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.

You will lead a small team supporting the CEO and Chair and will have significant responsibility and autonomy.

You'll have a passion for the values and principles of the NHS, an interest in the politics of healthcare, a commitment to outstanding care, and bring energy and drive to the role.

Skills and experience:

• Educated to master's degree level, or an academic qualification equivalent or equivalent diploma or certificate/equivalent experience
• First class communication and influencing skills
• Highly collaborative approach with the ability to build strong internal relationships
• Ability to assess, analyse, synthesise and act upon complex information
• Ability to cope with rapid and sustained change and competing demands, managing priorities within tight deadlines, and excellent workload prioritisation skills
• Experience of working in a large and complex organisation in a similar role