Total 39 Director/C-Level job vacancies in Oxford Oxfordshire OX1

An amazing opportunity at Kimpton Clocktower for a dynamic and strategic-minded Director of Food and Beverage, to lead our F&B, C&E and Kitchen departments to new heights!

You will earn up to £65,000.00 salary – depending on experience, plus a potential earning of 20% annual bonus upon reaching targets.

At Kimpton, our shared mission is to make lives better through heartfelt human connections. This emotional investment drives all that we do, and it’s why you’ll love the work, too. Our colleagues are empowered and encouraged to act from the heart, to go above and beyond to create ridiculously personal experiences for each other and our guests!!

The Refuge is a vibrant and bustling establishment in the heart of Manchester, renowned for its exceptional restaurant and bar experience. Nestled in the historic but with a modern twist – Kimpton Clocktower, we pride ourselves on delivering top-notch service and unforgettable experiences to our guests.

You can check out our instagram pages to have a look at @therefugemcr & @kimptonclocktower!

Kimpton Clocktower is all about providing a contemporary luxury hotel experience whilst building heartfelt human connections with guests and colleagues – we call it Stay Human. What more could you ask? It’s not just the humans who feel this, we extend this to all our furry friends, because our heartfelt connection does not end with humans!

Working at Kimpton is not just about working and it’s certainly not like working at other places. We value personality, individuality, creativity, doing right, continually improving, focus and passion.

Our passion is YOU…come as you are!

Here, you will have space to:

• Be yourself - bringing the real you to work, with your unique personality we want you to be who you are!
• Lead yourself – we trust you to make decisions and exert your creativity to provide our guests with heartfelt human connections, we trust you to do right!
• Make it count – you matter, and we will provide you with all the tools you need to create ridiculously personalised experiences for our guests every day!

As our Director of Food and Beverage is responsible for directing and organising the activities of the Food and Beverage Departments to ensure a consistently high-quality food product and service levels.

You will be responsible for concept design, budget management, and profitability creating an environment for team members’ development and driving a positive work environment.

Our Director of Food & Beverage is responsible for:

• Leadership & Oversight: Lead and supervise all F&B Heads of Department (HODs) across Conference & Events, F&B outlets, kitchen operations, back of house, and stores departments. Ensure all teams are aligned with service standards, operational efficiency, and guest experience goals.
• F&B Strategy & Commercial Acumen: Develop and implement an overarching F&B strategy, focusing on revenue growth, GOI profitability, and achieving company-set metrics. Align departmental objectives with the hotel's goals and produce regular forecasts in line with budgets, driving margin improvements, outlet payroll optimization, and productivity controls.
• Operational Excellence: Ensure the smooth and efficient operation of all F&B departments, delivering exceptional guest experiences while maintaining compliance with statutory regulations.
• Performance & Engagement: Conduct performance reviews, regular check-ins, and provide ongoing coaching to the F&B team. Foster a culture of engagement and growth, offering both individual and group training opportunities to build team capabilities.
• Client, Guest & Team Satisfaction: Maintain the highest standards of service and operational excellence across all F&B outlets, ensuring client and guest satisfaction as a top priority.
• Catering & Events Operations: Oversee Conference & Banqueting (C&E) operations, ensuring flawless execution of events and large-scale functions. Provide operational leadership to support event logistics and client requirements.
• Collaboration & Teamwork: Demonstrate strong collaboration across departments, working closely with the General Manager's Executive Team, including the Director of Rooms, Sales & Marketing, Facilities Director, Finance Business Partner, and HR Business Partner.
• Sales & Marketing Activation: Work with the Sales & Marketing team to develop and execute tactical promotional activities, leveraging social channels, local and national competitions, and industry award nominations to drive the F&B profile of the hotel.
• Innovation & Market Trends: Stay current with market trends and innovations, continuously implementing new initiatives and presenting fresh concepts and ideas. Lead project management efforts on behalf of the hotel owner, ensuring F&B offerings remain competitive and appealing.
• Budgeting & Fiscal Management: Prepare annual F&B budgets and manage them in a fiscally responsible manner, ensuring cost controls and adherence to financial goals.
• Systems & Efficiency: Utilize knowledge of F&B systems such as Micros Simphony (POS), table reservation systems, payroll management (UKG schedule system), and catering controls to streamline operations and suggest improvements in workflow efficiency.
• Compliance & Statutory Knowledge: Ensure the hotel operates in full compliance with all statutory regulations, including food safety standards, alcohol licensing, and health & safety requirements.

