The Strategic Business Manager will play a pivotal role in supporting the Executive Team by ensuring their time, resources, and capacity are optimally managed to deliver strategic, corporate, and statutory objectives. This role demands a highly proactive and specialist approach to business management, acting as a key point of contact for internal and external stakeholders.

The Strategic Business Manager will oversee the coordination of urgent and contentious issues, preparing comprehensive briefings and reports for the Executive Directors. They will lead on the planning and delivery of key projects, adhering to strict deadlines while maintaining high standards of governance, accuracy, and efficiency. As gatekeepers to the Executive Director’s diaries, Strategic Business Managers will ensure schedules align with organisational priorities, cascading key actions from committees and meetings while maintaining a structured approach to follow-up and implementation.

A thorough understanding of the Executive Director's portfolio and strategic objectives is essential to the role, as is budgetary oversight and the identification of Cost Improvement Program (CIP) opportunities. Additionally, the Strategic Business Manager will manage the end-to-end recruitment process for Executive Directors and Non-Executive Directors, providing professional and efficient support throughout.

The role requires excellent communication, judgment, and organisational skills, ensuring business efficiency, enhanced quality, and flexibility across all operations.

Executive Support: Manage the Executive Director's time and priorities, ensuring effective diary management, preparation of briefings, and drafting of reports and documentation.
Project and Change Management: Lead and coordinate strategic projects, ensuring alignment with organisational objectives and adherence to strict deadlines.
Governance and Compliance: Support the coordination and administration of Board, Executive, and Committee meetings, ensuring compliance with corporate governance frameworks.
Financial Oversight: Manage allocated budgets, monitor expenditures, and identify CIP opportunities to support financial objectives.
Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a primary contact for internal and external stakeholders, fostering professional relationships with local councils, partner organizations, MPs, and others.
Communication Management: Oversee correspondence, ensuring accurate and timely responses, and provide professional judgment in managing sensitive and complex issues.
Recruitment and HR Support: Manage the recruitment and induction of Executive Directors and Non-Executive Directors, maintaining records of annual leave and compliance with training and appraisals.
Operational Efficiency: Develop tracking systems to monitor action plans and milestones, ensuring timely delivery of objectives and effective risk management.

This role requires diplomacy, initiative, and a high degree of professionalism to enhance organisational performance and maintain a well-coordinated Executive function.

Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

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