Senior Delivery Adviser/policy Adviser - London, United Kingdom - Department of Health and Social Care
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- £40,025 - £46,918
- Leeds: £40,025 £43,330 London: £44,043 £46,918
- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Job grade: - Senior 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).
Business area:
- DHSC
- NHS Policy and Performance
- Electives and Cancer
Type of role: - Policy
Working pattern: - Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
Number of jobs available: - 6Contents
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Job summary:
In DHSC's Electives Directorate, we are proud to focus on one of the Government's top 5 delivery priorities, as well as delivering a key part of the Department's purpose to enable everyone to live more independent, healthier lives for longer.
We are supportive, inclusive and solutions-focussed and our teams work hard to understand the challenges facing the electives system and how we can improve patient outcomes and experience.
In particular, we work with NHS England and others to set direction for the elective system for the future and ensure timely delivery of targets set out in the elective recovery plan.
We are looking for individuals who are keen to grip a stretching brief in a priority area, to shape projects and policy direction as part of a supportive and high performing team.
Across two Deputy Director led teams where we are recruiting for new team members, we focus on the following:
- Delivery of the priorities set out in the Elective Recovery Plan, using excellent understanding and analysis of data, impactful presentation of quantitative and qualitative evidence and generating insights and solutions.
- Providing updates and advice to Ministers to assess progress on delivery, exploring variation and solutions and working closely with our excellent analytical team and colleagues in NHS England.
- Gripping the different elements of the electives system to understand delivery and the challenges and opportunities that exist including on theatre productivity, diagnostics, outpatients, referrals, funding, choice, patient experience and more.
- Getting to grips with the big strategic questions in electives so we can ensure that future policy and spending decisions are grounded in evidence and credible insights.
The Directorate is a great place to work, with a fast-paced and challenging brief which would suit individuals who like getting to grips with broad, challenging issues to find solutions.
The roles would suit individuals who might be looking to learn new skills and approaches to policy, delivery and performance in public services.
The directorate is a friendly, supportive and welcoming place to work on an interesting and high-profile policy area.- If you are interested and would like further information, please come along to our information session on _
_Friday 1st December 2023 from 14:0015:00.__ The information session will cover all policy/delivery roles (HEO, SEO & G7) and will give you the opportunity to hear more about the teams, specific roles and ask questions._ - If you would like to join the information session, please use this link: _Click here to join the meeting_
Job description:
We have 6 SEO exciting roles in the Elective Policy and Delivery Teams which will work with senior officials and Ministers, departmental colleagues, NHS England, and a range of other stakeholders to understand, develop and delivery elective policy.
A key part of both policy and delivery roles will include leading high-quality responses to commissions, including briefings, PQs and correspondence and ensuring information for Ministers, senior leaders, and parliament is accurate and up to date in a fast-moving environment.
As a SEO delivery advisor, you will be drafting briefings to update Ministers and seniors on delivery, lead assurance of NHS England's elective commitments and lead work with analysts to provide analysis for ministerial meetings.
As a SEO policy advisor, with oversight of a Grade 7, you will lead projects to explore areas of ministerial priority.
Additionally, we have one cross cutting PMO role lead project coordination across both the delivery and policy teams.
These are fast-paced and stretching roles, which will allow you to develop a wide range of skills across policy development, project management, operational response/delivery, and stakeholder engagement.
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