Business Improvement Officer, Street PKC

Main Purpose of the Role

Working within Perth & Kinross Council is more than a job, it's about being part of an organisation that puts people at the heart of all we do and provides opportunities to make a real difference by enhancing every life we touch.

We currently have the following opportunity:

Business Improvement Officer (Fixed Term for up to 12 Months - Maternity Cover) - PKC
13818
£28,560 - £30,463 (21.6 Hours per week)
2 High Street, Perth

Perth and Kinross Health and Social Care Partnership Business Improvement Team is looking for an enthusiastic and customer focused individual for this role, providing project management and business/performance information support across a varied range of activities and systems.

The Team is high performing, innovative and constantly looking to challenge the status quo and do things better. This role presents an excellent opportunity to contribute to the delivery of health and social care services at a time of significant change and innovation.

You will be supporting teams and services throughout the Health and Social Care Partnership to improve the service provided to services and patients.

Although based within our offices in Perth, the successful postholder will predominantly be working remotely but digitally connected to the Team.

The successful candidate will be expected to:

• Provide advice and guidance using business improvement techniques and methodologies including “PRINCE2”, and “AGILE” across a range of programmes.
• Provide business and change analysis expertise, identifying and defining solutions that will lead to transformational change and business/service improvement.
• Carry out the role of Project Manager for business and improvement initiatives by producing and contributing to the development of business cases, improvement plans, Project Initiation Documents (PIDs) and ensuring projects are delivered on time and within the allocated resource.
• Ensure project methodologies and governance are applied for all formulated projects and include identification of risk, assessment of recourse/budget requirements.
• Ensure that systems are in place to identify, monitor and track benefits arising from business improvement initiatives.
• Be responsible for the collection and analysis of performance information for a number of stakeholders.
• Contribute and provide support and co-ordination of the production of Strategic Plans as well as internal and externally published reports.
• Support services with the preparation and implementation of their performance frameworks, preparing and analysing statistical information to support operational and strategic decision making.
• Analyse and review data to produce reports outlining progress and recommendations for the Integration Joint Board and associated Committee(s), Senior/Executive Management and individual service management teams.
• Support Service Managers and Team Leaders in the delivery of business improvement by carrying out business process re-engineering through process mapping analysis, consultation and data collection.
• Design, develop and deliver presentations and materials at SMT, projects boards, seminars and workshops.
• Proactively maintain an up-to-date awareness of the relevant legislative and regulatory changes which affect and impact on service delivery, particularly in respect to public reporting requirements.

Please note, we are currently unable to offer sponsorship for this post.

The successful postholder must have the ability to work independently to achieve desired productivity. In doing so the postholder will be supporting teams and services throughout the Health and Social Care Partnership to improve the service provided to services and patients.

Are you an innovative, confident, enthusiastic, hardworking individual with a desire to improve services?

Do you have excellent communication skills?

Do you have the skills and knowledge to work with a broad range of stakeholders to support business improvement, performance management processes and structures, collect and analyse data, challenge information and current processes in an already high performing organisation?

If so, we would welcome…