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Job summary
In Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), we are proud of our purpose to enable everyone to live more independent, healthier lives for longer. To achieve this, and create a great place to work, we have four values: we are inclusive, we constantly improve, we challenge, and we are agile. If this sounds like an environment youd like to work in, wed love to hear from you.
DHSC is responsible for ensuring the system consistently delivers a high standard of care and secures the best possible value for money from over £160bn of taxpayers funds allocated by Parliament.
The finance function plays a crucial role in enabling the Department to fulfil its strategic objectives and this role is critical to ensuring department priorities have the resources they need. The Capital Directorate currently has oversight of £12 billion of annual spend in DHSC and covers a range of functions including capital strategy, investment appraisal, PFI centre of excellence and counter fraud.
This role sits in the Companies and Commercial Projects Division (CCP) and the role holder will support the Deputy Director and the Senior Managers in ensuring that the Departments strategic objectives for its companies are delivered and to provide wider commercial finance support to complex projects.
The team currently oversee shareholdings in a portfolio of companies with a cumulative turnover in the region of £2.5billion Community Health Partnerships; Porton Biopharma Ltd, NHS Professionals; NHS Property Services Ltd and Genomics England Ltd as well as the DHSC retained estate.
Job description
This role will initially provide oversight of financial and performance management within the Department of Health and Social Cares wholly owned subsidiary companies providing services to the NHS and to ensure alignment with strategic objectives relating to wider government policy.
This includes ensuring business strategies are developed in the context of wider group objectives and are supported by robust performance management and sponsoring the companies in responding to and resolving commercial, operational and financial challenges.
This vacancy is for candidates with a strong interest in financial and performance management and the ability to lead and work under pressure and on their own initiative. The role is in a dynamic and fast paced working environment and workload priorities will change over time.
We offer excellent opportunities for personal and professional development, so you have the tools to be the best you can be.
Those that hold a full CCAB, CIMA or equivalent qualification will be eligible for an annual market pay supplement of £5k.
Person specification
Role responsibilities:
Key accountabilities for the role:
- Supporting the Senior Commercial Finance Manager in ensuring that the Departments strategic objectives for its are met, including financial and non-financial KPIs, and ensuring that they deploy sound financial management processes.
- Leading the management of commercial finance work programmes and projects in relation to property, works, services or JV procurement;
- Finding solutions to commercial problems in relation to property, performance, liquidity, capital development and other matters.
- Supporting the management of the Departments investment interests, including disposing of investments and attending Company Committees where required.
- Providing expert commercial finance advice and support to the wider DHSC, senior officials, and Ministers.
- Leading on the resolution of complex commercial and financial disputes.
- Providing quality assurance and oversight where appropriate to other members of the finance team.
- General financial management, accounting and commercial work as required.
- Roles within DHSCs Finance Directorate evolve over time and other sponsorship, policy and programme management tasks may be substituted or added into the role in due course.
Key skills and experience required for the role:
Skills:
- Stakeholder management skills and the ability to build strong working relationships with senior counterparts internally and externally.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to influence others.
- Leadership skills and the ability to work as part of a team.
- The ability to manage complex and competing priorities within the agreed timescales and quality parameters.
- Ability to work in multi-functional teams in a matrix environment and across team boundaries, taking responsibility and ownership for areas in the portfolio
- Ability to use and interpret complex numerical and financial data and report on findings at a senior level.
Experience:
- Significant senior level experience in a complex public or private sector organisation.
- Experience in developing solutions to support process improvement which may have been developed in a public or private sector organisation.
- Demonstrable experience in having worked with senior stakeholders of different organisations working collaboratively.
- Experience and knowledge of financial processes, financial management or financial elements of business cases. Creative and innovative problem solving skills to address complex commercial financial and operational risks.
Knowledge:
- A good practical understanding of accounting and financial management principles including ideally knowledge of corporate and project finance.
