The Company:

Our client is a high profile division of a large multipurpose central government organisation which was created in 2006. It has 450 employees, an annual expenditure of 144M and is responsible for the administration the NHS pension scheme which has 1.4M members. With 5 direct reports, and reporting directly to the Chief Operating Officer, the successful candidate will be responsible for setting and implementing the organisation’s strategic business plan, aswell as dealing with operational, financial and budgetary and performance management issues within what is a complex, multilayered organisation. Applicants need to have significant experience of leading and managing change and modernisation agendas as our client faces a number of challenges, including cultural issues, a change in membership policy, systems upgrades and also a potential change in government.

The Role:

Day to day duties and responsibilities:

• Managing a range of operational services including responsibility for budgeting, financial planning and costing.

• Identifying and agreeing resource requirements to ensure the continued provision of services, and delivering those services within agreed budgetary constraints.

• Production of corporate / cross functional business plans.

• Managing high level stakeholder relationships, including members, pensioners, employers and the Department of Health.

• Change management, including modernisation of processes and services.

The Candidate:

Ideally candidates will be / should have:

• Public Sector or NHS experience would be ideal but is by no means essential, however candidates must have experience of working in a highly regulated and closely governed sector.

• Educated to degree level, ideally with an MBA.

• Experience of managing a broad range of operational services as well as dealing with contractual relationships as parts of their operational function are outsourced to an onsite third party contractor.

• Strong persuasion and communication skills, resilience and the ability to manage conflicting priorities.

• Technical knowledge of pensions is not a prerequisite as this knowledge and skills base already exists within the organisation.

• Able to travel nationwide as required by the role.

The Rewards:

This role represents the opportunity to join an organisation facing significant changes and challenges and someone with talent will progress to become a future board member. A generous benefits package, including 27 days holidays and access to one of the best final salary pension schemes in the country is available and the salary on offer could be 100K for an exceptional applicant.