To succeed as our Director of Food and Beverage, you will need:

• Experience from Large-scale F&B Operations: Proven experience managing large Catering & Events (C&E) business operations, with multiple F&B outlets and kitchen management responsibilities.
• Commercial Acumen: Strong business and financial acumen with the ability to develop and implement commercial strategies that drive revenue growth, guest satisfaction, and profitability.
• F&B Systems Expertise: Proficiency in F&B management systems such as Micros Simphony (or relevant POS), table reservation systems, catering controls, and payroll management systems.
• Food Safety & Licenses: Possession of an Alcohol Personal Licence and completion of relevant industry courses. Food Safety Level 4 certification is preferred.
• Sales & Marketing Strategy: Experience developing and executing F&B sales and marketing plans, leveraging social channels, websites, booking engines, and on-property promotions.
• Industry Knowledge: Demonstrated ability to stay ahead of F&B trends, technology, and market shifts to drive innovation and elevate guest experiences.

Our Director of Food & Beverage enjoys a range of benefits including:

• Becoming part of the IHG Hotels & Resorts family, one of the world’s leading hotel companies - which means global opportunities!
• Extensive training, opportunities for career progression across the world, plus 2 paid days volunteering per year with a cause of your choice
• Subsidised childcare support
• Meals whilst on duty
• 33days holiday each year
• We provide every colleague company sick pay and life insurance
• Amazing discounts for our hotels and restaurants around the world
• Discounts from over 15,000 stores – all the way from retail to cinema
• Don’t forget, bring your friends and take part in our generous ‘Refer a Friend’ programme!

If you are someone who likes to march to the beat of their own drum and wants to join a company which encourages authentic individuality, apply today to join us as our Director of Food & Beverage!

You must meet the legal requirements to work in the UK.

At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We firmly believe that all our colleagues deserve to be treated equally and have the same opportunities to develop and grow their skills within our business and provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and colleagues without regard to an individual's, race, colour, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by ln aw.

Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants crafts unique destinations that kindle heartfelt human connections. Our bespoke spaces blend spirit, style and delight to create an addictive culture of refined irreverence where locals, visitors & colleagues seamlessly connect.

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We are seeking to appoint an Executive Assistant to provide support to the Director of the Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine.

The Centre for Human Genetics (CHG) houses approximately 400 researchers and staff conducting world-leading research in human genetics, genomics and bioinformatics. Comprising nearly 3,5000sqm of laboratory space, the unit hosts a variety of research groups as well as housing a number of small research facilities that deliver key services and technologies to support these teams.

You will act as the primary contact for all internal or external enquiries and requests for information for the CHG Director, and you will manage the Director’s diary, using initiative to make considered judgements when juggling the demands placed on the schedule. You will be responsible for organising efficiently the arrangements for meetings, including arranging appropriate catering for meetings held in the office and other venues, and you will make all domestic and international travel arrangements for the Director, including arrangement of visas, processing of expenses and arrangement of insurance as per the University’s policies and legal regulations. Another key part of this role is the provision of daily operational line management to other PAs working in the unit, with 3 direct reports.

It is essential that you are educated to A-Level or equivalent, with demonstrable experience as an executive or personal assistant at a senior level, and experience of complex diary management and dealing with confidential and highly sensitive correspondence. You will have excellent administrative skills, including proficiency in audio/touch typing, record-keeping and dictation, and you will have high levels of computer literacy with a good knowledge MS Office, SharePoint and Teams, and a responsive attitude to changing office technologies such as file sharing platforms, remote working aids and video conferencing tools. It is essential that you are skilled in communication both written and oral, able to draft reports and present information to a high standard, adapting to the needs of different audiences. A high standard of numeracy, with the ability to track financial spend against budgets and excellent attention to detail is essential for this position.

