Strategy Manager

Salary: Grade A: £52,737 (National Framework) or £58,139 (London Framework – if you are London office based or home-based and live within the boundary of the M25) – There is also an additional homeworking allowance of £553 per annum for those working from home.

Contracted Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week or part-time, 30 hours per week. Job-share will be considered. Talk to us about compressed hours

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Home-based, flexible location

Closing Date: Tuesday 14th May 2024 at 11.59pm

About Us

We’re the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and we work to improve health and adult social care in England.

Through the dedication of our expert team, we monitor health and social care services to provide England with a safe and compassionate care system, recognising when services perform well as well as encouraging improvements and taking action over poorer care, where necessary.

One of our main commitments is to become a truly inclusive organisation and to role model a diverse and representative culture. To do so, we work with a variety of networks, including the Disability Equality Network, Race Equality Network and LGBT+ Equality Network.

Our dedicated Engagement Team drive engagement and understanding to improve how we regulate and inform everyone about all care services.

With your input, we can ensure we focus on what matters most to the public, providing them with the knowledge of the best care services.

Created by our collaborative Policy and Strategy Team, our policies and strategies enable us to regulate services in a way that encourages improvement in the quality of care.

So, with your expertise, we can continue to shape our key role in the health and social care system.

We are now looking for a Strategy Manager to join us on a full-time, permanent basis. Part-time hours will also be considered.

The Benefits

- 27 days’ annual leave, rising with service to 32.5 days, plus 8 Bank Holidays
- NHS pension scheme, with around a 14% employer contribution
- Free employee assistance service 24 hours a day
- Discounts to supermarkets, high street stores, electronics and fleet cars
- Discounted gym vouchers
- Cycle to work scheme
- Internal reward scheme where you could win a voucher or two!
- Equipment for homeworking

Why this could be a great role for you

This is the perfect opportunity for a high-calibre strategy analyst with project management experience and knowledge of the health and social care sector, government and/or regulation to take their next step with our national organisation.

A pivotal leader within our team, you will have the chance to make a huge positive impact on adult health and social care whilst developing your professional skillset and growing your portfolio of experience.

You’ll be getting involved in engaging problem solving, seeking out the answers to difficult questions, pursuing new ideas and challenging the norm. This role will see you working across our organisation, collaborating with different teams, forging relationships and driving people to do things differently.

So, if you’re ready to step into a vital role, read on and apply.

What you will bring…

To be considered as a Strategy Manager, you will need:

- Experience in strategic thinking, problem solving and analysis, including rapid research and gathering of new and complex information
- Experience of managing strategy, policy, or analytical projects with demonstrable organisational improvement
- Experience of project management
- Experience of analysing the impact of legislation and policy
- Experience of taking a structured approach to problem solving in a policy context
- Experience of successfully navigating ambiguous working environments
- Knowledge of the health and social care sector, government and/or regulation
- Knowledge and understanding of the development of regulatory frameworks and methods

What you’ll be doing

As a Strategy Manager, you will lead strategic policy projects and undertake analysis across our role in the industry, our purpose and our regulatory functions.

Reporting directly to the Deputy Director of Strategy, you will seek to influence the quality of care at a national level, shape our role and challenge the status quo. You will provide recommendations for our strategic direction, identify policy options and innovative ways to regulate and support us to keep pace with the changing health and social care landscape.

You will lead strategic analysis, complex problem solving and evidence examination to support the development of strategic policy and innovative so