Senior Manager Efficiency Strategy

The team offers high profile, fast-paced projects. This requires adaptability, rigor and innovation and provides exciting development opportunities for those developing their careers in the NHS, health or the public sector.

Below are the types of skills and experience that we are looking for. Even if you feel you only meet some of the criteria, we encourage you to apply.

Leading the development of a strategy for efficiency and productivity improvement through a process of research and evaluation.

Leading the delivery of our efficiency strategy, including management of interdependencies within NHSE and with other NHS national bodies.

Using quantitative and qualitative analysis to understand where efficiency and productivity gains can be made and how this can help to inform planning and budget setting.

Producing high-quality outputs to support engagement and communication of efficiency and productivity plans with senior internal and external stakeholders.

Working effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team to ensure that the development of efficiency and productivity strategies are well communicated to external audiences.

NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.

Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms -- enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.

In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.

If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR).This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.

Qualifications

Essential: - Educated to master's level or equivalent level of experience of working in specialist area

Knowledge

Skills

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