Job opportunity: AHSN National Co-ordinating Director

The AHSN Network would like to appoint a National Co-ordinating Director. This role is primarily to co-ordinate and connect Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) nationally, working with the AHSN Network Chair to:

• develop proposals that strengthen intra-AHSN organisational development and collective impact 
  
• build upon existing best practice that improves AHSN collective impact
  
• rapidly review, propose and implement AHSN collective governance
  
• rapidly review and propose a process that will secure effective coordinated administration and secretariat functions
  
• develop an SLA providing business continuity for secretariat services from April
  
• oversee this contract renegotiation 
  
• report to the Chief Officers as a network
  
• develop, with Chief Officers and wider AHSN colleagues, a more strategic approach to communications and reputation management
  
• develop the role as a key point of contact with NHS England, NHS Improvement etc., while maximising the input and using the talent present across the AHSN executive and non-executive talent pool
  
• work with the sub-groups of the AHSN Network e.g. Improvement Directors, Communications Forum, Commercial Directors.
  

These roles are set out more specifically in the job description.

Please apply by sending your CV and a covering letter, describing why your experience ensures that you are suitable for the role, to Sophie Jenkins at the AHSN Secretariat at AHSN_Network@zpb-associates.com

Applications close at 5pm on 20 December 2016.

Informal enquiries should be directed to Dr Steve Feast, Managing Director, Eastern AHSN, on 01223 661500.