Business area
Test and Trace – Parliamentary and Public Accountability Hub
Type of role
Policy/Briefing
Operational Delivery
Administration
Working pattern
Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time
Number of posts
5
Summary
Sometimes the opportunity comes along to be a part of something special. NHS Test and Trace’s purpose is to break chains of COVID-19 transmission to enable people to return towards and maintain a more normal way of life. We are the Civil Service like you have not seen before. We started from scratch to build our testing capacity at scale, a contact tracing system of a size never before imagined and boosted our intelligence and analytical capability.
You will be working with a highly motivated and passionate group of people, who have come together from across the country, to work on one central cause at an organisation created to address a crisis. Our organisation is non-hierarchical with transparent and engaged leaders. You will be working alongside them in an exciting and fast pace environment with the opportunity to make your mark and influence government policy and delivery.
We have all been affected by COVID-19. This is your opportunity to help and make a difference. Your work will be saving lives and enable people to return towards and maintain a more normal way of life.
Job description
These roles will be challenging and stimulating, working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment to deliver a high quality, timely service to ministers, senior officials, parliament and the public by:
• Providing a high-quality service by prioritising appropriately and by effectively communicating policy
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with the Senior Leadership of NHS Test and Trace to collectively drive forward work, understand risks and help operationally deliver
• Building an understanding of the policy and operational areas within your remit, and building and maintaining strong working relationships with the teams working on these issues, helping them to respond to briefing request to required timescales and standards
• Supporting policy teams by drafting and supporting the drafting of timely responses to parliamentary business Regularly review with the team what worked well and what didn’t, ensuring best practices are embedded in our work
• Support the development of regular training plans for the Hub; coaching and supporting the unit to maximise performance and quality.
• Corporate activities that contribute towards building and maintaining a supportive, motivated and resilient team culture
Essential Criteria
We are looking for candidates who possess the following essential criteria required for the role:
Questions
1. Ability to work at pace on a range of competing priorities, whilst remaining calm under pressure and demonstrating a high level of resilience
2.Experience of drafting high quality written outputs for senior stakeholders
3.Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence people at all levels, building trust with stakeholders to achieve goals
3. Problem solve and escalate issue to SLT when necessary
4. Effectively prioritise conflicting deadlines
Behaviours
We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
• Changing and Improving
• Managing a quality service
• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions
• Delivering at Pace
