Business Co-ordinator

The Finance and Planning Directorate is now recruiting for the Business Co-Ordinator to the Deputy Chief Financial Officers (Deputy CFOs).

This is a fantastic opportunity to be at the heart of work to support the NHS. We:

• work closely with government to agree NHS funding;
• ensure the NHS lives within its annual budget;
• decide how to distribute the funding to the different NHS services and parts of England;
• support innovative programmes that improve the care and experience of NHS patients or people using NHS services;
• set out the financial and performance priorities the NHS should be delivering each year;
• report how much the NHS has spent on providing services each year;
• explore how the NHS can make the best use of its money;
• look at how spend on building or equipment can improve the care and experience of people using NHS services.
• consider how nationally we use these resources to improve healthcare outcomes, reduce inequality, improve health and support the NHS.

The team offers high profile, fast-paced projects. This requires adaptability, rigor and innovation and provides exciting development opportunities for those developing their careers in the NHS, health or the public sector. This role may be of interest either to an experienced diary manager looking for a role where their skills will be fully used or someone looking for experience in a fast-moving, high-profile national setting.

Main duties of the job

As a Business Co-ordinator, you will be a key part of the support team for the Deputy CFOs at NHS England. You will provide a high-functioning, reliable, and well-informed business support service covering all aspects of the Deputy CFOs' work, including the day-to-day management of diaries, correspondence, and other logistics. The post will liaise with colleagues within NHS England, DHSC, other Government Departments, and NHS organisations, all at the most senior level.

This role is based in London and requires the successful candidate to be in our London office a minimum of 40% of their time.

Below are the types of skills and experience we are looking for. Even if you feel you only meet some of these requirements, we encourage you to apply.

• Experience of using own initiative, to organise and prioritise own and others' workloads to changing and often tight deadlines. Ideally in a Private Office, Personal Assistant or Business Support role.
• Comfortable working with a high level of complexity and ambiguity, flexibility to work with uncertainty and change.
• Be proactive, taking the initiative to ensure prompt receipt of papers, quickly identify issues and resolving them or escalating them as necessary.
• Clear and confident communicator, including the ability to support the development of internal and external communications.
• Ability to work with a high level of confidentiality and professionalism in both verbal and written communications.

About us

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.

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.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for further information about the responsibilities of this role. You can find further details about the role, a letter from the Deputy CFOs and advice on completing your application in the Document to download section.

Interested in applying and want to find out more about our team and the work we do?

Please email Isabel Morley, Senior Business Manager on isabel.morley@nhs.net if you would like to discuss.

Person Specification

Skills

• Able to work on own initiative, prioritising own and others' workloads to changing and often tight deadlines and negotiating with all relevant parties in an efficient and effective manner.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to build good working relationships with wider team and senior leaders.
• Attention to detail combined with the ability to extract key messages from complex or ambiguous information.

Values and behaviours

• Commitment to equality of opportunity, focused on removing barriers to full participation and values diversity and difference.
• Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop.
• Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values.

Qualifications

• Educated to a degree level or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in a specialist area.
• Further training or significant experience to post-graduate diploma level.

Experience

• Ability to analyse and interpret information, pre-empt and evaluate issues, and recommend an appropriate course of action to address the issues.
• Problem-solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands or change in a professional calm and efficient manner.

£44,806 to £53,134 a year (inclusive of London Weighting)