Business Manager to the Chief Executive: Sponsorship Available

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (125)

Job summary

The Business Manager to the Chief Executive is the senior operational lead for the Chief Executive’s Office and corporate business administration function. The postholder is responsible for ensuring the development and implementation of effective operating policies, frameworks, systems and standards governing executive business management and business administration across the ICB.

Main duties of the job

Working with the Chief Executive, Executive Directors and the Director of Corporate Governance / Company Secretary, the postholder ensures that organisational priorities, executive decisions, statutory responsibilities and system commitments are translated into coherent programmes of work supported by effective governance, performance management and assurance.

The postholder exercises a high degree of autonomy and professional judgement, leading the Chief Executive’s private office and the executive business management arrangements, determining priorities, resolving complex and sensitive matters and providing authoritative advice on the management and progression of executive business.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level.

Desirable

  • Leadership, coaching or project management qualification.

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive senior experience leading an executive office, corporate business management, governance, administration, performance or comparable organisation-wide function.

Desirable

  • Experience working at system level (ICS/ICB/ICP).

Knowledge and skills

Essential

  • Highly developed specialist knowledge of executive business management. Ability to develop, implement, monitor and evaluate policies and service standards across a major organisational function.

Desirable

  • Knowledge of national policy drivers relevant to the service.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 16 November 2026

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