KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Operational Performance Reporting • Lead, develop and implement effective and comprehensive performance reporting to provide assurance on the level of control to the Essentia Operations Board and Essentia Directors, to the Trust board and executive team, and to the boards and executive teams of other external organisations • Trust-wide responsibility for ensuring all external reporting requirements are met, including ERIC returns and other central E&F reporting requirements. • Ensure effective performance management and reporting systems are in place at all levels of Essentia working in close conjunction with the Director of Operations. Provide effective, expert advice, overcoming barriers to understanding and acceptance. • Lead the work with executive colleagues to ensure that Essentia’s performance framework is consistent with and supports delivery of the Trust’s strategic priorities. • Lead the development and use Trust-wide of national and international benchmarks to evaluate the quality, safety and effectiveness of Essentia services and to inform the development of strategic policy and operational objectives, to drive improvement and efficiency and report to the Board. • Require and review performance improvement action plans to address unacceptable deviation from agreed or benchmarked financial and operational delivery standards or other requirements. Planning • Lead the application and interpretation of the Trust’s business planning framework and the national environmental context to develop robust annual operational and financial strategies for Essentia, making a major contribution to Trust-wide corporate policies and strategy. • Lead the preparation of Essentia’s business plan for submission to the Trust for approval, providing expert, specialist advice and formulating and adjusting plans and strategies in anticipation of complex environmental and political changes. • Ensure Essentia’s operational objectives are clear, consistent and that they balance quality, safety and efficiency with robust delivery plans in place. • Ensure Business Development plans are in place to support the Trust business and financial objectives on an ongoing basis.
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Director of Performance & Improvement
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