Executive Advisor

Role:  Executive Advisor Salary:  Circa £110,000 per annum, pro rata Benefits:  Include flexible working and 33 days annual leave per annum + UK Bank Holidays (please see our career site landing page for full details of employee benefits) Contract: 0.2-0.4 FTE, 6 months fixed term contract on KSS AHSN Ltd Terms (trading as Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex) Reports to: Chief Executive Officer Hybrid/remote role – Health Innovation KSS’s primary office is in West Sussex, with other satellite offices in East Sussex and Surrey. The successful candidate is expected to be based in or be able to attend meetings in the Southeast region and London. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ We are looking for an Executive Advisor to support the Executive Management Group (EMG) collectively and individually (principally) as it transitions into a leadership team working to deliver the organisation's refreshed vision and strategic priorities. Key responsibilities of the role

• Active participation in the Executive Management Group (EMG) meetings as an advisor to support the executive team to work towards the organisations refreshed vision and strategic priorities and help the organisation onto a pathway of growth.
• Coaching of individual executive and senior leadership team members within the organisation. Observing and moderating on occasion Senior Leadership Team meetings.
• Adding capacity to the executive team for pressing strategic and operational priorities on a needs by basis, not restricted to portfolio area.
• Engagement with key external stakeholders inclusive of but not restricted to the National and other individual Health Innovation Network partners, NHS England, Department of Health and Social Care, Industry on areas relevant to business growth, partnership, and allowing the organisations executive team to draw upon best practices elsewhere.

If the role sounds of interest, please review the full job description and apply via our Career Site. About Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex  Kent Surrey Sussex AHSN Limited (KSS AHSN), trading as Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex (Health Innovation KSS) as of 1 October 2023, is a social enterprise: a purpose-led not-for-profit company. All its surpluses are reinvested into creating a sustainable healthcare innovation network and delivering on its vision. Health Innovation KSS works with industry, higher education, health and care organisations across Kent, Surrey and Sussex to achieve the following goals:

• Enabling the spread and adoption of innovation
•   Improving the quality and safety of health and care
• Supporting innovators and driving economic growth

We are one of 15 Health Innovation Networks in the UK, which links us to a unique collaboration of expertise and experience. Innovation networks share learning, pool intelligence, and offer access to a pipeline of emerging and proven solutions from around the country. Equality Diversity and Inclusivity We value and promote diversity and strongly encourage applications from people across groups that are underrepresented in our decision making, including those from ethnic minority groups and those with disabilities. We believe that the best of teams are those that reflect and are rooted in the communities they serve. To support that, our recruitment processes are inclusive and seek to ensure that appointments are made after a fair and open process so that the best people, from the widest possible pool of diverse candidates, are appointed. Most importantly, we recognise that skills and experience can be lived as well as learnt. Values and Behaviours Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex has developed a clear vision for the direction of the company, in addition to an important set of values and behaviours created in consultation with the entire workforce.  Applicants and employees are expected to demonstrate an understanding of, and commitment to these values and behaviours, which are assessed through recruitment, selection and appraisal processes.   How to apply Visit our Career Site / vacancies page for the full job description and details of the selection process. Initial interviews are expected to be conducted remotely, via Teams, W/C 3rd February 2025.