Business Manager – Private Office

Job overview

The Chief Financial Officer’s Private Office in the NHS England CFO Group is now recruiting for a Business Manager. This is a fantastic opportunity to be at the heart of work to support the NHS. We:

• Secure and allocate NHS funding to deliver national priorities.
• Oversee NHS finances, performance, and value for money.
• Invest resources to improve patient outcomes, reduce inequalities, and support health improvement.
• Work with government on programmes to deliver and refurbish hospitals in England
• Manage the property and facilities of central estates

As a Business Manager, you will deliver comprehensive business and administrative support and insight of the highest quality to the Chief Financial Officer and their Group. You’ll act as a key conduit between the CFO, CFO Group and wider organisation, deploying advanced interpersonal skills to deliver objectives in a fast paced, dynamic environment.

Main duties of the job

The private office team offers high profile, fast-paced support. This requires adaptability, rigor and innovation and provides exciting development opportunities for those developing their careers in the NHS, health or the public sector. Below are the types of skills and experience that we are looking for. Even if you feel you only meet some of the criteria, we encourage you to apply. We are seeking an experienced Business Manager in the CFO Private Office to deliver comprehensive business management support and insight of the highest quality to the CFO and their Group.

The Business Manager will provide support to ensure the effective day to day activities whilst planning for the longer term, including being the main point of contact with stakeholders on the management of relevant activities and coordinating and managing the CFO diary.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Qualifications (Essential Criteria)

• Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area

Knowledge (Essential Criteria)

• Experience of providing business support, including diary management, to Senior leaders and managing relationships between senior professionals.
• Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment.

Skills (Essential Criteria)

• Able to work on own initiative and as part of a multidisciplinary team in a fast paced and pressurised environment.
• Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
• Advanced IT skills including use of Microsoft Office.

Values (Essential Criteria)

• 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

Secondments

Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.

You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

Please note that the reason for the fixed term of this contract is to cover absence.