Strategy Lead

Job overview

Come and join our award-winning Strategy and Transformation team at London Ambulance Service. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping how we respond to the changing health and care environment and continue to meet the needs of our patients.

As Strategy Lead, you will work on a diverse portfolio of change and transformation programmes, leading and supporting initiatives that range from operational improvement programmes such as winter planning through to major system-wide partnerships and strategic developments, including Neighbourhood Health. You will be well connected to the frontline, working closely with multidisciplinary teams across LAS to redesign services, improve ways of working and ensure the voices of staff, patients and stakeholders directly influence our strategic direction.

This is a dynamic and varied role, offering the opportunity to work across multiple programmes simultaneously, build strong relationships across the organisation and wider health system, and make a significant contribution to one of the NHS's most visible and impactful organisations that works pan-London.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will lead the strategy process for the development of initiatives to support transformational change.

• They will work effectively with  clinicians, managers and staff to develop an environment that promotes continuous service and quality improvement.

• A key part will be to ensure service development and transformational change is delivered in accordance with national and local performance standards and within a corporate governance framework.

• They will be skilled at preparing briefing papers and reports to the LAS executive management team and senior management team.

• They will lead internal and external working groups providing specialist advice, expertise, support  and guidance where needed and contribute to the implementation of solutions.
• They will carry out any other duties as may be required by their line manager, the Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer and the Deputy Director of Strategy and Transformation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Information management

• The postholder will ensure timely and accurate information analysis and reporting to management on agreed areas of work.
• Co-ordinate the analysis, synthesis and presentation of appropriate quantitative and qualitative data required to support transformation initiatives
• Be capable of reviewing data and recognising its relevance to workflow, quality and performance.

Planning and Organisational Responsibilities

• Contribute to the strategic planning of team projects, identifying interdependencies across projects/functions, potential impacts on wider organisation, resource requirements and building in contingency and adjustments as necessary
• Take a lead role in planning activities and workshops to support transformational change,
• Develop and implement data collection systems that will provide accurate and timely data.

Policy and Service Development Responsibilities

• Actively work with clinicians, managers and staff to develop an environment that promotes continuous service and quality improvement and ensures sustainability.
• Contribute to short-, medium and long-term business plans, achieving quality outcomes.
• Contribute to the development of key performance indicators for the successful assessment of individual, programme and project success.

Managing Resources Responsibilities

• Provide regular reporting on the targeting of resources and monitoring their implementation from a value for money perspective.
• Evaluate projects/function within identified portfolio for delivery against financial plans through providing sophisticated, high-quality analysis.

Financial Management

• The post holder must maintain compliance with Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions and must manage any delegated budgets in accordance with agreed financial limits and appropriate responsibility for public money.