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Strategic Planning LeadNHS

Newport, PO30 5TG Permanent £66,582 to £77,368
Posted 14 August 2026 Closing date 28 August 2026
Wootton (Isle of Wight Steam Railway) (2.7 miles away) Newport Bus Station (0.9 miles away)

Job summary

This vacancy is open to employees of Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust only.

NHS Band 8B Salary: £66,582 - £77,368 pro rata per annum.

Hours Per Week: Full time 37.5.

Contract Type: Permanent.

The post holder will support the Head of Strategic Planning and the Head of Strategy and Transformation in delivering the objectives of the Strategy Portfolio Team, working closely with, and providing cross-cover to, the Strategy & Transformation Lead

Main duties of the job

The post holder will primarily support the Head of Strategic Planning in ensuring that the appropriate frameworks and processes are in place to manage the annual and medium term operational / business planning processes and deploy the Trust strategies accordingly. Their primary function will be to provide leadership and support to the clinical divisions and corporate services in developing their operational and business plans (via the agreed appropriate processes and framework).

This will be underpinned by supporting the implementation of the Trusts strategy deployment. With the framework aligning the Trust planning to the Trust Strategy, strategic aims and true norths.

To support the Head of Strategic Planning to establish, direct and manage a complex multi-project portfolio for the deployment of complex projects to benefit clinical services and corporate functions.

Under the direction of the Head of Strategic Planning to identify and provide effective and appropriate strategic and planning support, ranging from complex problem-solving analysis, using excellent analytical skills, facilitating workshops to support teams to think creatively to design improvements, plan delivery, lessons learnt, etc. Providing intensive support for a period of time to help achieve an output/outcome.

Job description

  • To lead the development and delivery of planning frameworks ensuring principles of good governance are embedded.
  • To lead the development of operating plan monitoring and reporting and delivery templates
  • To develop agreed areas of the annual operating plan and Medium-Term Plans
  • To lead and manage a designated portfolio of improvement projects as related to the planning process.
  • To lead the core planning team agenda and process throughout the annual planning cycle
  • The post holder will be required work closely with a range of internal and external partners, including the Integrated Care Board, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and social care, to track progress, slippage, risk and delivery of spend and projected spend against projects and programmes aligned to strategic and planning priorities.
  • Support the Implementation of a single Trust planning framework and processes, working closely with the Head of Strategy and Planning and the Deputy Director of Strategy and Analytics and Chief Strategy Officer.
  • Provide a leadership role as required to the strategy portfolio team, in supporting clinical divisions and corporate services in the development of their business plans
  • Provide a leadership role in the programme of work carried out by a multi-disciplinary team of subject matter experts to support operational colleagues with their planning process (known as Core Planning Team)
  • Support, in collaboration with Finance, Workforce, Analytics and Operations, in the monitoring of the annual and medium-term operational / business plan delivery.
  • The postholder will support the Executive SRO and the Head of Strategic Planning to develop and implement a comprehensive partnership strategy aligned with the group strategy
  • The individual will demonstrate a high level of relationship management, demonstrating the ability to cultivate, nurture, and manage high-level, long-term relationships with strategic partners.

For full job details, please refer tothe Job Description

About us

Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this.

The single corporate service is delivered across both organisation. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.

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