Applications for this vacancy are to be made online and you will be required to upload a supporting statement and CV as part of your online application. Your supporting statement must explain how you meet each of the selection criteria for the post using examples of your skills and experience.

This position is offered full time (part time hours considered, minimum 60% FTE. This role would be considered as a job share) on a fixed term contract until 31 August 2029 and is funded by the Department.

Only applications received before 12 midday on2 December 2024 will be considered. Please quote 175094 on all correspondence.

RPS is looking for an experienced Associate Director grade Landscape Planner to join our team of Landscape Planners, Landscape Architects, Urban Designers, Arboriculturists and Graphic Designers. Working both alone and as part of a team you will assist the successful delivery of projects at all scales, across a wide range of sectors throughout the UK.

We work on a diverse range of projects including some of the most exciting Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects in the UK and internationally, including large scale energy projects - think GW rather than MW! - as well as renewable, commercial, education, residential, leisure and major infrastructure developments. Our renewables work includes solar, offshore and onshore wind, international interconnector and energy storage projects.

We are RPS, our projects are all around you. We define, design, and take care of projects that create shared value to a composite, urbanising and resource-scarce world. Our people are our success. We are looking for people who can find a solution to the problems that matter. Our flat structure creates greater collaboration and speed of communication, enabling us to work with some of the brightest minds in the industry. Here you will find work that is stimulating and rewarding.

What you will be doing

Reflecting the range of our work, no two weeks are the same and your work will include site and desk-based work. Typically, your work will include:

· Acting as Project Manager for a mix of projects for both internal and external stakeholders

· Writing and contributing to LVIAs / SLVIAs / TVIAs to aid a wide range of projects, including Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects, typically in the onshore and offshore renewables, commercial, residential, leisure and transport sectors.

· Undertaking site visits and viewpoint photography

· Inputting into landscape masterplans and landscape and ecological management plans

· Working closely with other colleagues in the Landscape Team, as well as the wider RPS group, including multi-disciplinary colleagues and project teams to deliver projects that form part of the UK’s reaction to climate change, housing and infrastructure problems.

Who we are looking for

You will have a degree in Landscape Architecture or related discipline and ideally be a Chartered Member of The Landscape Institute (CMLI) with relevant years of experience applicable to this level, and be able to offer the following:

· Excellent report writing and organisational experience

· Experience of conducting LVIAs for a range of project scales

· Trained in, or an awareness of, AutoCAD and desktop publishing software

· Be able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and under your own initiative to achieve targets Willingness to travel for project work

Experience of, and contributing to, the DCO (Development Consent Order) process would be an advantage as well as experience of providing evidence at Public Inquiry.

What is in it for you?

We are proud to be an accredited ILM training provider, internationally recognised and providing robust fully accredited professional training programmes - to master’s degree level professional qualifications in leadership & management and executive coaching & mentoring, we provide learning and development for everyone.

We encourage and value different ideas, perspectives, and styles of thinking. We need a mix of experiences and techniques to develop the ideas. We respect one another and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone. You’ll be joining a diverse community and a company that puts its people first and prioritises their wellbeing.

We identify the need to work flexibly, with agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard, we’re happy to communicate about flexible working. This is a workplace that works for you.

What happens next?

The Talent Acquisition Team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application. If your application is progressed, you’ll have a conversation with one of our recruiters and then there’ll be a two-stage interview process with the Team.

All applications will be considered.

RPS, A Tetra Tech company
Representing an exciting new chapter in our business, on 24 January 2023 RPS became a Tetra Tech company. With 28,000 staff in more than 550 offices in more than 120 countries on seven continents, Tetra Tech is a spearheading, global provider of consulting and engineering services. As a Tetra Tech company, RPS is proud to offer our people market-leading development and project opportunities, helping to find a solution to some of the world’s most intricate problems.

