Business Manager to Chief Executive

Employer NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board Employer type NHS Site County Hall Town Preston Salary £66,582 - £77,368 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 16/11/2026 23:59

The Business Manager to the Chief Executive is the senior operational lead for the Chief Executive’s Office and corporate business administration function. The postholder is responsible for ensuring the development and implementation of effective operating policies, frameworks, systems and standards governing executive business management and business administration across the ICB.

Working with the Chief Executive, Executive Directors and the Director of Corporate Governance / Company Secretary, the postholder ensures that organisational priorities, executive decisions, statutory responsibilities and system commitments are translated into coherent programmes of work supported by effective governance, performance management and assurance.

The postholder exercises a high degree of autonomy and professional judgement, leading the Chief Executive’s private office and the executive business management arrangements, determining priorities, resolving complex and sensitive matters and providing authoritative advice on the management and progression of executive business.

Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB is a complex organisation serving a

population of over 1.8 million people. Its role is to improve population

health and healthcare by planning and commissioning services, managing

budgets, and working with local providers to achieve better health

outcomes, reduce inequalities, and ensure value for money.

Key responsibilities

The role will be varied and will adapt over time as the ICB develops. However, the postholder is expected to fulfil the following key functions:

• Hold strategic and operational responsibility for the Chief Executive’s private office and executive business management arrangements, the executive business management function, executive briefing and correspondence arrangements, Executive Management Team business planning and action tracking, and the associated policies, systems, workforce and budgets.
• Deputise as required, including representing the service at executive, system and governance meetings.
• Provide operational leadership for the Chief Executive’s Office and corporate business management function, establishing consistent service standards, priorities, operating arrangements and performance expectations.
• Lead complex improvement, redesign and change initiatives across the portfolio.
• Oversee performance management, reporting and assurance activities.
• Hold and manage the delegated budgets for the Chief Executive’s Office and corporate business administration function, including responsibility for annual budget setting, forecasting, expenditure control and management of variances.
• Ensure compliance with statutory requirements, governance frameworks and national policy.
• Build strong partnerships across health, care and system organisations.
• Provide strategic and operational support to the Chief Executive and Executive Management Team, ensuring effective and efficient discharge of statutory and organisational responsibilities.
• Act as a strategic partner and key interface with Executive Directors, senior leaders and system partners, building trusted and effective relationships across the organisation and the wider Integrated Care System.
• Lead the delivery of business management, executive administration and governance support to the Chief Executive, ensuring key meetings, priorities and decisions are effectively planned, recorded and…