About this role
Job summary
Are you a strategic workforce planning leader with a passion for transforming services through data, innovation, and collaboration? HUC is seeking an exceptional Delivery Director to lead the development and delivery of a forward-thinking workforce planning and resourcing strategy across our organisation.
Reporting directly to the Chief Commercial and Delivery Officer, this influential senior leadership role will be responsible for creating and driving a coordinated workforce planning programme that supports HUC's strategic objectives, contractual requirements, financial plans, and commitment to delivering outstanding patient care.
As the organisational lead for Workforce Planning and Resource Management, you will work across multiple functions including Business Intelligence, Commercial Modelling, Finance, People Services, GP Procurement, and Operational Leadership teams. Acting as a key strategic partner, you will ensure workforce planning is fully integrated into business decision-making, enabling HUC to respond effectively to changing patient demand, operational priorities, and national performance standards.
This is a unique opportunity to shape and modernise workforce planning across a complex healthcare environment, leading transformational change and building best-in-class workforce management capabilities that enhance operational performance, workforce utilisation, and patient outcomes.
Main duties of the job
Strategic Commercial Leadership
Lead the development and delivery of HUC's commercial strategy, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities, financial objectives, and long-term growth ambitions.
Business Development and Growth
Lead the identification, assessment, and pursuit of new business opportunities, ensuring a strong pipeline aligned to HUC's strategic objectives.
Commercial Modelling and Financial Planning
Provide strategic oversight of commercial modelling activities, ensuring robust, accurate, and data-driven models underpin all business opportunities and service developments.
Ensure financial and commercial models remain current, fit for purpose, and aligned with operational, workforce, and financial assumptions.
Governance, Assurance and Risk Management
Maintain strong governance frameworks across commercial activities, ensuring appropriate assurance, audit, and risk management processes are in place.
Market Development and Communications
Lead market intelligence activities, analysing competitor activity, commissioning intentions, funding opportunities, and wider healthcare trends.
Leadership and People Management
Provide inspirational leadership to the Commercial Directorate, including direct management of senior leaders responsible for Commercial Modelling, Business Development, and Market Development & Communications.
About us
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, should we receive sufficient applications for this role.
Job description Job responsibilities
Further information about this role can be found in the job description and person specification attached.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications Essential
Degree Level Education- typically in healthcare managements, business administration, operational management or a related field
Desirable
Post-graduate qualification / Master - in health services management, or equivalent in a relevant subject area
Knowledge and Experience Essential
Significant senior-level experience in bid management for complex bids of £20m+ per annum Demonstrable experience of modelling complex services and sound financial understanding Demonstrable experience leading high-performing teams within a matrix environment. Excellent analytical, communication, negotiation, and influencing skills. Ability to interpret operational understanding to ensure they translate into clear concise commercial models Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at senior leadership level. Evidence of using data analytics to support data driven decision making and service improvements Implementing a culture of high performance and high quality throughout all services with visible accountability at levels Proven understanding of budget management, cost controls and departmental transformation to generate efficiencies. Strong understanding of the NHS, and wider health sector at a senior level with experience of developing and maintaining partnerships within the political landscape
Desirable
Extensive knowledge of primary and urgent care services including NHS 111 operational delivery and performance management. Practical experience of project management processes and systems Experience in supporting and contributing to strong integrated governance, learning and improvement Ability to demonstrate understanding and behaviours associated with HUC values Experience of large-scale change management and service redesign projects
Skills and Abilities Essential
Strong visible leadership and motivation skills, acting with integrity whilst valuing diversity A natural influencer, good communicator / presenter with proven negotiation skills, comfortable debater with sound business and technical reasoning plus commercial awareness with the ability to anticipate alternative scenarios and prepare according. Ability to display a sound and comprehensive understanding of the complex needs of many stakeholders in HUC; engaging successfully with colleagues at all levels and building successful working relationships when it comes to working with our executive, commissioners and agencies. Motivational with a genuine desire & concern for quality & appropriateness of patient services. A problem solver who provides solutions that make a difference with the ability to evaluate complex decision-making processes and ensure outcomes are clearly understood and acted upon. Strong use of data to understand problems, find solutions and evaluate success IT literate with proven use of Office 365 products Personally driven by high performance results by constantly measuring and evaluating the organisation's impact in achieving its KPIs and strategy. A role model in maintaining the highest integrity and credibility across all parts of the organisation, particularly gaining the trust and confidence of the senior leadership team. Flexibility to adapt to ensure achievement of objectives within constantly changing situations and environments. Strong sense of personal and team accountability, with a clear understanding of the boundaries relating to delegated authority
Desirable
Display resilience, courage and curiosity Service performance management, transformation and change Evidence of experience in and / or has good senior knowledge of the healthcare sector Interested in the use of technology to improve the efficiency of services, patient experience and sustainability
Other Essential
Full valid UK driving licence with access to a car or willing to use public transport where appropriate. Flexible to travel to other sites across the HUC geographical footprint.
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.
Employer details Employer name HUC
Address Old Ambulance HQ
Ambulance HQ
Ascots Lane, Welwyn Garden City
AL7 4HL
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://hucweb.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)