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RPS is looking for a Technical Director to join us to be based at our office in Abingdon. This is a key role within our National Development & Infrastructure Planning Team, who work collaboratively with our Environment Division. Working alongside a range of multi-disciplinary services within a team of planning experts, you’ll be delivering on a broad range of planning applications including residential, mixed-use developments, data centres, airports, retail, logistics and major infrastructure projects.

We are RPS, our projects are all around you. We define, design, and take care of projects that create shared value to a composite, urbanising and resource-scarce world. Our people are our success. We are looking for people who can find a solution to the problems that matter.

What you will doing

As Technical Director in the team, you will be working on some of our biggest infrastructure and renewables projects across the UK and in a collaborative manner with professional Planning and Environmental consultants across the UK business. This is a key position where you will have the opportunity to build multi-disciplinary teams, mentor and endeavour to develop their professional experience. You’ll be contributing towards the continued success of the business and team through the effective delivery of a wide variety of projects. The development of customer relationships and securing new projects forms part of the role.

You’ll generate new and repeat business, as well as provide professional consultancy advice and services to our customers and colleagues. The team is also accountable for coordinating and assisting our submissions for frameworks, large tenders involving other teams within the Division and aiding other offices where necessary.

Who we are looking for

With experience within this sector, you’ll already be familiar with what we’re looking for.

· Qualified MRTPI or in another relevant discipline

· A highly experienced and knowledgeable practitioner who has experience in large energy and infrastructure projects, including those requiring Environmental Impact Assessment, and those relating to Developments of National Significance and Development Control Orders

· Strong directorship qualities

· Experience of appearing as an expert witness in Examinations in Public as well as Public Inquiries

· Strong people management experience

· A strategic thinker with strong negotiating techniques and a track record of taking ownership of and achieving outcomes for customers, business, teams, and self

· Have an established market reputation with a demonstrable record of winning sustainable and commercially viable projects

· Good financial and project management know-how

· Great influencing and communication techniques that enable you to build, maintain and consolidate strong working relationships with colleagues, customers and external bodies.

What’s in it for you?

We are proud to be an accredited ILM training provider, internationally recognised and providing robust fully accredited professional training programmes - to master’s degree level professional qualifications in leadership & management and executive coaching & mentoring, we provide learning and development for everyone.

Our flat structure creates greater collaboration and speed of communication, enabling us to work with some of the brightest minds in the industry.

We identify the need to work flexibly, with agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard, we’re happy to communicate about flexible working. This is a workplace that works for you.

We encourage and value different ideas, perspectives, and styles of thinking. We need a mix of experiences and techniques to develop the ideas. We respect one another and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone. You’ll be joining a diverse community and a company that puts its people first and prioritises their wellbeing.

What happens next?

The Talent Acquisition Team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application. If your application is progressed, you’ll have a conversation with one of our recruiters prior to an interview with the Team. All applications will be considered.

RPS, A Tetra Tech company
Representing an exciting new chapter in our business, on 24 January 2023 RPS became a Tetra Tech company. With 28,000 staff in more than 550 offices in more than 120 countries on seven continents, Tetra Tech is a spearheading, global provider of consulting and engineering services. As a Tetra Tech company, RPS is proud to offer our people market-leading development and project opportunities, helping to find a solution to some of the world’s most intricate problems.

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To support the Postgraduate Dean, Training Programme Directors will work across the spectrum of health and where relevant, social care, within the context of a team, so that the provision of education reflects changing service models. This will deliver an integrated workforce comprising individuals from a spectrum of professional and other backgrounds. Secondments Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.

