At the United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA), the mission is to provide health security for the nation by protecting from infectious disease and external hazards. We are a trusted source of advice to government and to the public, focusing on reducing inequalities in the way different communities experience and are impacted by infectious disease, environmental hazards, and other threats to health.

The Business Operations Manager will oversee the administrative function of the office/site and line manage the business support manager within the Directorate. The post holder may work with colleagues who are based across the country at different sites and/or who work remotely.

This is a 3 month temporary role, with further possibility of extension.

This role is homebased, however the post holder will be required to travel to their local UKHSA office, as per the needs of the organisation.

The Role:

• Undertake regular budget monitoring in liaison with the Finance Business Partner. Initiate, and be responsible for any consequent remedial action on behalf of the Director, in conjunction with the allocated Finance Business Partner.

• Support the senior management team to plan, implement and coordinate delivery of an effective training and development programme for the Directorate working in liaison with L&D and Workforce colleagues were appropriate.

• Oversee and recruitment activity for the directorate working with recruitment, HR and Finance teams where appropriate.

• Contribute to the development of performance and governance strategies and the development and implementation of improvement programmes, in accordance with business priorities.

• Take a lead in the coordination of training, development and recruitment activity across the Directorate.

Personal Specification:

• Minimum 6 years’ experience in a Business Operations role, with direct responsibility of procurement, budget management and HR & Recruitment procedures.
• Very strong commercial and financial acumen, with a direct experience overseeing revenue, budgeting and cost analysis.
• Understanding or working knowledge of the public sector (and healthcare environments).
• Experience influencing ‘top-level’ stakeholder groups
• Experience overseeing cases and operations management across complex, multi-disciplinary/multi-agency project teams.

About NHS Professionals

We run the largest NHS flexible staff bank, placing highly skilled temporary workers in NHS Trusts to meet their short, medium and long-term needs. Uniquely we are owned by the Department of Health and Social Care and we therefore reinvest any surplus we make directly back into the NHS.

Originally formed in 2001, we now have more than 50 client Trusts and over 180,000 healthcare professionals (Bank Members) registered with us. They work flexibly to NHS-assured standards in a wide range of roles including nurses and midwives, doctors, allied health professionals, healthcare scientists, personal social services and non-clinical.

We align our vision and objectives with those of the NHS and our teams use their specialist healthcare knowledge to deliver bespoke recruitment solutions to Bank Members and Trusts. These can range from local shift cover at short notice, through to national and international workforce campaigns such as the Covid-19 Rapid Response programme where we recruited 20,000 people nationwide within weeks. We also support our client Trusts to implement major service improvements and in 2019/20 we helped them to save more than £130 million.

Driven by a passion for the NHS and our goal to become its workforce partner of choice, we are continuously improving our services to meet the growing demand for high quality flexible staff right across the healthcare sector.