Deputy Director Science Transformation & Business Management

Deputy Director Science Transformation & Business Management

The Deputy Director for Transformation & Business Management will play a key role for the Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) Group by bringing together the group's main business management function whilst leading the group's change delivery ambitions. Alongside this, the role holder will provide operational assurance to ensure the CSO Group achieves operational excellence and lead the delivery of the Group Capital Programme.

The Transformation & Modernisation Programme for the CSO Group is core to the implementation of the Science Strategy and links into the long-term planning associated with the Science Hub Programme and capital projects across the network's estate. The role holder will develop and implement a culture of continuous improvement and build systems and processes to transform the CSO Group so that it is fit for the future. To achieve this, the DD will need to establish mechanisms that ensure staff engagement is maintained throughout the transformation process. The post-holder will establish the desired change outcomes and design change management programmes.

This role may be a Senior Leader for one of our main scientific sites.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will co-ordinate and lead the CSO Group's input into the Science Hub Programme, pulling together the inputs from across the Group, though especially within the Specialised Microbiology Directorate.

They will be required to oversee the CSO Group's large capital programme within the wider corporate framework for capital projects, and to ensure alignment between this and the work on the Science Hub Programme.

Job responsibilities

• Provide the senior leadership input from across the CSO Group into the Science Hub Programme. The post-holder will work with the CSO, Directors and Deputy Directors (and their teams) in co-ordinating the contribution from the Group to the planning of the Harlow buildings across the requirements for both building and operating systems and processes. The post-holder will be the first point of contact for substantive issues with the Science Hub Programme.
• Lead and deliver the Transformation & Modernisation Programme which articulates a clear and compelling vision of change through evidence-based business cases with sound scientific rationale, financial analysis and resource implications. This includes working with the Science Strategy & Evidence Directorate on prioritising and delivering strategic change for the group.
• Lead and deliver the Group Capital Programme, working with group-wide capital leads and finance managers to ensure the groups capital budget is invested optimally and that expenditure is accurately tracked and phased. Ensure the total portfolio of capital projects is continually monitored and new projects brought on stream in time to ensure the best use of a limited budget is achieved.
• Implement a group escalations and situation management function and process to ensure the group effectively co-ordinates, triages and responds to operational situations and incidents.

Qualifications/ Experience

• Strong leadership and stakeholder engagement capability to drive work across a broad portfolio.
• Experience of working at a senior level in a complex environment, providing leadership across major programmes and multiple large scale transformation delivery projects.
• Experience of leading operational and performance teams. Able to demonstrate capability to develop and deliver performance management frameworks and metrics.
• Experience of translating strategy into delivery through plans, programmes, people and culture, ensuring innovation within a high-performance workforce.
• Proven track record of managing complex group budgets, financial reviews and strategically aligning financial resources with people resources, laboratory equipment, ICT and other assets to achieve desired outcomes, consistently delivering value for money.
• Excellent communication, influencing, negotiation and collaboration skills, with a proven ability to build highly effective relationships and partnerships within a complex stakeholder environment to deliver outcomes.
• Ability to deliver major and complex change at pace, through obstacles, effectively managing competing priorities.
• Highly developed financial acumen to ensure delivery of savings and generation of income where applicable.
• Ability to develop and encourage innovative ideas to drive improvement.
• Resilient, tenacious and outcome focused.
• An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships, both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems.
• Knowledge and understanding of the public sector equality duty (the Equality Act 2010)
• Programme or Project Management Qualification or equivalent experience
• Understanding of in microbiology and laboratory services design and delivery.
• Knowledge, experience and awareness of the laboratory landscape, particularly within the Public Health Genomics environment.
• Experience of overseeing complex commercial relationships, ideally in a health or public sector context.
• Experience of implementing or working with innovative commissioning frameworks and approaches.

Application Process

You will be required to complete an application form. You will be assessed on essential criteria, and this will be in the form of -

• an Application form (Employer/ Activity history section on the application) a 1000 word Statement of Suitability.

This should outline how your skills, experience and knowledge provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria.

The Application Form and Statement of Suitability will be marked together.

Please note you will not be able to upload your CV. You must complete the application form in as much detail as possible. Please do not email us your CV.

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Security Clearance.

For meaningful National Security Vetting checks to be carried out individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time. You should normally have been resident in the United Kingdom for the last 5 years as the role requires Security Check (SC).

UK residency less than the outlined periods may not necessarily bar you from gaining national security vetting and applicants should contact the Vacancy Holder / Recruiting Manager listed in the advert for further advice.

This role is being offered as hybrid working based at any of our Core HQs or Scientific Campuses. This role will require regular travel to London and laboratory sites across the UK. We offer great flexible working opportunities at UKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

919-HM-309382-EXT

Job locations

UKHSA Core Locations and Scientific Campuses

Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Salisbury, Didcot