Head of Strategic Development and Implementation

We are an exciting new organisation putting the needs of communities at the heart of our commissioning arrangements.
We are working with local people and partners across health, social care and the voluntary sector in innovative ways to improve health and wellbeing for all our communities. Our key priority in the next year will be to develop closer integrated and collaborative ways of working with all our partners to implement our Out of Hospital Strategy.
We can only do this with great staff who are encouraged and supported, which is why we invest in them, listen to them, make sure we are representative of our populations and that we foster their health and wellbeing.
Please note that all vacancies will be subject to a 6 months' probation period in line with the Probation Policy., The London Commercial Hub are hosted by NEL ICB and provide a high quality Procurement and Contracting service to other London ICBs and NHS England. The team has a strong reputation for high standards of delivery to it's clients and stakeholders and are looking to recruit additional colleagues to an already successful team.
Our experienced team offer support at all stages of the procurement and contracting process, including:
- Market analysis and development - benchmarking; developing and implementing strategies to stimulate the provider market.
- Healthcare procurement - strategic procurement advice and delivery, compliance with relevant regulatory requirements, implementation of customer commissioning strategies through appropriate market interventions.
- eProcurement service which supports the purchase and sale of supplies, equipment, works and services
- The technology is designed to centralise and automate interactions between an organisation, customers, and other value chain partners to improve speed and efficiency of procurement practices.
- Contract negotiation - negotiation strategies, supporting the negotiation process and contract documentation design.
This role leads on strategic delivery within the team and heads up key portfolio's of strategic and operational work on behalf of the NHS London Commercial Hub Director/Associate Director and/or other Hub Team members as required, both internally and externally., As part of the NHS London Commercial Hub, provide leadership to the procurement team and functions, including:
+ Being responsive and visible as the professional and service lead for procurement, interfacing with customers and internally within the ICB providing strategic procurement advice.
+ Ownership, management, negotiation and governance of all procurement activity conducted on behalf of customers
+ Lead assurance processes so that all procurement is undertaken professionally and delivered to a high standard and in line with all national, EU policies and regulations
+ Lead change programmes such as consolidating the procurement and contracting teams into a single service. This will be characterised by a single set of governance and processes.
+ Lead and motivate a diverse team ensuring it is commercially focused, operates to best practice and seeks opportunities for continuous improvement.
+ Develop the Procurement Service leadership capacity and plan for post-holder succession.
+ Raise the profile and awareness of procurement services within the ICB and its stakeholders and use this to build business development opportunities.
+ Proactively develop the service into a sustainable and commercial function

Working for our organisation
NHS North East London Integrated Care Board (ICB) was formed on 1 July 2022.
We are an exciting new organisation putting the needs of communities at the heart of our commissioning arrangements.
We are working with local people and partners across health, social care and the voluntary sector in innovative ways to improve health and wellbeing for all our communities. Our key priority in the next year will be to develop closer integrated and collaborative ways of working with all our partners to implement our Out of Hospital Strategy.
We can only do this with great staff who are encouraged and supported, which is why we invest in them, listen to them, make sure we are representative of our populations and that we foster their health and wellbeing., Applicants who can clearly demonstrate how they meet our role profile requirements will be shortlisted for interview. To enquire about your application or inform us of any changes in your circumstances please ensure you quote your application reference number.
Please ensure you check your email account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you. Invitations for interview are sent by email only, so it is important that you monitor your emails once you have submitted an application online. If you have not heard from us within a month of the closing date you should presume that you have not been shortlisted.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As part of our safe recruitment practice pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. As part of the selection process, you may be required to undergo a Criminal Records Bureau check, all cases of criminal record history are dealt with on a case-by-case basis.
Applications are welcome from job seekers who require Skilled Worker sponsorship and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, non-EEA candidates may not be appointed to this post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled EU/EEA candidate is available to take up the post or if we are unable to satisfy the Resident Labour Market Test.