Delivery of an effective, efficient and sustainable supply chain management (SCM) service to customers across the Trust, and to those others who rely on the supply chain to support the OUH mission. Leading on the development of key relationships and networks with internal and external stakeholders across the Trust to understand and meet their needs. Work in collaboration with Strategic Sourcing Procurement colleagues to develop 3- to 5-year strategies and lead on the development of Supply Chain activities across all areas of Trust activity to maximise customer value. Developing and delivering the transformation of the Supply Chain to create a best-in-class system. Development of the Supply Chain organisation and build a motivated, high- performing team, providing clear, visible, responsive and professional leadership to all Supply Chain personnel. Carry out contract management activities for key suppliers that provide services that align with supply chain operations, providing opportunities to deliver improved services (transformation of Supply chain services) Development of the team in terms of skills and capability building, resourcing, talent management and succession planning, establishing a coaching and mentoring learning process and utilising the Trust apprenticeship scheme to best effect. The leadership, management, development and performance of the Trust-wide supply chain team and supporting the training, development and succession planning across the team and in particular pro-actively manage and support the development of any direct reports. Building trust-based supportive relationships with stakeholders across and beyond the Trust, and developing and agreeing SLAs and KPIs with all customer areas aligning with organisational aims of providing high quality patient car Ensuring that the Trust is compliant with all relevant statutory and local policies/standards and procedures, update those policies to reflect best practice and change in external legislation and taking a proactive stance in the development of a diverse, inclusive and safety-conscious culture. Representing the Trust at a national level in supply chain forums, aiming to achieve the best outcomes for the Trust. The management and performance of the SCM Team and the development of Trust-wide strategic SCM processes, integrating key internal stakeholders and suppliers to deliver value within a compliant framework. The development and implementation of supply chain policy, procedures and processes to ensure best practice, efficiency, and coherent workflows, utilising SMART operational metrics and performance reporting, including governance, compliance, and assurance. To professionalise the supply chain service, fostering a positive, customer- focused team culture and growth mindset. Development and maintenance of supply chain risk assessment, management and mitigation. Be the centre of excellence on commercial matters affecting SCM decisions. To explore and exploit opportunities for collaborative working internally and externally, and pro-actively network with key current and future clients, suppliers, clinical and professional bodies. Provide line management for members of the SCM staff, and depute for colleagues in this respect when required, including recruitment, induction, disciplinary, performance improvement and grievance processes. Leads the development and management of the supply chain functions business continuity and disaster recovery plan and procedures, ensuring regular knowledge sharing and plan testing is carried out. To explore and exploit opportunities for collaborative working internally and externally, and pro-actively network with key current and future suppliers, professional bodies and local, regional, and national supply chain colleagues. Delivery of savings targets in line with departmental and Shared Service requirements and supporting the delivery of a balanced budget at year-end.

The Deputy Director, Supply Chain leads and manages all supply chain management (SCM) strategy, development and operational staff and activities acrosstheTrust.ThepostholderistheTrust’ssenior SCMsubject matterexpert and a senior, dedicated point of contact for the Trust Divisions, Corporate Directorates and other key stakeholders requiring SCM services and support.

The Deputy Director Supply Chain is responsible for leading and delivering the Trust’s supply chain transformation program, supporting the Director in the development and implementation of the wider Procurement and Supply Chain transformation strategy, which is required to deliver against the Trust identified benefits and value outcomes

To lead, manage and develop a highly complex and extensive operational Supply Chain service across all OUH sites, on-site, this includes Materials Management, Stock Management and Receipt and Distribution functions.



To understand the key strategic priorities for the Trust and initiate, develop and delivercommercial,strategicallyintegratedsupplychainsthatsupportandenable the delivery of the Trust’s objectives, in accordance with the broader P&SC and Trust Strategies.



To lead, manage and develop a large team (50+) of people geographically dispersed across all 4 of the Trust’s main sites.



Delivery of an effective, efficient and sustainable supply chain management (SCM) service to customers across the Trust, and

to those others who rely on the supply chain to support the OUH mission.





Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please viewOUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.

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To explore and exploit opportunities for collaborative working internally and externally,andpro-activelynetworkwithkeycurrentandfutureclients,suppliers, clinical and professional bodies.

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Leads the development and management of the supply chain function’s business continuity and disaster recovery plan and procedures, ensuring regular knowledge sharing and plan testing is carried out.

To explore and exploit opportunities for collaborative working internally and externally, and pro-actively network with key current and future suppliers, professional bodies and local, regional, and national supply chain colleagues.

Delivery of savings targets in line with departmental and Shared Service requirements and supporting the delivery of a balanced budget at year-end.


