Job summary
- Main area
- Administrative Services
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 17 months (until 31 March 2028 - Secondment only for current NHS employees)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 990-FIN-EC6070-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wellington House
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £58,133 - £65,261 per annum (inclusive of London Weighting)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/10/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Business Manager – Private Office
NHS AfC: Band 7
Our Organisation
We share the core values set out in the NHS Constitution, which all colleagues are expected to demonstrate.
We support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you and your colleagues. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement, whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern.
As part of our commitment to improving patient safety and maintaining safe and trusted services, all successful candidates will be subject to Baseline Personnel Security Screening (BPSS), which includes a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. By submitting your application, you are confirming your agreement to these checks being undertaken as part of the recruitment process.
Anyone who has received a voluntary or compulsory redundancy payment from NHS England since the start of the 2026/27 financial year is not eligible to apply.
Job overview
The Chief Financial Officer’s Private Office in the NHS England CFO Group is now recruiting for a Business Manager. This is a fantastic opportunity to be at the heart of work to support the NHS. We:
- Secure and allocate NHS funding to deliver national priorities.
- Oversee NHS finances, performance, and value for money.
- Invest resources to improve patient outcomes, reduce inequalities, and support health improvement.
- Work with government on programmes to deliver and refurbish hospitals in England
- Manage the property and facilities of central estates
As a Business Manager, you will deliver comprehensive business and administrative support and insight of the highest quality to the Chief Financial Officer and their Group. You’ll act as a key conduit between the CFO, CFO Group and wider organisation, deploying advanced interpersonal skills to deliver objectives in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
Main duties of the job
The private office team offers high profile, fast-paced support. This requires adaptability, rigor and innovation and provides exciting development opportunities for those developing their careers in the NHS, health or the public sector.
Below are the types of skills and experience that we are looking for. Even if you feel you only meet some of the criteria, we encourage you to apply.
We are seeking an experienced Business Manager in the CFO Private Office to deliver comprehensive business management support and insight of the highest quality to the CFO and their Group.
The Business Manager will provide support to ensure the effective day to day activities whilst planning for the longer term, including being the main point of contact with stakeholders on the management of relevant activities and coordinating and managing the CFO diary.
Working for our organisation
NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.
Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms — enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.
In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.
If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for further information about the responsibilities of this role. You can find further details about the role, and advice on completing your application in the document to download section.
Person Specification
Qualifications (Essential Criteria)
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
Knowledge (Essential Criteria)
- Experience of providing business support, including diary management, to Senior leaders and managing relationships between senior professionals.
- Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment.
Skills (Essential Criteria)
- Able to work on own initiative and as part of a multidisciplinary team in a fast paced and pressurised environment.
- Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
- Advanced IT skills including use of Microsoft Office.
Values (Essential Criteria)
- Commitment to equality of opportunity, focused on removing barriers to full participation and values diversity and difference.
- Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop.
- Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values
Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.
You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Please note that the reason for the fixed term of this contract is to cover absence.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience of providing business support, including diary management, to Senior leaders and managing relationships between senior professionals.
- Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment.
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare or public sector environment
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to work on own initiative and as part of a multidisciplinary team in a fast paced and pressurised environment
- Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making
- Advanced IT skills including use of Microsoft Office
- Strong organisational skills and ability to carry out workflow planning and resourcing
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Song Smith
- Job title
- Chief of Staff
- Email address
- [email protected]
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