Deputy Trust Chief Executive

Site Cobbett House, Trust Headquarters, Oxford Road Campus Town Manchester Salary Attractive Remuneration Package Closing 19/07/:59

Job overview

Join one of the largest NHS provider organisations in the country and play a central role in shaping strategy, performanceand transformation at scale.

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) is one of the largest and most complex NHS organisations in England, with over 30,000 staff and a turnover exceeding £3bn. We are seeking an exceptional senior leader to join our TrustExecutive Team as Deputy Trust Chief Executive.

Reporting directly to the Trust Chief Executive, you will provide additional senior leadership capacity across theorganisation, supporting day to day delivery while maintaining executive grip across Clinical Groups and corporatepriorities. You will lead a broad portfolio spanning estates and infrastructure, strategic programme delivery, governance,productivity and value, alongside oversight of key external relationships and system engagement.

Operating as part of a complementary Deputy Chief Executive model, you will play a central role in aligning strategy,performance and transformation across a large and complex organisation, ensuring consistent delivery and supporting theTrust's continued ambition at scale.

Main duties of the job

As Deputy Trust Chief Executive, you will provide visible and credible leadership across one of the largest and mostcomplex NHS organisations, maintaining organisational grip and pace across Clinical Groups and corporate priorities.

You will lead a broad portfolio spanning estates and infrastructure, strategic programme delivery, governance and theValue for Patients agenda, ensuring major capital, transformation and improvement programmes are aligned to strategyand delivered at scale. This includes oversight of significant redevelopment plans, Trust-wide programmes andorganisational performance, with a focus on delivery, assurance and impact.

You will play a central role in system leadership, representing the Trust across Greater Manchester and nationally, leadingkey partnerships with the ICB, local authorities and provider collaborative, and shaping place-based strategy through theLocal Care Organisations. Operating within a complementary Deputy Chief Executive model, you will align strategy,performance and transformation across the organisation, balancing immediate operational priorities with longer-termchange.

Working for our organisation

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) is the largest provider of specialist services, and our Oxford Road Campus in Manchester, the largest health academic campus in Europe. We are an ambitious organisation, serving over 1 million patients and users annually through our 10 hospitals and extensive community services. With a workforce of 30,000 plus, we are a driving force for innovation, clinical excellence, and system leadership across Greater Manchester.

As a senior leader at MFT, you will shape strategy and transformation at scale, working alongside a diverse, high-performing executive team. Our £3bn plus turnover and leading-edge digital infrastructure, including the Hive EPR, enable us to deliver integrated, patient-centred care and drive continuous improvement.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive, values-led culture where your expertise, vision, and leadership will directly influence organisational direction and population health outcomes. You will have the opportunity to lead complex change, champion research and innovation, and develop future talent in a supportive, collaborative environment.

Join us to make a lasting impact-on our Trust, our communities, and the future of healthcare.

Skills, Knowledge Requirements & Experience (Strategic Leadership)

• Recent Chief Executive / Executive Director experience in a large and complex NHS Trust.
• Significant Director level experience of working in a large and complex NHS Trust.
• Track record in the successful management & leadership of an extensive team.
• A proven ability to deliver consistently to best practice standards.
• Demonstrable experience of providing strategic oversight of estates and infrastructure portfolios, including governance, compliance and investment decision making.
• Proven experience of leading or sponsoring major organisational change and transformation programmes, supported by effective programme management and benefits realisation.
• Experience of operating within external regulatory and assurance frameworks, including NHS England oversight and assessment processes.
• Strong understanding of foundation trust governance, earned autonomy and system leadership, with credibility to represent the organisation at regional and national level.

Qualifications - Academic/Professional

• General education to degree level, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Track record of continuous personal and professional development.
• Professional Clinical Registration.

Skills, Knowledge Requirements & Experience (Wider NHS & health context)

• A solid and evident understanding of NHS dynamics and the values of the UK public sector.
• Knowledge of current national and GM NHS / Care systems.

Personal Attributes

• Strong interpersonal skills and personal credibility, with the ability to quickly gain the confidence of and build relationships with others, including managers, clinicians and staff.
• Ability to operate effectively across organisational and system boundaries, influencing without direct line authority.
• Strong personal credibility, judgement and resilience, with a collaborative and values led leadership style.
• Commitment to inclusive leadership, staff engagement and meaningful patient and public involvement.
• Innovation and creativity - ability to make decisions that encourages new ways of working and develop a culture of innovation with a willingness to take calculated risks.
• Achievement focused - ability to set targets and get things done to achieve continuous improvement.
• Politically astute.
• Resilient under pressure and calm in a crisis.
• Sets high standards for self and team and motivates and inspires others to achieve these.
• Committed to support and deliver a culture of continuous learning for both self and team.
• Initiative - sees opportunities and acts on them - proactive rather than reactive approach.

Skills, Knowledge Requirements & Experience (Effective Partnerships)

• A commitment to system and organisational excellence.
• A commitment to close working with health and social care partners in Manchester and GM.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.