Strategy Manager

Grade A: £52,737 (National Framework) or £58,409 (London Framework – if you are London office based or homebased and live within the boundary of the M25) – There is also an additional homeworking allowance of £581 per annum for those working from home. For part time roles – please note this will be pro rata.

Contracted Hours: Full-time 37 hours per week or Part-time 29.6 per week. Job-share will be considered. Talk to us about compressed hours.

Contract Type: 12 month Fixed Term/ Secondment opportunity

Location: Home-based or Office-based, flexible location. Hybrid working (working a part of the week from home - 2 days)

Closing Date: Sunday 26 January at 11.59pm

Potential Interview Date: (via Teams) Thursday 13th February

This role is NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system.

Are you committed to helping us regulate health and social care within England?

When thinking about what drives you every day in your job, what keeps you motivated and passionate about your work what comes to mind? For 3000+ people at the CQC we end each day knowing that we have made a difference to the lives of those most in need in our communities. We make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and encourage care services to improve.

Why this could be a great role for you…

Reporting directly to the Deputy Director of Strategic Priorities, you will lead strategic policy projects and undertake strategic analysis and problem solving across CQC’s role, purpose and regulatory functions.

This role sits within the relatively new Strategic Priorities team at CQC. The team is currently focused on our strategic ambitions across improvement, innovation and safety. Working with colleagues across the organisation and beyond you will provide recommendations for our strategic direction, identifying policy options and innovative ways to regulate that enable us to keep pace with the changing health and care landscape and ensure people receive safe, effective care.

If you are energised by how CQC can have an impact across all strands of its regulation, including to drive outcomes across improvement, innovation and safety, this could be the role for you.

What you will bring…

This is a role for someone that is curious, skilled in critical thinking and that thrives on creative problem solving. You’ll be comfortable working with ambiguity and enjoy exploring new ideas, with the skills to articulate recommendations confidently and clearly. As part of this, you’ll be proactive in identifying opportunities to develop work and skilled at scoping and influencing.

It’s a role with plenty of cross-organisation team working and engagement with stakeholders, so you’ll need to be able to work successfully at all levels and be able to build relationships quickly. You will work as part of a geographically dispersed home-based team across England and as such we are looking for people who are self-driven. You will be comfortable and experienced in working autonomously on a variety of projects and where a lot of contact is virtual.

What we can offer you...

• 27 days’ annual leave, rising with service to 32.5 days, plus 8 Bank Holidays
• NHS pension scheme, with around a 14% employer contribution
• Free employee assistance service 24 hours a day
• Discounts to supermarkets, high street stores, electronics and fleet cars
• Discounted gym vouchers
• Cycle to work scheme
• Internal reward scheme where you could earn yourself a voucher or two!
• Equipment for homeworking

We want to make working for CQC a great experience for everyone, and to role model a diverse and representative culture. To support an inclusive environment where colleagues feel empowered to bring their whole self to work, we support a variety of staff networks, including the Race Equality Network, LGBT+ Equality Network, Carers Equality Network, Disability Equality Network and Gender Equality network.

We want to support you to succeed and be your very best with opportunities for training and development; along with the support of experienced managers and mentors.

Please click the link below to access the Job Description:

Req2427 Strategy Manager.docx

Please note some roles may be subject to a satisfactory DBS check.

For an informal discussion or further information about this role please contact Hiring Manager - Becky Hodson, Deputy Director – Strategic Priorities; Becky.hodson@cqc.org.uk and for general enquiries contact recruitment@cqc.org.uk

Individual adjustments...

We are committed to being open and transparent around our processes and we endeavour to offer every candidate the opportunity to perform at their best throughout the recruitment process. We seek to support candidates to identify potential challenges and work with them to identify and facilitate reasonable adjustments as appropriate. Should you require assistance and/or would like to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact a member of the team via email: recruitment@cqc.org.uk

Note for internal candidates:

As this is a secondment/fixed term opportunity it is important that you read our recruitment and selection policy relating to secondments and you must discuss your application with your line manager before applying. Your line manager will need to consider the implications of the release, agree whether you can be released for a specific time and that the secondment represents a development opportunity/meets business needs.

Note for external candidates:
CQC are currently working through an organisational transformation programme which includes the creation of a new target operating model. This role is offered as a fixed term contract as part of the transition process to that new model. For further information on this please visit this link.

CQC is committed to promoting a fair and inclusive workplace where all our people can flourish and reach their full potential. We know diverse teams allow for a more creative and productive environment and therefore encourage applications from everyone regardless of: age, gender/sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability, ethnicity or sexual orientation.

For this role, we are particularly encouraging people from ethnically diverse communities and people with a disability to apply, who are currently under-represented at this level in the organisation.

Our Values

Excellence: Meeting our challenge to be a high-performing organisation.

Caring: Treating everyone with dignity and respect.

Integrity: Demonstrating our passion for ‘doing the right thing’.

Teamwork: Enabling us to be the best we can.