Capability & Communications Manager

Job Description

Are you an experienced Communications or Capability Manager looking to become an advocate for a well-established, Great Place To Work organisationNHS SBS are seeking a Communications and Capability manager to promote what we do and the value of what we deliver in order to increase business. The role will include designing and rolling out the capability programme -which includes tools and elements includingcareer frameworks, talent management and learning and development within our procurement team, to ensure that learning is at the heart of what we all do.This role guarantees no day is the same. Your day could include participating in great place to work meetings, collaborating with other teams across the business such as learning and development teams, and developing new approaches. We can offer great career progression opportunities, ability to be based anywhere across the UK, benefits which you can flex to meet your needs and training and development opportunities.What you will be doing:

• New services, new markets, and rapid expansion - we want you play a part in driving us forward by ensuring we have the right skills and capabilities to meet the needs of our customers.
• Using your experience you will help design, develop, and embed a capability programme including career frameworks, talent management processes, skills reviews and Learning and Development opportunities.
• Helping to ensure that we promote what we do and the value we add in order to raise the profile of the procurement team across the business and also with our customer base.
• Leading on benchmarking our procurement processes against commercial standards, develop an improvement plan to address gaps and ensure we continually improve our ways of working.
• Creating meaningful outcomes at pace, lead cross functional projects, work collaboratively with colleagues at an enterprise level and also with colleagues across the public sector.
• Ensuring we have a culture of excellent people management and a focus on learning and development. This is a pivotal role in our expansion where you will help to shape and define our focus.
• Forging relationships, influencing action, leading change and improvement and will be passionate about learning and development.

What you will bring:

• Detailed knowledge of different ways to increase capability across a procurement team as well as an understanding of leading practice in commercial capability across government, the wider public sector and private sector.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills with the ability to develop and nurture relationships for successful programme outcomes at a variety of stakeholder levels.
• Experience of managing projects.
• Track record of meeting urgent requirements whilst managing conflicting pressures and delivering a flexible and responsive service.
• Able to clarify stakeholders capability needs, analyse, and use a range of relevant, credible information from internal and external sources to support commercial capability decisions.
• Operational experience in learning and development / Marketing / comms - both areas are desirable, at least one is essential
• Degree level qualification or equivalent experience in a relevant field

It would be good if you had:

• NHS or Public sector experience.
• Awareness of the rules relating to public sector procurement.
• Experience of working within a public sector procurement team.

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what were looking for, please do apply, wed love to hear from you!Employment Type: Full-time, PermanentLocation: Anywhere (UK)Security Clearance Level: BPSSInternal Recruiter: KayleighSalary: Up to £40,000 (Salary offered will be in line with experience and development needs)Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fundAlthough this role is advertised as full-time, we support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if youre interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.Loved reading about this job and want to know more about Sector/CompanyNHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) was created by the Department of Health and Social Care to deliver corporate services to the NHS. A unique joint venture with Sopra Steria, a European leader in digital services and software development, we make life easierfor NHS employees, patients, and suppliers, and deliver value for money to the taxpayer. Proud members of the NHS family, we provide finance & accounting, digital, procurement and workforce services to more than half the NHS in England, and our solutions areunderpinned by cutting-edge technologies and our teams expertise, in-depth understanding of the NHS, and commitment to service excellence.We share common values and unity of purpose with the rest of the NHS family, are committed to being a force for good, and are dedicated and empowered to act responsibly and sustainably at organisational, team and individual level.Would you like to join us on our journey

Keyskills :
Career DevelopmentCommercial AwarenessCommunicatorMarketingRelationship Management