Development Lead

Development Lead 
Permanent appointment
Full time (34.5 hours)
Mobile Worker (Expected to be able to travel large areas and be willing to be deployed on projects anywhere in UK) 
Salary Range: £55k-£61k plus car allowance
 
About the role

As Development Lead you will drive significant and sustainable impact for people with cancer by building and nurturing strategic partnerships with local systems. Your role will focus on identifying opportunities to collaborate with a range of stakeholders to develop strategically aligned, time-limited and outcome driven place-based models and interventions, designed to be taken to scale or build evidence in order to achieve systemic change. You will lead a team based across the UK. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Collaborate with key internal and external stakeholders to develop new system transformation opportunities that meet Macmillan’s strategic objectives - implementing robust development plans, including analysis of need, key stakeholders, opportunities to transform, and strategic alignment with local system and community priorities.
• Foster open dialogue and share learning and best practice with partners to enhance collaboration and improve outcomes for people with cancer.  
• Work with local systems, including health and care leaders and communities to identify and catalyse opportunities to address inequities and experience of the local population and system challenges.  
• Embed collaborative decision-making processes to develop and implement solutions that address shared goals and negotiate the initiation of contracts and partnerships to maximise impact.
• Build networks of change makers to advance a common purpose, learning communities, and keep stakeholders engaged and motivated over time.  
• Set the direction, inspire and lead a team of Development Managers. 

About you:

This role requires candidates to have demonstrable experience of operating in a very similar or comparable role.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following skills and experience: 

• Experience of using a powerful, common vision to energise and inspire system leaders, partners, professionals and communities to work differently.  
• Proven track record in building strategic partnerships and networks; and excellent interpersonal skills to build working relationships with a wide range of senior stakeholders and coalitions.  
• Experience of leading cross functional teams and delivering through a matrix organisation.  
• Experience of building and sustaining effective networks to create change.
• Proven ability to think creatively and strategically to develop innovative partnerships and solutions that have led to significant change.
• High degree of personal and professional credibility and integrity; independence in decision making and a demeanour that secures the confidence of others quickly.  
• Understanding the complexities of the health and care system, including funding models, regulatory frameworks, and patient pathways and an understanding that system change is messy and unpredictable and not linear.  
• Expert knowledge of system change and system and design thinking methodologies.  
• Full UK drivers' licence or ability to travel for work. 

In return, we offer a range of benefits including: 

• 25 days holiday plus flexible bank holiday options, increasing by 1 day every year of service up to 30 days 
• Pension matched up to 7.5%
• 120+ learning and development offers, with access to external professional qualifications
• Flexible working patterns, such as compressed hours, flexibility to work earlier or later around our core working hours of 10am-4pm
• Holiday buying and selling scheme, life insurance, free wills, retail discounts and much more 

Recruitment Process

Application deadline: This role will close at 11.59pm on Monday 3rd February 2025.

Interviews will be held on 12th and 13th February 2025 with second interviews scheduled for 17th February 2025.

To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed. 

So we can support you to be your best during the application or interview process, please contact Macmillan TA Team TATeam@macmillan.org.uk for advice and reasonable adjustments. 

We welcome applications from everyone who meet the criteria and strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Macmillan. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy here along with our internal employee representation body, ‘Our Voice’ and 8 Employee Network groups help us promote fairness and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.