Non Executive Director - Finance and Business Development

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Non Executive Director - Finance and Business Development

Join to apply for the Non Executive Director - Finance and Business Development role at Health Innovation North West Coast

To apply, please visit the following webpage. Here you can find more information on Health Innovation North West Coast, the full job description and person specification, and contact information for further discussion.

https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Warrington/Liverpool_Heart_Chest_Hospital_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Non_Executive_Director/Non_Executive_Director-v7327003?set-locale=en-gb&_ts=1

Contract

2 years (Fixed term)

Hours

Part time - 3.75 hours per week (Minimum)

Location

Home with occasional travel required, including to Health Innovation North West Coast office at Vanguard House, Sci-Tech Daresbury, Cheshire WA4 4AB

Health Innovation North West Coast, one of England's 15 Health Innovation Networks, collectively acts as the innovation arm of the NHS. We are commissioned by NHS England and Improvement and the Office for Life Sciences to deliver programmes and support innovations for adoption and spread in our region.

We understand the needs of our health systems and are well placed to broker innovative solutions, while collaborating across England to take what works best and quickly spread it nationally, responding to the diverse needs of patients and our population through partnerships and collaboration.

The Non-Executive Director (NED) will work alongside the Chair of the Board and the Executive Team of Health Innovation North West Coast to set the strategic direction, provide effective leadership and support and challenge to the Board.

It will be necessary for the NED to display a constructive, open, impartial and engaging leadership style, providing fair and constructive challenge when required, and acknowledging successful performance.

Main responsibilities

As a NED of the HINWC Board you will be required to undertake the following key responsibilities:

Finance and Performance

Health Innovation NWC operates under a Master License Agreement (MLA) from its national commissioners and is required to set a balanced budget each financial year.In this role you will chair the Finance, Performance and Strategy (FPS) Committee which is a subcommittee of the HIN NWC Board.

The FPS exists to:

• Agree finance strategy and planning to drive long term financial sustainability.
• Oversee HIN NWC’s delivery against the financial, business and performance componentsof the budget and Business Plan.
• Review performance against annual financial plans, the implications of variances andcommission improvement actions.
• Review business development activities and implications, monitoring progress against anyrelevant action plans and consider business opportunities.
• Review HIN NWC performance against the Business Plan and Master Licence Agreement(MLA) contractual requirements, the implications of variances and commission improvementactions.
• Review Programme Delivery progress to support the delivery of the MLA and the BusinessDevelopment plans.
• Take staffing and budgetary decisions that do not change the overall disposition of theorganisation (Any changes to organisational structure, not individual posts, or change inbusiness direction will be discussed by the HINWC Board).

Business Development

In addition to the activity described by national commissions, HIN NWC also offers a number of services which attract income. This includes a broad range of offers including coaching academy work, real world evaluation, enhanced innovator support, work with international companies, bid writing and industry partnerships.

These services are crucial to maintaining the depth and breadth of the skills within the team and are an important part of our growth strategy.

As the NED with responsibility for Business Development, your role will include providing scrutiny, advice and guidance to the business development team and encouraging an entrepreneurial mindset with the aim of taking an increasingly commercial approach to business opportunities.

Additionally, through your knowledge and experience, you will offer strategic guidance to the organisation to

• Maximise operational efficiency in business development system and processes
• Leverage existing partnerships, assets and emerging opportunities to accelerate growth and financial return for the organisation.
• Support the Chair in providing visible leadership in developing a positive culture for the HINWC by facilitating a close and constructive working relationship between all Board members, built on transparency, openness, mutual respect and trust, valuing the contribution of all Board members.
• To provide independent judgment and advice on issues of strategy, vision, performance, resources and standards of conduct and constructively challenge, influence and assist the Executive Team in developing proposals on such strategies.
• Horizon scan regionally, nationally and internationally to bring good practice eand foresight to further develop HINWC.
• Develop and maintain strategic networks that will be of benefit to the HINWC.

Governance

• To bring independent judgment and experience based on medical, clinical, organisational development, research, scientific, entrepreneurial, legal, finance or governance expertise from outside of the HINWC and apply this to the benefit of the organisation, its workforce and its wider community
• To commit to working to, and encouraging, within the HINWC, the highest standards of probity, integrity and governance and contribute to ensuring that internal governance arrangements conform to best practice and statutory requirements.

Communication and relationships

• Develop a constructive, frank and open relationship with the Chief Executive and Directors through regular communication and to provide support and advice while respecting Executive responsibility.
• In consultation with the Chair, take an active part in and/or chair other Committees established by the Board to exercise delegated responsibilities.
• To liaise with the Chief Executive concerning correspondence received from members of the organisation
• To act as an ambassador, represent and promote actively HINWC and build up strong partnerships with partner organisations, the public, investors and national bodies.

Additionally, as Non-Executive Director of the Board you must:

• Promote the vision, values and goals of the organisation through appropriate and visible leadership behaviours and actions.
• Uphold the highest of ethical standards of integrity and probity.
• Create a culture of listening, openness, constructive challenge and support.
• Act with integrity, objectivity, honesty and openness.

https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Warrington/Liverpool_Heart_Chest_Hospital_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Non_Executive_Director/Non_Executive_Director-v7327003?set-locale=en-gb&_ts=1

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Executive

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Finance and Sales

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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