Head of National System Change

Head of National System Change 
Permanent 
Full time (34.5 hours)  
Homeworker with a minimum of 6 days in office per annum
£68,000 - £76,000 

About the role  

To lead Macmillan’s thought leadership and bring together evidence and lived experience from Macmillan partnerships and services to catalyse the adoption of innovation, the scaling of what works and deliver national system change for people with cancer, particularly the most marginalised groups. 

Key Responsibilities  

• Lead Macmillan's national system analysis and thought leadership by bringing together research, insight, evidence and lived experience from Macmillan partnerships and services, to shape solutions for national system-change. 

• Build Macmillan’s capability in problem analysis, system analysis, ‘what works’ evidence, systems thinking and theory of change strategies to deliver national system change. 

• Working with teams across Macmillan, identify priorities for national system change and work and convene the right capabilities across the organisation to shape evidence-led solutions, based on a clear understanding of ‘what works.’ 

• Build capability in the national scaling of innovative practice and the national adoption of evidence-led interventions that deliver impact for people with cancer. 

About you  

• Demonstrable experience in the design and application of systems thinking, understanding the interconnections within the national healthcare system and the solutions necessary to address problems in that context. 

• A strong record in theory of change planning and designing strategies to deliver national system change, including convening multi-disciplinary teams, and facilitating workshops to co-create the theories of change.  

• Experience in delivering different components of national system change planning and delivery including  outcome mapping, root cause analysis, data interpretation, gap analysis, proposition development, impact analysis and evaluation. 

• Demonstrable understanding of how to operate and achieve impact in a four-nations environment, working in different political and policy contexts. 

• A track record of successfully leading multi-disciplinary teams and matrix leadership of significant organisational initiatives. 

Recruitment Process

Application deadline: Sun 12th Jan 2025

First Interviews: End of January 2025 (TBC)

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. 

Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to change the closing date of our vacancies. 

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. 

Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to change the closing date of our vacancies. 

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.