Deputy Director of Specialist Analytical Support Functions inNationally inNationally PUBLISHED
MON 30 DEC 2024
NHS England r3l7347B
The role involves strategic oversight of the data services portfolio, ensuring programs align with NHS goals while managing risks, budgets, and stakeholder relationships effectively. The post holder will facilitate the development and implementation of strategic plans, monitor progress towards objectives, and work to prevent disruption to ongoing operations. This position is available in London, Leeds, or other NHS locations and is intended for individuals with a strong background in data and analytical initiatives.
As the NHS 10 Year Health plan develops, Transforming Through Data will be critical to ensure the NHS can benefit from new and emerging technology and data transformation. The successful candidate will have a key role to play and will be responsible for Portfolio Delivery - specifically for ensuring alignment and delivery of the Transforming Through Data agenda and working closely with all key programmes including the Federated Data Platform, Event Based Architecture and Platform Modernisation and ultimately building a data service for the future.We are looking for an experienced professional to drive forward our vast and complex programme portfolio to deliver against our ambitions and support the NHS in unlocking the power or data.
We pride ourselves on our work, motivation, creativity and living our values, with the purpose of driving insight for better decision-making across health and care to help people live healthier longer lives.
The post holder will lead and work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service, supporting managers and staff across the Data Services function to deliver the vision of a data enabled NHS.
The role is suitable for those based in London, Leeds or other NHS Sites.
The individual will provide a strategic steer to ensure programmes of work are aligned to the goals and ambitions of the NHS, have experience with value logic modelling and has an outcome and benefits approach to delivery of a portfolio.The successful candidate will have experience with creation of portfolio and programme business cases, government commercial and governance processes, Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) and spending review processes and be able to lead and assure all data and analytical initiatives and provide guidance to ensure success.The successful candidate will also ensuring all local initiatives are aligned to the ambitions of the directorate.
The post holder will have accountability and responsibility for the strategic and operational development of the portfolio. Plans to achieve the strategy will be underpinned by the delivery of short to medium term objectives.
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Please see attached Job Description which further details the main duties and responsibilities. Key aspects of this role will be to:
- Ensure the strategy is retained across all portfolio programmes, understood by all stakeholders and is delivered utilising all available resources efficiently and effectively.
- Ensure the development and management of relevant strategic business cases and plans, within the Sector.
- Ensure appropriate system and processes are in place to enable the implementation of the portfolio.
- Proactively manage the key risks and issues associated with ensuring appropriate actions are taken to mitigate or respond.
- Monitoring and establishing accountability on the overall progress of the portfolio to ensure completion within agreed timescales.
- Manage the whole budgetary implications of activity.
- Avoid the destabilisation of business as usual.
- Manage and actively promote the relationships with key stakeholders.
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