Guy's & St Thomas'​ Foundation

Manager

• Working with the Head of Policy and Influencing, develop and deliver compelling influencing strategies for our Urban Health programmes.
• Lead on development of a new policy convening strategy, encompassing our approaches to building coalitions, delivering policy events, and platforming the work of our funded partners.
• Develop, lead and manage through our partnership life cycle a portfolio of investment partnerships with a particular influencing focus within these programmes.
• Act as a source of policy expertise and political insight for colleagues across the organisation, proactively briefing on key political events and policy developments.
• Lead horizon scanning to identify proactive and reactive influencing opportunities, and deliver this activity in partnership with internal and external colleagues.
• Working closely with Communications Managers, develop and deliver impactful communications to influence.
• Bring a diversity, equity and inclusion lens to all our policy and influencing activity, whether in how we work with our partners or in our own systems and processes.

Policy and Convening Manager

• Work with the Director of Innovation to identify areas for change or improvement within the organisation, developing strategies that consider the organisation’s culture, structure and operational workflow.
• Identify key stakeholders affected by proposed changes and develop engagement plans, facilitating workshops or meetings to gather input and ensure stakeholder buy-in.
• Lead cross-functional project teams to implement changes, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope and on budget, while utilising project management tools and methodologies to track progress and address issues.
• Develop prototypes or pilot programmes to test the feasibility and impact of proposed changes, designing and implementing testing methodologies to gather data and inform further decision-making.
• Find and test existing or new tools for solving current challenges before implementation to ensure suitability.
• Develop and deliver training programmes to educate staff on new processes, tools or methodologies resulting from changes, providing ongoing support to ensure effective adaptation.
• Establish Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and success metrics to evaluate the impact of implemented changes, regularly monitoring and reporting on performance to make necessary adjustments.
• Implement mechanisms for ongoing feedback from staff and stakeholders on the impact of changes, using feedback to make iterative improvements and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Identify potential risks associated with innovation initiatives and develop strategies to mitigate these risks, preparing contingency plans for unforeseen challenges during implementation.
• Develop and execute a communication plan to keep all stakeholders informed about the progress of change initiatives, ensuring transparent and open communication channels to address concerns and provide updates.
• Ensure that change initiatives align with the organisation’s culture and values, working to enhance or evolve the organisational culture as needed to support innovation.

Innovation Manager – Maternity Cover

Business Analyst

• Recommend and champion improvements to the Foundation’s ways of working to ensure alignment with the Digital Transformation Strategy.
• Analyse business processes to understand current workflows and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and user experience.
• Facilitate workshops, interviews, and discovery sessions to gather requirements.
• Produce clear documentation including user stories, acceptance criteria, process maps, and functional specifications.
• Interpret organisational data to identify trends, issues and opportunities.
• Support evidence-based decision making across teams.
• Lead project delivery using agile methodologies where appropriate.
• Manage delivery against agreed plans and report progress to internal and external stakeholders.
• Identify and manage project risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Work closely with users to design new processes and optimise existing ones.
• Support teams to ensure processes are followed effectively and in line with governance requirements.
• Collaborate with People & Culture to develop training and induction materials that support effective system and process use.
• Build strong working relationships across the Foundation.
• Manage expectations and priorities across technical and non-technical groups.
• Work collaboratively with the Technology team to identify patterns, cross-organisational opportunities, and recurring issues.
• Support technical colleagues in responding to end user support requests.
• Ensure all developments are thoroughly tested and meet user expectations.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date process documentation, standard operating procedures, and knowledge base materials.
• Ensure system and process designs comply with internal governance frameworks, audit requirements and data protection regulations.
• Support day-to-day system operations, including responding to support requests, performing minor configuration changes, and delivering training.
• Lead and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, enhancing the Technology team’s internal ways of working.
• Role responsibilities are not exhaustive, and you would be reasonably expected to take on wider tasks that are commensurate with the level of your role

Data Scientist

• Lead on ensuring data and evaluation are embedded across our work, developing and overseeing the cycle from data and evidence inputs through to analysis and evaluation insights that inform decisions.
• Set the strategic direction for a programme of mixed-methods research, data analysis, and evaluation – that builds on existing evidence, helps us understand needs and impact, and that is equitable and proportionate.
• Design and oversee data and evaluation plans that generate insight for internal decision-making and external influencing, working with senior leaders across Impact on Urban Health.
• Lead Impact on Urban Health’s approach to evaluation, embedding evaluation and learning into delivery alongside programme and partner teams, and shaping how the organisation understands impact across complex and place-based work.
• Oversee the development of priority quantitative and qualitative research and data outputs, articulating Impact on Urban Health’s perspective on the state of urban health locally and beyond.
• Set and uphold standards for data and evaluation, defining expectations for how funded work is evaluated, reported, and used, and ensuring intellectual honesty about the strength and limits of evidence.
• Work closely with the Head of Learning and internal stakeholders to ensure evidence informs organisational priorities and investment decisions.
• Oversee the commissioning and delivery of priority research and evaluation, ensuring projects are tightly scoped, proportionate, and aligned with strategic decisions.
• Lead strategic partnerships, health outcomes analysis, and evidence triangulation, ensuring data, research, evaluation, and lived experience are brought together to understand progress on health equity.
• Implement the Data, Evidence & Learning strategy alongside other Heads in the team.
• Maintain and develop personal expertise in urban health evidence.
• Line management and development support of Evaluation & Learning Manager post(s) and the Data & Research Manager.
• Develop and oversee plans to deliver data, research and evaluation objectives.
• Provide thought leadership in urban health evidence, including (e.g.) blogs and speaking at events.
• Champion a culture of learning, reflection and evidence-informed decision-making.
• Provide expert support to other parts of the Foundation where appropriate.
• Deputise for the Director of Data, Evaluation and Learning where required.
• Undertake other responsibilities appropriate to the role.

Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation

Policy and Convening Manager

Innovation Manager – Maternity Cover

Business Analyst

Head of Data, Evaluation