Executive Director of Transformation, Improvement & Productivity

An exciting and challenging opportunity has arisen to establish a new executive portfolio to support the organisation's ambition to be at the forefront of meeting the health needs of its population, through sustainable transformational leadership.

The Director of Transformation, Improvement and Productivity is an exciting new position created as a result of the Trust Board's commitment to ensuring that the organisation is at the leading edge of delivering sustainably high quality and cost-effective services. The postholder will be key member of our Executive Management Team and a non-voting member of the Trust Board of Directors.

As an Executive Director, the post holder shares responsibility with Director colleagues for our overall strategic direction and performance. They will contribute to the highest level of thinking and decision-making processes and will have overall responsibility for the delivery of a cutting edge and high-quality programme management office approach to deliver transformation, improvement and productivity across all services. The successful candidate will implement and communicate a clear transformation strategy that is sustainable, supports quality and improves outcomes and enhances service user experience.

To express an interest in this exciting and challenging role, please submit an application form and covering statement explaining why you are suitable for the role in no more than 500 words., The postholder will lead specific change programmes and will also be the executive lead for the newly established Programme Management Office. They will have the drive and ambition to deliver a complex, challenging and exciting agenda whilst promoting an organisational culture that actively delivers the Trust's Vision and Values. They will positively engage colleagues, service users and other stakeholders within Place and ICB, in sustainable quality improvement and service transformation. The postholder will particularly promote the development and delivery of our Care Trust Way approach to continuous improvement and role model and further embed in the organisation our values of We Care, We Listen, and We Deliver in all productivity aspirations.

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -

We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference

We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs

We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable colleagues to balance their work and home lives and support them by offering a fantastic range of benefits for employees and their families and realise our aspiration to be the best place to work, including:

- Generous relocation package

- Increased mileage rates for >3500 miles per year

- A comprehensive range of in-house provided and externally commissioned mental and physical health and wellbeing support packages

- A wide variety of internal and external learning and continuous professional development opportunities to support colleagues to be the best they can

- Plus, much, much more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

We are dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All our colleagues are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received.