHS AfC: Band 5
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
The Service Transformation Team is a dynamic team within the National Specialised Commissioning, Health Justice and Armed Forces Directorate of NHS England.
We provide leadership and co-ordination of transformation programmes and projects, to improve quality of care, reduce health inequalities and deliver better value in our services.
We use a data driven approach to identify unwarranted variation and opportunities for transformation and improvement across services and the whole patient pathway.
We work collaboratively with partners to codesign solutions, which address challenges and through quality improvement approaches assist systems make improvements to services for patients and the wider population.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will deliver effective administration support to the team's programmes and functions.
The post holder will:
- Develop and maintain systems which provide high quality programme and administrative support to ensure the team's smooth running;
- Undertake reporting and analyse information and data to improve, inform and support a portfolio of projects and initiatives.
- Convey information through excellent communication skills, with the ability to pull together draft reports, presentations and letters.
- Have excellent time management skills, be able to work on their own initiative to organise and prioritise their own and others workloads.
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to Degree level in a relevant subject or equivalent level of qualification or significant equivalent previous proven experience.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of administrative procedures, project management or information analysis.
Desirable criteria
- Previously worked in similar position within the public sector.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Skills for communication of complex information and administrative matters with the ability to pull together comprehensive draft reports, data and letters.
- Ability to work without supervision. Able to work on own initiative, organising and prioritising own and others workloads to changing and often tight deadlines.
- Values diversity and difference operates with integrity and openness.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mrs Helen Ashcroft
- Job title
- Head of Programmes - Transformation
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07730374781
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