Senior Business Manager to the Group Chief Executive

We are looking for a confident and highly capable Senior Business Manager to lead the office of the Group Chief Executive and Chair of the St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group. The role offers an unique opportunity to work at the heart of the St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group, providing high quality business management, project management and briefing advice and support to the Group Chief Executive Officer, helping the Group to deliver outstanding care for our patients, and driving forward our strategic ambitions. You will work with a wide range of local and national stakeholders, including local MPs, local authorities, NHS England and Improvement, the CQC and others to help deliver our priorities. Political astuteness and the ability to get to grips quickly and effectively with a complex stakeholder landscape are key. So too is organisational ability and the ability to work at pace, and with senior internal and external stakeholders. You'll be a key figure in coordinating work across the Group Executive team and supporting the CEO in meetings internally and externally. You'll be organisationally savvy, able to drive forward the agenda and priorities of the CEO , identifying and unblocking issues.

• Please note that advert will be advertised until the 6th January on an alternative platform so please expect an update on your application after this date, The Senior Business Manager is responsible for ensuring the Group Chief Executive Officer is well prepared and properly briefed for internal and external meetings and other events and for coordinating and driving forward priority programmes of work for the Group Chief Executive, and working across the Executive and Site teams and actively tracking the delivery of actions and commitments. The postholder will take action to unblock priority issues for the Group Chief Executive Officer and Chair, ensuring prompt follow up of all actions. The role involves commissioning work from, and working collaboratively with, members of the Executive and Site leadership teams, drafting reports and presentations and preparing speaking notes, and acting as an ambassador for the Group Chief Executive. The postholder will closely monitor national policy developments, consider their implications for the Group, and contribute to effective horizon scanning. In addition, the postholder will ensure there are
efficient and robust administrative systems and processes in place to support the work of the Group Chief Executive Officer and will lead the Executive and Site Support team.

The St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group (gesh) - comprising St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (SGUH) and Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust (ESTH) - is one of the largest healthcare providers in the country, with a combined annual turnover of around £1.7 billion, 16,000 staff, and serves a population of approximately 3.5 million people across South West London, Surrey, Sussex and beyond. The gesh Group provides a full range of local hospital services across its sites at St George's Hospital in Tooting, Queen Mary Hospital in Roehampton, Epsom Hospital and St Helier Hospital, a range of specialist services from St George's, and a range of community and integrated care services through the Sutton Health and Care Partnership and Surrey Downs Health and Care Partnership. The Group shares a single Chairman, Chief Executive and Executive team, and the Board and Board Committees operate on a