# Executive Director of Delivery > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/executive-director-of-delivery/b87b2b17-e10f-4401-a930-4971d80ccf63 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/executive-director-of-delivery/b87b2b17-e10f-4401-a930-4971d80ccf63.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** West Park Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Director - **Salary:** £100000.00 to £200000.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-09T09:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-09T10:18:25.220Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8348824 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8348824?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.tewv.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust Executive Director of Delivery Location: Trustwide (with regular travel and in-person visibility required) Salary: Attractive VSM The new role of Executive Director of Delivery, a non-voting member of the board, will be the principal strategic adviser to the Chief Executive and Board. Reporting to the Chief Executive you will lead the delivery of our organisational strategy, transformation agenda and system partnerships, ensuring that strategic priorities are translated into clear plans, measurable outcomes and sustainable improvement. Working closely with Executive colleagues, operational leaders and external partners, you will provide leadership, assurance and constructive challenge across strategy delivery, transformation, digital, data and stakeholder engagement. This is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in helping shape the future direction of a large and complex NHS organisation at a significant point in its development. ### Main duties of the job We are seeking a credible senior leader with significant experience at, or close to, Board level in a large, complex organisation. You will have a strong track record of translating strategy into measurable outcomes, leading large-scale transformation, and building effective partnerships across organisational boundaries. A strong understanding of NHS governance, regulation and the financial context in which NHS organisations operate will be important, alongside the ability to build high levels of trust and influence with senior stakeholders. Above all, you will be a compassionate, inclusive and values-driven leader who brings pace, clarity and focus while enabling colleagues to deliver the best outcomes for patients, carers and communities. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities We want our Board to be as inclusive and diverse as possible, and we are keen to attract candidates who can bring diverse perspectives. We warmly welcome expressions of interest from the widest possible range of backgrounds, particularly those who are under-represented at board level in the NHS. To learn more about this incredible opportunity, please contact our recruitment partners at Gatenby Sanderson: Will McAlpine, Niamh Blair, or Robin Staveley via will.mcalpine@gatenbysanderson.com We are working in partnership with Gatenby Sanderson to manage the recruitment process for this role. All applications should therefore be submitted directly through Gatenby Sanderson. Please be aware that applications submitted via TRAC will not be considered. ### Applicant requirements This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Highly developed executive leadership and management, communication, negotiation and influencing skills. - Ability to communicate complex, sensitive and contentious information clearly and credibly. - Strong strategic and analytical capability, with the ability to interpret highly complex organisational, performance, financial, workforce, digital and quality information. - Ability to act as a credible strategic adviser to the Chief Executive and senior decision-makers. - Ability to translate strategy into clear priorities, coordinated plans, accountabilities and measurable outcomes. - Ability to create grip across complex priorities without displacing the accountability of other executive and functional leaders. - Ability to lead and manage through complexity, ambiguity and change with compassion, resilience and pace. - Ability to build strong and influential relationships across executive portfolios, organisations and systems. - Ability to provide constructive challenge, exercise sound judgement and make effective decisions under pressure. - Strong written and verbal presentation skills, including Board-level reporting. ### Knowledge **Essential** - Extensive knowledge of strategy development and execution, integrated planning and organisational transformation within a large, complex organisation. - Strong understanding of NHS strategy, governance, performance, regulatory and financial frameworks. - Extensive knowledge of programme and portfolio management, benefits realisation, organisational improvement and delivery methodologies. - Strong understanding of system leadership, partnership working and transformation across integrated health and care systems. - Sufficient understanding of digital transformation, data, analytics and information governance to provide credible executive oversight and hold senior specialist leaders to account - Understanding of corporate communications, stakeholder engagement, public and stakeholder confidence, and communications in complex or sensitive circumstances. - Understanding of financial management, workforce planning, business planning, risk management and corporate governance. ### Experience **Essential** - Significant senior leadership and management experience within a large, complex organisation, operating at or close to Executive Director and Board level. - Significant and substantial experience of advising Chief Executives, Boards or equivalent senior governance forums on strategy, transformation and organisational delivery. - Proven experience of translating strategy into coordinated delivery plans and measurable outcomes - Demonstrable experience of leading large-scale organisation-wide transformation and complex programme or portfolio delivery. - Experience of leading system and partnership transformation across organisational boundaries. - Experience of integrated planning, cross-portfolio coordination and resolving complex organisational dependencies - Experience of providing clear, evidence-based assurance on strategic delivery, performance, risk, controls and improvement. - Experience of leading and developing senior leaders and multidisciplinary functions. - Desirable experience of major digital-enabled change, benefits realisation and data or analytics-led improvement. - Desirable experience of overseeing strategic communications and stakeholder engagement across complex partnerships, including during major change, emergencies and periods of heightened sensitivity or scrutiny. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Educated to master’s level, or able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge and experience gained through senior strategic leadership and management, supported by evidence of an externally accredited postgraduate or professional qualification relevant to the delivery portfolio. - Degree or equivalent professional qualification. - Evidence of significant continuing professional development. ## Documents - [our journey to change (pdf, 595.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2498) - 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