Strategy Manager

Job summary

Make a difference
Every role at CQC contributes to our mission. If you're looking for a role in Strategy and Engagement that offers genuine purpose and impact, we'd love to hear from you.

As a Strategy Manager, you'll help shape how CQC responds to the opportunities and challenges facing health and social care. Working within the Strategy team, you'll lead strategic policy projects, analyse complex issues, and develop practical solutions that support CQC's role as the independent regulator of health and social care.


Picture this
In the last 12 months, as a Strategy Manager, you could have:

Been part of a major strategic review to help CQC respond to emerging changes in health and social care, identifying risks and opportunities and recommending practical actions for the organisation.

Delivered a complex cross-organisational project, bringing together colleagues from different teams to solve a significant strategic challenge and improve how CQC carries out its regulatory work.

Worked in partnership with others in CQC to understand the impact of new legislation to anticipate changes, so that the organisation keeps pace with these developments and remains fit for purpose.

Carried out research and analysis into an emerging strategic policy issue, turning complex information into clear recommendations that helped shape CQC's future direction.

Job description

The role
You'll play a key role in the organisation by:

Leading strategic projects and ensuring they deliver meaningful outcomes for CQC and the people who use services.

Analysing evidence, identifying trends, and using insights to support decision-making and future planning.

Building effective relationships with colleagues, partners, and stakeholders across health, social care, government, and regulation.

Providing clear advice, briefings, and recommendations to senior leaders to support strategic decision-making.

Supporting and developing colleagues while promoting an inclusive, respectful, and collaborative working culture

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What we're looking for in your application:

Significant experience leading strategic, policy, analytical, or improvement projects that delivered clear organisational impact.

Experience gathering and analysing complex information and turning it into clear recommendations for senior decision-makers.

Experience working across teams and stakeholders to deliver outcomes in complex, changing, or uncertain environments.

Person specification

Job Description viewable within the advert on the CQC careers page

Benefits

• The Benefits
  We offer a wide range of benefits, including:

  • Annual leave starting at 27 days per year, rising to 32.5 days with service, plus bank holidays (usually 8 days per year).
  • Training and development opportunities.
  • Wellbeing initiatives, such as gym discounts and meditation.
  • NHS pension scheme, with around 23.7% employer contribution.
  • Discount schemes (including eligibility for a Blue Light card, at a cost of £4.99 and valid for 2 years), reward vouchers, car leasing and more!

  Please see our benefits page for the full list.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

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Selection process details

TBC

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : recruitment@cqc.org.uk
• Email : recruitment@cqc.org.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : recruitment@cqc.org.uk