This advert closes on Monday 25 Nov 2024

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Funeral Director

38.33 hours per week

Location: Oliver and James, Botley and Abingdon

Salary: £28,920.75 per annum (£14.51 per hour)

Join us in ensuring every goodbye is dignified and meaningful.

#WorkingWithDignity #DignifiedCareers

Our Funeral Director’s represent our Funeral Brands and Company. They’re a pillar of their local communities providing compassionate support to bereaved families as well as managing the logistical aspects of funeral arrangements.

This rewarding role requires a balance of empathy with resilience, care, professionalism and leadership to maintain the high standards for which Dignity is known.

Here is what a typical day could look like for you:

• Managing a diverse array of responsibilities, encompassing branch administration, funeral arrangements, care of the deceased, and community outreach.
• Operationally support the on-call rota in branches, taking first calls and promptly mobilising ambulance teams to bring the deceased into our care.
• Leading on any funerals conducted by the Brand which includes route planning, coordinating Funeral Operatives, overseeing the final checks, and fulfilling duties such as bearing or driving the hearse and limousine.
• Working closely with our clients to arrange funerals, planning every personalised detail and offering the full range of services and products that fully address the needs of our clients.
• Actively engaging with the local community by participating in events hosted by our Brand, such as MacMillan Coffee Mornings and Remembrance Day Services, fostering meaningful connections and demonstrating our commitment to compassionate service.
• We are an agile team; to meet the needs of our customers requires us to be mobile and flexible, therefore you are likely to be asked to work across different locations in the local area, when required based on operational needs.

This role will suit someone who:

• Demonstrates prior supervisory/team leader experience, and can motivate others effectively.
• Holds a Full UK Manual Driving License.
• Exhibits exceptional communication and administrative abilities, coupled with meticulous attention to detail, to ensure strict adherence to regulatory policies and procedures.
• Displays emotional intelligence and a genuine dedication to delivering empathetic customer care in sensitive situations.
• Proactively supports colleagues, offering confident guidance and fostering a culture of shared success.
• Upholds a reputation for reliability, professionalism, and personal presentation, consistently striving for excellence in both individual performance and team outcomes.
• Takes pride in active involvement within their community, embracing opportunities to contribute and connect with others.

What we provide to you:

• Annual salary of £28,920.75.
• 22-25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays.
• Pension Scheme.
• Life Assurance X2.
• Free On-Site/Street Parking.
• Free Uniform Provided (Incl. Dry Cleaning).
• Access to our internal apprentice & personal development schemes.

We wouldn’t be able to provide this integral service without our people. If you’d like to join a compassionate team dedicated to providing dignified farewells and supporting families during their most challenging times – We want to hear from you!

What are the next steps?

To join us in this role, simply hit the 'apply' button to submit your application and a member of our Talent Acquisition Team will be in touch!

FCA Statement

Please note that this role is subject to meeting regulatory requirements. As an FCA-regulated organisation, we are committed to adopting the highest standards and we do this by employing individuals with the appropriate skills, experience and integrity to protect both the company and our clients. If you are considered for a role, you will be providing your permission for us to conduct the relevant checks and assessments that will be carried out during the recruitment and onboarding process. The nature of the checks will depend on whether the role is subject to the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR).

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Statement
Our Vision is to connect with our clients, colleagues, company and communities based on our principles whilst celebrating our differences.
We aim to empower leaders and colleagues to seek out and understand new voices and perspectives; to be vocal about inequity and exclusion, and to take decisive, informed and bold action to promote inclusion and belonging.

Any unsolicited submissions from agencies will be accepted as a direct application from the candidate and no fees will be payable.

We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities Kindly refer to attached job description and person specification for Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Director of Workforce Strategy and Transformation will play a vital leadership role in supporting the Regional Director of Workforce, Training and Education to deliver on the national and regional WT&E objectives.

The Director of Workforce Strategy and Transformation will be a key member of the South East WT&E leadership team and is responsible for delivering the statutory workforce mandated priorities via the annual and medium-term workforce plans agreed nationally and with each ICB.

