# Divisional Senior Manager (Planning) - Leicestershire > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/divisional-senior-manager-planning-leicestershire/bb3d1b8d-df06-42a3-81b1-e2e76377f3bb - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/divisional-senior-manager-planning-leicestershire/bb3d1b8d-df06-42a3-81b1-e2e76377f3bb.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust - **Town:** Nottingham - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent: On-call requirement - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (On-call requirement) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-05T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-26T14:22:11.149Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Nottinghamshire/Leicester/East_Midlands_Ambulance_Service_NHS_Trust/AE_Operations/AE_Operations-v7926033 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7926033?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.emas.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Leicestershire Division of East Midlands Ambulance Service are seeking applications for a Second Divisional Planning Lead, to join us on our improvement journey.  You will have  experience of leading planning and performance monitoring and delivery as a working understanding of organisational and national priorities for the ambulance sector. ### Main duties of the job The focus of this role is to provide Divisional oversight and coordinate the delivery of planning and performance improvement across Leicestershire, supporting the EMAS strategy. Whilst this role is accountable to the Divisional Director in terms of setting overall objectives and priorities, this role will work closely and proactively with their respective Heads of Operations, who operationally lead their service areas. They will also provide professional leadership for a team of Divisional Commanders. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The post is also accountable for a broad range of shared responsibilities to support leadership of the division as defined by the Divisional Director, working as part of the Divisional Senior Leadership Team. The role will have a responsibility for managing and planning assets to ensure delivery of contractual targets, quality standards and adherence to cost improvement controls and planning. Operationally the role will work across 5 days and provide senior manager (tactical) on call cover as part of our overall command structure, to ensure consistent delivery of services across the 7 days and 24hr period. ## Job Details The Leicestershire Division of East Midlands Ambulance Service are seeking applications for a Second Divisional Planning Lead, to join us on our improvement journey. You will have experience of leading planning and performance monitoring and delivery as a working understanding of organisational and national priorities for the ambulance sector. ## Job Description The focus of this role is to provide Divisional oversight and coordinate the delivery of planning and performance improvement across Leicestershire, supporting the EMAS strategy. Whilst this role is accountable to the Divisional Director in terms of setting overall objectives and priorities, this role will work closely and proactively with their respective Heads of Operations, who operationally lead their service areas. They will also provide professional leadership for a team of Divisional Commanders. ## Responsibilities The post is also accountable for a broad range of shared responsibilities to support leadership of the division as defined by the Divisional Director, working as part of the Divisional Senior Leadership Team. The role will have a responsibility for managing and planning assets to ensure delivery of contractual targets, quality standards and adherence to cost improvement controls and planning. Operationally the role will work across 5 days and provide senior manager (tactical) on call cover as part of our overall command structure, to ensure consistent delivery of services across the 7 days and 24hr period. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Track record of achievement in the planning of quality improvement gained over at least two years - Experience of people management issues in relation to managing clinical performance and conduct - Good understanding of the CQC core standards and meeting a high level of compliance - Understanding of the responsibilities of divisional leadership (operational, clinical, command) teams ### Qualifications **Essential** - Degree level management - qualification (or studying for) or equivalent experience - Knowledge of health service management, including change management and workforce re-design ## Documents - [benefits of joining emas nhs trust (pdf, 326.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2352) - [applying to emas - what you need to know (pdf, 593.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2428) - [information for non-uk and non-irish applicants (pdf, 131.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2364) - [divisional senior manager - planning job description (pdf, 269.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10204163) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.