Director for England

Salary: £80,000-£85,000 per annum

The Director for England provides a focal point for strategic leadership for our profession in England and across GB, making members proud to be a part of RPS.

In this role, you’ll be visible and inspirational across the profession, bringing national RPS policy to life for our members in England, working at a senior level using your networks and relationships to drive the profession forward

The RPS is facing a significant period of change, as we move forward with our ambitions to become The Royal College of Pharmacy, a registered charity, and create a wholly owned commercial publishing subsidiary. As Director for England, along with your fellow Country Directors, you will play a key role as part our leadership team in implementing the change programme.

Internally, you will inspire and develop a high-performing team helping them to deliver the English Pharmacy Board work plan, RPS strategic goals, and to foster close cross-organisational working.

Requirements:

• Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.

• Pharmacist with substantial post qualification experience at a senior level and broad experience or knowledge of more than one sector in pharmacy.

• Knowledge of the English health and social care systems – for example, Government, NHS, current and emerging policies and initiatives.

• Strategic thinker, able to create a vision for the future and develop a roadmap to enable the organisation to progress from its current to future state and take people with you on the journey.

• An excellent, positive communicator, able to clearly articulate complex messages to varied audiences.

• Experience of leading within an organisation at a senior level and demonstrable success providing leadership outside of traditional organisational boundaries.

• Demonstrable track record of building and maintaining strong and positive relationships, and engaging people at all levels.

• We are committed to work alongside our members and colleagues to create a profession and workplace where everyone feels they belong and are celebrated for what they bring to their work. You must have a commitment to improving our profession and organisation by helping us stamp out discrimination.

How we are currently working

While based at our London Office, you will work flexibly and attend the office only when the work requires you to be present, such as for collaboration activities or significant meetings, otherwise your time will be spent working remotely and frequently visiting locations across England to witness innovative practice at first hand or to meet with key stakeholders within the pharmacy profession and other healthcare disciplines.

🗓️ Closing date: 11 May 2025

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We are passionate about creating a culture of belonging, inclusion, and diversity these are part of our core values at RPS and we are striving to have an organisation that represents the diversity of the profession. At RPS we do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, age, or disability and we encourage applications from all backgrounds.