Business Manager to the Chief People Officer (CPO)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and highly motivated Business Manager to support the Chief People Officer at London Ambulance Service NHS Trust. This is a pivotal senior management role at the heart of the People and Culture directorate. You will operate with a high level of autonomy and discretion, ensuring the effective management of the Chief People Officer's business, priorities, and strategic agenda. You will play a key role in coordinating the delivery of organisational objectives, leading programmes of work, and ensuring that the directorate operates efficiently and effectively in a fast-paced and complex environment.,

• Manage the day-to-day business of the Chief People Officer, ensuring priorities and objectives are clearly articulated and delivered.
• Lead and oversee strategic programmes and projects to support delivery of directorate and Trust-wide objectives.
• Provide high-quality briefings, reports, and presentations to support decision-making at executive and Board level.
• Act as a key point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, building strong partnerships across the Trust and beyond.
• Coordinate performance management arrangements and ensure delivery against plans, targets, and key priorities.
• Support the Chief People Officer with Board business, ensuring timely and high-quality submissions.
• Provide oversight of budgets and financial performance across the directorate.
• Horizon scan national policy and external developments, advising on implications for the Trust., Our strategy 2023-2028 outlines how we plan to achieve this, and is centred upon three missions focused on:
• Our care- delivering outstanding emergency and urgent care whenever and wherever needed.
• Our organisation- being an increasingly inclusive, well-led and highly skilled organisation people are proud to work for.
• Our London- using our unique pan-London position to contribute to improving the health of the capital.
To achieve these three missions we have set ourselves 50 commitments to deliver over the next five years. In developing these ambitious commitments, we have engaged extensively both inside our organisation, with our partners and with our patients, and we have analysed population trends and horizon scanned the future.