Associate Director of Strategy, Planning & Partnerships Follow us on Facebook and on Twitter: @CRHCareers @WellbeingCRH @royalhospital

We're looking for a dynamic and talented senior leader to join our Trust at a pivotal time as we develop our strategy for the next 5 years.
Our values are about us being Proud to CARE. Along with credibility and compassion, you will understand the importance of living our values. Our patients and colleagues are at the heart of all we do and we're very proud of our most recent staff survey results where we were rated among the top acute Trusts in the country with 72% of colleagues recommending #TeamCRH as a place to work and 73% telling us they would be happy with the standard of care should a friend or relative need it.
A resilient and experienced leader, you will be passionate and committed to delivering exceptional outcomes with the skills, enthusiasm, and aspiration to make a difference. You will bring excellent communication and engagement skills to build and influence relationships with internal and external stakeholders across local and regional partners.
This role has a complex and demanding portfolio and so if your ambition matches ours, then we look forward to hearing from you., The Associate Director of Strategy, Planning and Partnerships is a core member of the Trust's leadership team. Reporting to the Chief Executive, you will work closely with the Trust Board, our partners and the wider leadership team to develop new strategy for the next five years, translating strategy into tangible business objectives through the planning cycle.
Essential to this role understanding the importance of our role in the wider health and social care economy to develop strategic priorities with our patients at the forefront of your mind through skilled and extensive stakeholder engagement. We are part of the Joined Up Care Derbyshire (JUCD) health and care system and work collaboratively with organisations across South Yorkshire and the East Midlands. You will work at Place and lead on our role as an anchor institution to improve services for all.
You will have evidenced experience of your leadership and your impact across a broad portfolio including strategy, planning and transformation; business, people and financial management; and performance and operations management. You will champion development of colleagues, belonging and inclusion, and will motivate and inspire colleagues by role modelling our Proud to CARE values.

Working for our organisation
We are looking for people who will ensure that we continue to deliver our vision, mission and values through our Together as One strategy and demonstrate our Proud to CARE values. We have recently developed our expected leadership behaviours, and our organisational culture is a journey of continual improvement.
We have a history and place in our community, meaning we make a difference in people's lives daily. We employ more than 5,000 colleagues across a Group structure which involved Chesterfield Royal Hospital, Royal Primary Care and our wholly owned subsidiary, DSFS.
We value diversity and understand the strength in leveraging diverse backgrounds and experiences to create teams that are representative of the people we serve. We are committed to fostering a fair and inclusive culture, where everyone feels a sense of belonging. Therefore, we particularly welcome applications from people who are currently underrepresented in our senior leadership team. These include people from racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds, people with disabilities and people from the LGBTQIA+ community. This year we launched our anti-racism strategy, and our approach is based on real action.
We prioritise health and wellbeing and have a free purpose-built fully accessible Hub on-site, supporting colleagues with 24/7 gym, classes, and access to psychological support., If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.
COVID19 Vaccination
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.
UK Points-based immigration system
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, which is cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.
Communications
Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.
If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on and we will be happy to provide assistance.
Please see the attached documents and links in relation to working for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, the general conditions of employment and benefits of working for the trust.
This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.