Join Imperial College Health Partners as our Associate Director of Strategy and Insight and contribute to delivering on our mission to improve population health in North West London through innovation.

Main duties of the job

As an Associate Director at ICHP, you are a critical part of the Senior Management Team, providing leadership to the overall organisation. You are accountable for the directorate comprised of eight staff, comprised of individuals with both specialist and generalist skills. You will lead on key system relationships related to Strategy and Insight e.g. NWL ARC, NWL ICB Strategy Team. You have overall accountability for the development our the Strategy and Insight components of our ICHP Toolbox.

You will have a key role in providing in enabling the implementation and uptake of innovation and transformation across the healthcare system, being at the forefront of the delivery of mission and non-mission programmes.

We welcome applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds and a range of skills and experiences. For this recruitment round, given the composition of the team, we are particularly interested in strategic candidates who lead with and posses an excellent quantitative skillset, but recognise the power of qualitative insights.

About us

About Imperial College Health Partners (ICHP)

ICHP is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to improving population health through innovation and partnership.

As the Health Innovation Network (HIN) for North West London (NW London) and the innovation arm of the NW London, ICHP has been commissioned to facilitate the coordination and collaboration of a new Mission-led model, focusing on priorities that align with the wider NW London Health and Care strategy. These priorities, known as the NW London Missions.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main responsibilities

• The role of Associate Director is to support complex change by bringing energy, expertise, and empathy to bear in the development, execution, and management of innovation projects.

• The role plans and oversees project delivery and programme delivery and in particular our mission work, drawing on skills and practices relating to problem definition, scoping and planning, research and analysis, project management, and reflecting and learning.

The role also includes active participation in the development and culture of ICHP as an organisation, sharing responsibility for making ICHP a great place to work, and taking a specific managerial responsibility for the development and growth of colleagues and teams, and for the development and growth of the organisation in general.

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

• Masters, PhD, or equivalent experience (especially within the health sector)
• Prince2 or equivalent experience for the management of complex projects
• Experience in delivering complex healthcare-related improvement projects and programmes, and working alongside senior clinical and operational professionals
• Expert knowledge of health research methods, systems thinking, and transformation support
• Experience of working at a senior level in health service, local authority, academic, or related field
• Proven experience of establishing and leading on national strategic work in relation to policy development, operations, and systems
• Competent at working with quantitative and qualitative data to deliver relevant, robust, and action-oriented conclusions
• Ability to build effective partnerships, common purpose, and shared understanding across a range of diverse and competing views.

Employer details

Employer name

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ferguson House,

15 Marylebone Road

London

NW1 5JD

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