Senior Net Zero and Sustainable Procurement Manager | NHS England

The Central Commercial Function in the NHS England Commercial Directorate is recruiting an experienced policy lead in the field of sustainable procurement. You will join the team responsible for decarbonising, embedding social value and eradicating modern slavery in healthcare supply chains. This role will support commercial policy making across NHS England as well as the wider NHS across England. As a key member of the Net Zero and Sustainable Procurement Team, you will be critical to the successful delivery of the Greener NHS Net Zero Supplier Roadmap so the NHS meets its commitment to be net zero by 2045. You will have a proven track record of engagement with commercial professionals and suppliers, and delivering change projects within large organisations. You will bring a drive to our activities, and use your experience to educate and advocate for sustainable procurement to ICBs, Trusts, trade bodies, framework providers, supply chain partners and suppliers. You will combine your positive and collaborative engagement approach with your expertise in sustainability to shape policies which ensure current approaches to carbon foot printing in supply chains are built in. You will join an established, welcoming and supportive team of committed sustainability and procurement professionals with a passion for sustainable supply chains. For more details about the role, team and ambitions of the Greener NHS programme, please get in touch with the contact listed for this role. Extensive experience and skills in sustainability policy, collaboration, communication, stakeholder engagement, project management and policy shaping are essential for this role., NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you'll usually need to be paid the 'standard' salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the 'going rate' for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on theGovernment website. As a Senior Net Zero and Sustainable Procurement Manager, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service supporting managers and staff across the NHS on sustainable procurement and decarbonising the NHS supply chain. You will:

• Drive the strategy for sustainable procurement, supporting and ensuring alignment across the system
• Drive reform and support organisational change and uptake of initiatives that support excellence
• Develop and communicate the vision for the role of innovation, and the development of strategy and operational policies to support this vision
• Engage with key strategic regional and national policy makers to inform development of strategy and policies
• Identify examples of national and international best practice and to ensure that NHS England benefits from relevant innovations in healthcare
• Support development by developing the innovation infrastructure and capacity in organisations
• Develop and champion new initiatives or projects as necessary
• Working with providers and clinical experts to design new training products to support policy implementation
• Provide expertise of best practice methodologies regulatory requirements, policy imperatives, innovation and technological developments and stakeholders knowledge
  
  Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area - sustainability qualifications or equivalent experience is an essential criteria for this role.
• Subject matter expertise across a number of key areas relating to Sustainable Procurement, including sustainable supply chains.
• Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects.
• Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
• Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
  
  The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
• Delivering value for money.