- A strong understanding of commercial issues and the levers that can be used in negotiating / influencing contractual arrangements.
- Understanding of project / programme management and governance arrangements.
- An ongoing commitment to personal and professional development.
Qualifications
Behaviours
We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Seeing the Big Picture
Benefits
£14,341 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
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Selection process details
Sift date: expected W/C 20/11/23
Interview date: expected W/C 4/12/23
Interview location: Virtual, by video. Further details will be released to candidates who are successful at sift.
The available interview slots will be released with the sift scores.
Applications will be sifted on Behaviours, CV and Statement of Suitability.
Please use your CV to set out your career history, highlighting specific responsibilities and achievements that are relevant for this role. These can be found in the key skills and experience required for the role section of the advert. Please also include a list of your relevant qualifications.
Please use your statement of suitability to (in no more than 500 words) outline how you meet the key skills and experience required for the role as set out in the job advert.
An initial sift based on the Lead Behaviour ‘Communicating and Influencing’ and the CV may be held if a large number of applications are received. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview.
At interview candidates will be assessed on Behaviours and Strengths.
Candidates will be asked a presentation which will assess the Behaviour ‘Communicating and Influencing’. Details of the presentation question will be issued to candidates with the release of the sift scores.
Further Information
To find out more about working in the department please visit our page on the Civil Service Careers Website here and to find out more information on how to apply visit the Civil Service Careers Website here
Applicants who are appointable but were not successful in appointment to this vacancy, may be held on a reserve list for up to 12 months, and contacted if similar vacancies become available.
Please be aware that some travel may be required across the DHSC estate.
Please note that applicants will require BPSS clearance.
Qualifications required for the role will be checked and verified by the vacancy holder as part of the onboarding process. You may also be asked to provide evidence that any qualifications obtained overseas are equivalent to those advertised.
Any move to DHSC from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.
In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service on your behalf.
However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.
New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicants details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the ‘Contact point for applicants’ section.
This role is being advertised on a permanent basis. If preferable, Loan or Secondment options will also be available for existing Civil Servants (Loan) and applicants from accredited NDPBs or any other employer (Secondment). Prior agreement to be released on a loan basis must be obtained before commencing the application process. In the case of Civil Servants, the terms of the loan will be agreed between the home and host department and the Civil Servant. This includes grade on return.
Terms and Conditions
Candidates should note that DHSCs Terms and Conditions of employment changed from 1 October 2013. It is the candidates responsibility to ensure they are aware of the terms and conditions they will adopt should they be successful.
New Entrants to the Civil Service
New entrants appointed in grades AA to G6 will receive DHSCs modernised terms and conditions:
- Annual Leave: 25 days on entry rising by one day for each completed year of service to a maximum of 30 days and pro-rata for part-time staff
- Privilege Leave: 1 day – for the Kings birthday
- Hours of Work: 37 hours (net) per week for full time staff in all geographical locations, including London and pro rata for part-time staff
- Occupational Sick Pay (OSP): one month full pay/one month half pay on entry, rising by one month for each completed year of service to a maximum of five months full pay and five months half pay
- Mobility: Mobility clause in contracts allow staff to be mobile across the Civil Service
- Probation: 6 month probation period
Existing Civil Service staff transferring from another Government department, on either level transfer or promotion
All staff moving to DHSC will transfer onto DHSCs modernised terms and conditions (as outlined above).
Existing DHSC staff, appointed on either level transfer or promotion
If DHSCs modernised terms and conditions are already held, the employee will retain those terms and conditions. If DHSCs pre-modernised terms and conditions are held, the employee will transfer onto DHSCs modernised terms and conditions (as outlined above).
Reasonable Adjustment
If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:
- Contact Government Recruitment Service via dhscrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
- Complete the Assistance required section in the Additional requirements page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if youre deaf, a Language Service Professional
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Matthew Cooper
- Email : matthew.cooper@dhsc.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : dhscrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Further information
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/contact-us/
