Chief Strategy Officer

NHS North East London ICB serves one of the country's most diverse populations. As we evolve our role as a strategic commissioner, we are seeking a Chief Strategy Officer to join our Executive Team and help shape high-quality, sustainable services.

Reporting to the Chief Executive, you will lead system-wide strategy, strategic planning, population health intelligence, forecasting and modelling, and strategic commissioning of planned care and specialised services. You will also provide strategic leadership across digital and estates, working with NHS, local authority and community partners to improve outcomes and reduce inequalities.

About You

You will be an established senior leader with significant experience of strategy in a complex health, care or comparable system. You will bring Board-level or very senior leadership experience, strong partnership skills and a track record of turning strategy into measurable improvement. You will be confident using data, evidence and insight to inform decisions and bring partners and communities around a shared vision.

For a confidential conversation, contact Finn McNulty at Hunter Healthcare: fmcnulty@hunter-healthcare.com | 07966 006091.

Please submit your application via this link: https://hhmicrosites.com/hh-microsites-home/nel-icb-cso-welcome/

Main duties of the job

Reporting to the Chief Executive, the Chief Strategy Officer will lead the development and delivery of system-wide strategy for North East London, ensuring long-term plans and commissioning decisions are informed by high-quality data, evidence, insight and the voices of our communities.

You will lead strategic planning, population health intelligence, forecasting and modelling, alongside the strategic commissioning of planned care and specialised services. The role will also provide strategic leadership across key infrastructure priorities, including digital and estates.

Working across organisational boundaries, you will build strong relationships with NHS providers, local authorities, communities and wider partners, aligning stakeholders around a shared vision and translating strategy into tangible improvements. You will help ensure resources are focused effectively, support transformational change and drive our ambitions to improve population health, reduce inequalities and deliver high-quality, sustainable services across North East London.

About us

NHS North East London Integrated Care Board (ICB) was formed on 1 July 2022.

We are an exciting new organisation putting the needs of communities at the heart of our commissioning arrangements.

We are working with local people and partners across health, social care and the voluntary sector in innovative ways to improve health and wellbeing for all our communities. Our key priority in the next year will be to develop closer integrated and collaborative ways of working with all our partners to implement our Out of Hospital Strategy.

We can only do this with great staff who are encouraged and supported, which is why we invest in them, listen to them, make sure we are representative of our populations and that we foster their health and wellbeing.

Please note that all vacancies will be subject to a probation period in line with the Probation Policy.

Details

Date posted

05 October 2026

Pay scheme

Very senior manager (VSM)

Salary

Depending on experience

Dependent upon experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

161-NELICB-420

Job locations

20 Churchill Place

Canary Wharf

London

E14 5HJ

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification document for full duties and responsibilities.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification document for full duties and responsibilities.

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS North East London

Address

20 Churchill Place

Canary Wharf

London

E14 5HJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://northeastlondon.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

NHS North East London

Address

20 Churchill Place

Canary Wharf

London

E14 5HJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://northeastlondon.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification document for full duties and responsibilities.

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Essential

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