Chief Strategy Officer, LLR ICB (Executives / VSM: Executives / VSM) - Administrative and Cleri[...]

Employer: NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board

Employer type: NHS

Site: County Hall Glenfield

Town: Leicestershire

Salary: £133,000 – £160,000

Closing: 12/01/2025 23:59

Executives / VSM: Executives / VSM

We take a flexible approach in terms of what we are able to offer. This means we have a variety of working patterns, full or part-time and we actively promote agile working, i.e. working where it’s most appropriate for an individual to perform their role. You will have a base at Glenfield to attend as and when required but for the majority of the time you will be able to work from home. It will be expected that you have a basic homeworking set up in your home to meet the needs of the role i.e. desk/chair.

So why not join our team and help us to deliver better healthcare, both now and in the future!

Job overview

Due to the retirement of the existing postholder, Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board are looking for their next Chief Strategy Officer. A Board level role which has responsibility for the development of the long-term plan for the organisation and system together with the yearly operational plan. Ensuring these are routed in a population health management approach and address health inequalities.

The postholder also has responsibility for strategic commissioning ensuring services commissioned meet the strategy set, required outcomes and has a focus on quality and improvement. The postholder will work with providers to develop collaboratives and partnerships; lead strategic estates and BI functions; and support strategic development at place and neighbourhood.

We are looking for an experienced senior leader with board level experience of leading and delivering complex change and strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment. You will need to be able to challenge thinking and bring ideas together with excellent communication and partnership skills that enable you to work effectively across the system.

Main duties of the job

For the main duties of the LLR ICB Chief Strategy Officer job, please see the attached Job Description.

Working for our organisation

LLR ICB works with partners across the newly formed integrated care system. We tackle inequalities in health and deliver and improve the health and wellbeing and experience of local people, as well as providing value for money. We have the biggest opportunity in a generation for the most radical overhaul in the way health and social care services in LLR are designed and delivered, and have a clear purpose to work together for our population to have healthy, fulfilling lives.

We serve a large and diverse population – from some of the poorest areas of the country alongside some of the most affluent. LLR has a population of more than 1.1 million. Of these around 360,000 people live in the city of Leicester and 40,000 in the county of Rutland. Collaborating with our partners in the NHS, council, voluntary, community and social enterprise sectors, we know we have to work differently and, through our partnership’s we have established ambitious expectations for reducing health inequalities.

We are an award-winning ICB, winning NHS England’s most inclusive integrated care system, for our work to improve equality and diversity. We are therefore looking to attract candidates from the broadest pool, including Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, people from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT+) communities and those with lived experience of disability/a long-term condition.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a detailed job description and main responsibilities of the Chief Strategy Officer position please see the attached job description.

Person specification

Knowledge and Experience

• In-depth additional expert knowledge acquired over a significant period in strategy formulation, leadership, service improvement and resource management
• Knowledge and experience of good governance practices and providing assurance to board members
• Proven Board level experience of leading and delivering complex change and strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment within the NHS or a local Authority
• Experience of liaising and working with government departments on healthcare issues at a senior Level
• Experience of leading and managing a director level department in healthcare and or public sector

Equality, diversity and inclusion

• Understands the importance of diversity and inclusion in delivering our role in the health and care system

Education Training and Qualifications

• Educated to a doctorate level or equivalent level experience of working at a senior level in a specialist area
• Formal management qualification and/or proven and significant leadership experience

** Please Note **

In the event of exceptionally high levels of response, we reserve the right to close the post before the date stated above in order to prevent the number of applications received being unmanageable. You are advised to submit your completed application form as soon as possible to have the best chance of being considered.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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

For a confidential discussion on the role please contact:

All candidates as part of the recruitment process are expected to have a scheduled conversation with Caroline Trevithick – LLR ICB Chief Executive.

Please contact Vicki Lowe ( (emailprotected) ) – Mobile 07880 457861 to arrange a call prior to the closing date of 12 January 2025

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