Investment Appraisal Business Support - London, United Kingdom - Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care
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2 weeks ago

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- £25,190 - £31,026
  • London: £28,766 £31,026 National: £25,190 £27,509
  • A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
    Job grade:
  • Executive Officer
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
  • Loan
  • Secondment
    Length of employment:
  • This role is being advertised on a permanent basis. If preferable, Loan or Secondment options will also be available for existing Civil Servants (Loan) and applicants from accredited NDPBs or any other employer (Secondment).

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Business area:

  • DHSC
  • Finance
  • Capital and Investment
    Type of role:
  • Administration / Corporate Support
  • Finance
  • Secretarial
    Working pattern:
  • Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
    Number of jobs available:
  • 1Contents
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  • Leeds, LondonAbout the job

Job summary:


In DHSC, we are proud of our purpose - to enable everyone to live more independent, healthier lives for longer.

To achieve this, and create a great place to work, we have four values:
we are inclusive, we constantly improve, we challenge, and we are agile. If this sounds like an environment you'd like to work in, we'd love to hear from you.

This is an exciting time to be part of the DHSC's Investment Appraisal team.

We are a diverse group of individuals providing support and assurance to some of the Department and Government's largest and most high profile investment programmes.

The work we do matters, assessing major investment programmes and projects business cases to ensure they are set up for success, and supporting them to deliver health and care infrastructure that truly affects everyone's lives.


We work daily to support, challenge and assure high profile Government priorities such as the New Hospitals Programme, Adult Social Care Reform or the £500m of new capital investment to tackle the Elective Recovery backlog from COVID-19.

In addition to these high profile programmes, we support and assure a varied and interesting portfolio of projects which includes but is not limited to:

  • Major NHS Capital Investments such as upgrades, refurbishment or reconfiguration of hospitals and the wider NHS Estate
  • Technology investment such as Electronic Patient Records, IT transformation and upgrades
  • Vaccine procurements
  • Major NHS and DHSC policy initiatives


The Investment Appraisal team sits within the Capital Directorate, which brings together the policy, financial and project management experience to deliver the Department's ambitious capital investment programme for the NHS estate, the Department and its other ALBs.

We are a multi-disciplinary, multi-site team with a focus on delivering at pace and strong stakeholder engagement.

We work hand in hand with our partners in NHS Finance as one National Capital Assurance Team to improve the quality of business cases, alongside co-ordinating the engagement and input of a broader network of Economic, Commercial, PFI and Project Management specialists.

We value diversity, inclusion, teamwork, continuous improvement and flexible working arrangements.


Job description:


We are looking for an enthusiastic individual, who uses their initiative, has an eye for detail and is able to develop strong working relationships across a diverse organisation.

You will work within the team to provide an effective business support function, supporting with the coordination of the business of three Investment Committees:

  • Department of Health & Social Care Investment Committee
  • NHS and DHSC Joint Investment Committee
  • NHS Joint Investment Sub-Committee

Person specification:


Role Responsibilities:


Key accountabilities for the role:

  • Provide an effective business support function for the Investment Assurance Team
  • Support with the drafting and coordination of approval letters and outcome summaries following Investment Committee approval of business cases under the guidance of Investment Assurance leads
  • Develop and coordinate management information for the Investment Assurance Team and support in the presentation to internal and external stakeholders
  • Opportunities to take part in continuous improvement projects developed within the Investment Assurance team to gain new skills and experience
  • Support for the secretariat function of the Investment Committees, coordinating with senior stakeholders across the Department and NHS

Key Skills and Experience:


  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel skills can be developed during the role
  • Communicating and Influencing providing high quality written advice, and tailoring communicating styles within a variety of contexts


  • Builds Relationships

  • Experience of communicating and influencing more senior internal and external stakeholders


  • Delivering at Pace

  • Take responsibility for delivering timely and quality results with focus and drive
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