Assistant Director of Finance - Financial Planning and Performance B8B

Job title Assistant Director of Finance - Financial Planning and Performance

Salary Agenda for Chande Band 8B - £70,986 - £75,937 per annum (pro rata for part time)

Hours 37 hours per week

Tenure Permanent

Location JB Russell House, Gartnavel Campus, Glasgow

Why NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde?

Would you like to join one of the largest healthcare providers in the UK? Offering a range of health services to over 1.1 million people in Glasgow and Clyde, our aim is to help people live healthier, longer lives – no matter who they are or where in the region they live. Help us to shape the future of healthcare in Scotland and apply to join our innovative Finance team today. With an annual revenue budget for the Board of over £4.6 billion there is a need for high quality finance staff to support the business.

It is a very exciting time to be joining the largest NHS Board in Scotland as we continue to implement our transformational healthcare strategy, The GGC Way Forward – Transforming Together, which is to ensure delivery of better health and healthcare outcomes for the population of Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

Our success begins with you; with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde you’ll have the chance to make a real difference to frontline health services. This is an excellent opportunity to join an internationally renowned healthcare organisation with a track record for innovation and strong teaching and research links. We have 42,000 staff providing and supporting first class acute, specialist and community services both locally and to patients throughout Scotland. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is on an exciting journey towards helping people live longer healthier lives.

The role

We are seeking to appoint a new Head of Performance who will be responsible for the strategic and operational accountability for the following key role:

• Leading the ongoing development of and maintaining an appropriate performance management framework to enable the Board to demonstrate the delivery of key local and national priorities.
• Ensuring consistent reporting is delivered across the content of that performance management framework.
• Ensuring performance management information, as outlined in the Board’s Assurance Information Framework, is aligned with NHSGGC’s Corporate Objectives, key planning documents, Annual Delivery Plan priorities and the Board’s overall strategic direction.
• Overseeing the key indicators emerging from planning and policy processes and advise on whether these are comprehensive in terms of national and local requirements.
• Managing the timescales associated with the key indicators, ensuring effective reporting within appropriate timescales.
• Reporting to our performance management routines including NHS Board, Committees, Corporate Management Team, Chief Executive and Executive Directors, national reporting and annual and mid-year reporting with the Scottish Government.
• Ensuring that the exception reporting is robust to highlight to the Board Chief Executive and Executive Directors on significant variances.
• Ensuring Executive Directors are kept up to date with relevant national and local performance information.
• Creating streamline and consistent access to functional data.

We are seeking to appoint an engaging and inspiring leader who, can challenge conventional thinking, embrace change and have a genuine desire to continuously improve performance. We are looking for a candidate who will bring experience of performance management and reporting across a complex organisation.

Benefits

As a valued employee of NHS Scotland, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:

• Life-work balance - with opportunities for flexible working and remote working.
• Generous NHS pension scheme, with NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde paying significantly above statutory employer contributions.
• Annual incremental salary progression (up to the maximum of the salary band) plus annual NHS salary scale review.
• Annual Leave - 27 Days plus 8 days public holidays (rising after 5 and 10 years service).
• Development and career progression opportunities within NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde and NHS Scotland.
• NHS employee discounts and more.

Location

The role is based at JB Russell House on the grounds of Gartnavel Hospital with easy access to transport network you’ll be part of an inclusive and innovative team. In addition, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde supports hybrid working.

Do you fit the requirements?

We are looking for an engaging and inspiring leader who;

• can challenge conventional thinking, embrace change and has a genuine desire to continuously improve performance.
• bring experience of developing and implementing an effective performance management framework within a complex organisation and ensuring performance management and corporate routines which are effective and not bureaucratic and cumbersome.
• can further develop and maintain our Information Assurance Framework in line with our corporate and emerging priorities and plans.
• possesses excellent people management and interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively in partnership with internal and external stakeholders.
• can demonstrate experience in senior roles with a broad range of practical experience in performance management and staff management.

If you are inspired by the challenges that this opportunity presents and believe you have the relevant skills, experience and qualities we are seeking then we look forward to receiving your application which will be given careful consideration.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.

If you would like to find out more about the post before applying, you can contact for a confidential discussion:

Fiona McEwan Assistant Director of Finance- Financial Planning and Performance, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde on 07957638165 or email: Fiona.mcewan3@nhs.scot

If you think you have the qualities for this post or looking for new rewarding opportunity we look forward to hearing from you.

If you are inspired by the challenges this opportunity presents and believe you have the relevant skills, experience and qualities we are seeking then we look forward to receiving your application which will be given careful consideration.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have. Applications are welcome from UK, EEA and non-EEA candidates.

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs.

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