Strategy & Planning Manager

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a motivated and organised Digital Strategy & Planning Manager to join the Group Informatics Team at Manchester Foundation Trust (MFT). We are looking for skilled, enthusiastic, and dedicated staff with a delivery focus who can align to our values and behaviours. You will be delivering exciting change initiatives, service improvements, and defined projects across our portfolio of work, supporting the achievement of the MFT Digital Strategy and wider organisational strategies and digital aspirations. You will form part of a growing, motivated, and supportive team and will be well placed to develop your skills and knowledge.

Main duties of the job:

• This is a busy and rewarding role in a team which supports the transformation of services through the utilisation of technology in accordance with trust-wide business requirements.
• Your application must demonstrate that you have a sound understanding of business change, project and programme delivery, strong verbal, presentation and written communication skills, advanced IT skills, an understanding and working knowledge of digital change initiatives, and the ability to work with a variety of stakeholders.

Working for our organisation:

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.6bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year. Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary. We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022. We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits, and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters:

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity, and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk. We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification:

Qualifications:

• Clear evidence of continued professional development relating to portfolio, programme, or project management, such as Managing Successful Programmes, Management of Value, P3O Masters level degree or equivalent within a Business or IT specific subject.
• Professional qualifications such as Prince 2.

Experience:

• Substantial experience of working within strategically focused functions, across complex change and operational service delivery environments.
• Demonstrable experience at a senior level in an NHS acute trust or equivalent experience in a healthcare setting.
• Strategic thinking – ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise.
• Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options.
• Experience within an acute hospital setting.
• Experience of developing complex business cases.

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.