Executive Director of Planning, Performance & Commissioning

The Executive Director of Planning, Performance & Commissioning is responsible for the development of strategic plans, commissioning and performance monitoring to meet the Health Board's objectives, and the continuing transformation of a complex organisation. They will be the Lead Director for Commissioning health care services, ensuring whole system commissioning to meet the population's needs with a complex range of providers across England and Wales.
The Director is the principal source of professional advice for Planning, Performance & Commissioning across the entirety of the Health Board.
As an Executive member of the Board, the post holder will hold corporate responsibility jointly with other Board members for the strategic direction, corporate policy making and development and delivery of Health Board objectives.

Working for our organisation
Powys Teaching Health Board (PTHB) encompasses the whole of the County of Powys which covers around 25% of the land mass of Wales with only 5% of the population. In a rural county, as a health board, we provide as many services as safely as possible locally; through GPs and other primary care professionals, a network of community hospitals and community services, including midwifery-led services, mental health, learning disabilities, children's services, adult rehabilitation and frailty services. Alongside this we have a significant commissioning role working with providers in both Wales and England.
Our ambitious Health and Care Strategy sets out our vision for the future of a healthy, caring Powys. It describes how in partnership, we will focus on wellbeing, ensure early help and support, tackle the main conditions that limit life, and provide joined up care.
This includes increasing the capacity, capability and resilience of primary and community services, improving integration throughout the health and care pathway, and strengthening our planning and commissioning of high-quality services from neighbouring organisations.

Powys Teaching Health Board is seeking to recruit an exceptional individual who has experience of operating at Board level, with a proven track record of successfully delivering a complex planning, performance and commissioning portfolio, preferably in a rural and integrated health and/or social care environment.
The successful candidate will be an experienced leader; displaying drive and determination and will shape the successful development and design of sustainable quality services within a rural health care setting; displaying outstanding communication, negotiating and influencing skills that will support and encourage clinical and non-clinical staff to develop truly rural solutions for the significant challenges ahead for both health and social care.

We'll value your contribution whether you're looking for your first job, an apprenticeship, re-entering the workforce or looking for a career change. Powys Teaching Health Board warmly welcomes all.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed, You can complete your application in Welsh or English, it's entirely your choice. Once you've applied, we will keep you updated on the progress of your application, so be sure to check your emails regularly.