Executive Business Manager

Job summary

Are you an experienced professional who can bring clarity, judgement and pace to a complex senior leadership environment?

We are looking for an Executive Business Manager to join the Corporate Governance Team and provide high-quality support, advice and coordination within the Chief Executive's Office.

This is a trusted and influential role at the centre of the Trust, helping the Chief Executive manage priorities, make informed decisions and maintain effective relationships with colleagues, partners and stakeholders.

You will be an organised, credible and politically aware professional with the ability to work directly with a Chief Executive. This means being confident analysing complex information, producing clear advice and briefings, coordinating senior-level meetings and following through decisions and actions.

You will need excellent written and verbal communication skills, sound professional judgement and the discretion to handle highly confidential and sensitive information. You should be able to work autonomously, manage competing priorities, influence senior colleagues constructively and remain calm and effective when priorities change.

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, our values are working together, always improving. You will join a collaborative Corporate Governance Team and work with colleagues across the Trust and with local, regional and national partners.

Main duties of the job

Working closely with the Chief Executive, Executive Directors, Board members and the Director of Corporate Governance, you will coordinate executive business and ensure that information, decisions and actions move efficiently through the Chief Executive's Office.

Prepare concise, accurate briefings, reports, presentations and correspondence for the Chief Executive.

Coordinate Executive Committee business, including forward planning, agendas, papers, decisions and actions.

Manage the flow of information and priorities through the Chief Executive's Office.

Undertake horizon scanning and bring together intelligence on policy, regulatory, system and stakeholder developments.

Coordinate responses to complex, sensitive and high-profile correspondence.

Support strategic diary and stakeholder engagement planning.

Track executive commitments and cross-organisational actions, escalating risks or delays appropriately.

Line manage the PA to the Chair and Non-Executive Directors and help ensure effective cover and continuity across the office

The role requires travel to Trust sites, meetings and events across Gloucestershire, with occasional travel beyond the county. Flexibility may also be required to respond to urgent executive business outside normal working hours. Please review the job description and person specification for full details of the role and the essential criteria.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Details

Date posted

10 November 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

327-26-918

Job locations

Edward Jenner Court

Gloucester Business Park 1010 Pioneer Avenue

Brockworth Gloucester

GL3 4AW

United Kingdom

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