They will need to ensure the adherence to budgets set for the regional function as well as for the appropriate allocation and use of the delegated funds.

The post holder will be responsible for the effective leadership and management of the teams within the Workforce portfolio; Supply and Innovation, Clinical Professions and Planning and Intelligence.

The Director of Workforce Strategy and Transformation will help to re-shape the workforce landscape in the region, driving forward workforce transformation through working collaboratively with ICBs and Trusts and with other stakeholders locally, regionally and nationally.

The post holder will also need to lead on nationally delegated pieces of work as required.

This is a vital leadership role where the post holder will pro-actively contribute to the delivery of workforce priorities and provide support for local health systems. This role deputises for the RD WT&E in their absence and attends the regional meetings as required.

The Director of Workforce Strategy and Transformation will:
• Lead and manage the Workforce teams in their portfolio
• Work to support the RD WT&E to ensure delivery against key national strategies, such as the NHS Long Term plan, Framework 15, as well as any additional mandates for workforce from government
• Work with other directors and their teams across NHS England both regionally and nationally to deliver on agreed priorities
• Work closely with and lead the workforce teams embedded in ICBs and develop these arrangements with ICBs in the future
• Improve and transform the way that we deliver workforce, training and education across the region, working with the national teams to ensure alignment with central direction
• Ensure effective engagement and communications flows between local, system, regional and national partners
• Demonstrate a clear commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion, leading by example
• Provide workforce expertise and SME within NHSE and across the region to ensure key recovery priorities and programmes and delivered effectively

The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
• Delivering value for money.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.

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

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

NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on theGovernment website.

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Key Functional Strategic Responsibilities:
• Lead teams to deliver the Workforce, Training and Education strategy and national mandate in line with the operating model and regional business plan
• Deliver on directorate objectives for the South East Region as required
• Ensure that the 3 teams (Workforce Supply and Innovation, Clinical Professions and Workforce Planning and Intelligence) work collaboratively with the other parts of the Workforce, Training and Education Directorate as well as other regional and national directorates to deliver the South East Region objectives.
• Provide strategic professional leadership ensuring regional delivery of the LTWP, addressing concerns around delivery and escalating these as appropriate


This advert closes on Monday 11 Nov 2024

Please refer to full job description. Key Functional Strategic Responsibilities: Lead teams to deliver the Workforce, Training and Education strategy and national mandate in line with the operating model and regional business plan Deliver on directorate objectives for the South East Region as required Ensure that the 3 teams (Workforce Supply and Innovation, Clinical Professions and Workforce Planning and Intelligence) work collaboratively with the other parts of the Workforce, Training and Education Directorate as well as other regional and national directorates to deliver the South East Region objectives. Provide strategic professional leadership ensuring regional delivery of the LTWP, addressing concerns around delivery and escalating these as appropriate

To support the Postgraduate Dean, Training Programme Directors will work across the spectrum of health and where relevant, social care, within the context of a team, so that the provision of education reflects changing service models. This will deliver an integrated workforce comprising individuals from a spectrum of professional and other backgrounds. Secondments Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.

A Vacancy at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.


An exciting opportunity has arisen to be the directorate pharmacist for Acute Medicine & Rehabilitation (AMR) at Oxford University Hospitals. You will have the opportunity to lead a pharmacy team providing a clinical services to AMR services at the John Radcliffe Hospital site. The post offers you exceptional opportunities to develop a specialist clinical role (to the enhanced care unit) alongside your operational skills, leading pharmacy services to a standalone hospital site.

Being responsible for developing pharmacy services across the AMR directorate which includes Medicine, Stroke, Ambulatory Shortstay, Admissions, Emergency department, Ambulatory and hospital at home. You will lead on the vision and strategy for this directorate, including writing business cases and mentoring junior pharmacists optimising patient flow across both Admissions to medicine will be key to success. You will play a pivotal role in leading the pharmacy team in achieving a number of targets including safety, operational, financial and productivity improvements and will be supported closely by the Divisional Pharmacist.

