Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for an excellent and visionary senior leader to join our values driven organisation as Assistant Director of Business Development. This is a crucial role which is accountable for delivery of our 'Business Growth, Partnerships and Engagement' strategic programme. This programme is one of 3 key strategic ambitions as part of the Spectrum Business Strategy 2025-2028



You will be responsible for horizon scanning and pipeline development, leading and coordinating tenders including crafting tender responses and new business decision support. The role includes maintaining and fostering new strategic relationships with both existing and new partners and the design and mobilisation of new products and services. Skills and ambition in the use and adoption of data analytics and emerging new technologies that enhance and inform procurement responses, relationship management, targeted business developments and the way we articulate our impact, benefits realisation and business cases is highly desirable



You will have an opportunity to work with an ambitious Executive Team, senior leaders and operational colleagues leading programmes of work to deliver our b usiness strategy and shape the systems we work in through effective collaborations and strategic partnerships. You will also work as a key member of our Strategic Leadership Team (SLT) working with other senior leaders across Spectrum.



Have you got significant proven experience of leading and delivering service redesign, organisational change and strategy development in a complex working environment? Can you demonstrate a strong track record of winning new business through successful tender submissions including a demonstrable track record of crafting tenders and complex bid coordination, getting the best out of the Spectrum group of companies within health and social care, working where relevant with a range of strategic partners, commissioning frameworks and within the new national provider selection regime. Can you show us that you are able to constantly improve our business growth and contract retention strategies, learning from procurements and contributing to the leadership of programmes of mobilisations and demobilisations ? Are you a successful strategic leader who can bring vision to life in respect of Spectrum's commercial growth, partnerships and engagement strategy and lead high performing teams to do so?

BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE



Join our team



We're looking for passionate individuals to join our diverse and innovative team.



Whether you are starting out in your healthcare journey or are an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge we've got a role for you!



Access to NHS Pension



Annual leave on your Birthday



Welcome payment for some posts



Refer a friend scheme



Training and Development opportunities



Flexible Working



Access to Employee Assistance and Health and Wellbeing programmes



Up to 33 days annual leave



We have an ambition to become a truly lived experience inclusive employer, changing how we approach staff experience and value personal stories our colleagues bring with them.



We welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who belong to LGBTQIA+ Community and are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and Asexual, people with a disability, neurodivergent applicants and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.



Spectrum Community Health CIC provides a range of award-winning healthcare services on behalf of the NHS, Local Authority Public Health services, and other partners across substance misuse, sexual health, and health and justice settings. As a not-for-profit social enterprise and Community Interest Company our focus is centred on people - our patients, service users, staff and partners.



For further information regarding the advertised vacancy, please see attached job description and person specification or contact Linda Harris, Chief Executive via Sue Quinn, Business Administration Manager on Business.Admin@spectrum-cic.nhs.uk



Stakeholder panels will be held virtually on 9 th October



Interviews will be held on 13 th October at Navigation Walk, Wakefield