You will facilitate & support the learning and development your pharmacy team including appraisal, diploma tutoring and pre-registration pharmacist training. It would be highly advantageous if you are an independent prescriber to support the wider multi-disciplinary team and will have freedom to identify an area to maximise use of your skills to support the service.

We are looking for a highly motivated, confident and enthusiastic pharmacist with a demonstrable competency in hospital pharmacy practice who can apply their current clinical experience within this setting. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate an ability to think creatively, use their initiative and have a strong commitment to improving patient outcomes and experience. Making best use of the excellent skills of the team currently in place will be paramount in achieving success in this area. Previous experience in a medical setting would be desirable but not essential.

We are a forward thinking department who are implementing a series of new ways of working that will deliver significant improvements to our patients care and our financial goals. Electronic prescribing is in place for all patients.

If you are looking for a mix of clinical, operational, educational and leadership experience then this is the post for you.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

Practicing at a Highly Advanced level, our directorate lead role balances leadership and clinical practice to deliver compassionate excellence. Reporting to the Divisional Lead Pharmacist, they maintain a key relationship between their clinical directorate and the pharmacy directorate to ensure good medicine management and the delivery of patient focussed medicines optimisation.

The Directorate Lead Pharmacists act as role models in terms of Trust values and behaviours as well as clinical expertise. The post-holder will lead, develop, deliver, evaluate and be responsible for delivering a comprehensive pharmacy service and medicines optimisation advice to the directorate.

The Acute Medicine & Rehabilitation directorate includes Medicine, Stroke, Ambulatory Short stay wards, Admissions, Emergency department, Ambulatory and hospital at home. The role includes line management an expanding team of pharmacists responsible for day to day clinical cover for these areas. The postholder will provide operational oversight to pharmacy services on the John Radcliffe Hospital main site, and across the AMR directorate as a whole.



The post holder’s role within these specialities includes to:



1. Work collaboratively with the highly advanced pharmacist for hospital at home to optimise service within available resource.

2. Work collaboratively with the highly advanced pharmacist for specialist ambulatory to short same day discharges, short stay and medicine to support pharmacy service provision to areas on JR site, and ED providing in person support to junior staff working

3. Actively promote pharmacy services and service need within the Acute Medicine & Rehabilitation directorate.

4. Ensure pharmacy services are developed and expanded to meet the changing needs of the patient cohort under the care of the AMR directorate.

5. To have a clinical role supporting patients and reviewing their medications

6. To lead on a clinical strategy and vision for AMR directorate.


This advert closes on Sunday 3 Nov 2024

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Practicing at a Highly Advanced level, our directorate lead role balances leadership and clinical practice to deliver compassionate excellence. Reporting to the Divisional Lead Pharmacist, they maintain a key relationship between their clinical directorate and the pharmacy directorate to ensure good medicine management and the delivery of patient focussed medicines optimisation. The Directorate Lead Pharmacists act as role models in terms of Trust values and behaviours as well as clinical expertise. The post-holder will lead, develop, deliver, evaluate and be responsible for delivering a comprehensive pharmacy service and medicines optimisation advice to the directorate. The Acute Medicine & Rehabilitation directorate includes Medicine, Stroke, Ambulatory Short stay wards, Admissions, Emergency department, Ambulatory and hospital at home. The role includes line management an expanding team of pharmacists responsible for day to day clinical cover for these areas. The postholder will provide operational oversight to pharmacy services on the John Radcliffe Hospital main site, and across the AMR directorate as a whole. The post holders role within these specialities includes to: 1. Work collaboratively with the highly advanced pharmacist for hospital at home to optimise service within available resource. 2. Work collaboratively with the highly advanced pharmacist for specialist ambulatory to short same day discharges, short stay and medicine to support pharmacy service provision to areas on JR site, and ED providing in person support to junior staff working 3. Actively promote pharmacy services and service need within the Acute Medicine & Rehabilitation directorate. 4. Ensure pharmacy services are developed and expanded to meet the changing needs of the patient cohort under the care of the AMR directorate. 5. To have a clinical role supporting patients and reviewing their medications 6. To lead on a clinical strategy and vision for AMR directorate.

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