Job Description
🌟 We’re Hiring: Associate Director
Permanent, Full Time
ÂŁ65,000-ÂŁ70,000
Based across Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth & St Mary's Hospital, Isle of Wight
Are you commercial minded and enjoy building strategic partnerships? We’re looking for an Associate Director to join our team and oversee the daily operations of our NHS contracts in Portsmouth & Isle of Wight.
Acacium Group are a leading global healthcare delivery partner and we are hiring an Associate Director. Part of Acacium Group, Bank Partners are the UK’s leading independent expert in managed staff bank solutions for the NHS. We support healthcare professionals to work flexibly, ensuring vital shift cover that helps maintain patient safety. Working in partnership with our clients, we help reduce agency spend, strengthen governance, and enhance flexible workforce models.
đź’ˇAbout the Role
In this role, you will:
Oversee the daily operations of our contracts with Portsmouth & Isle of Wight hospital trusts, ensuring contractual obligations are met including delivery, compliance and customer service.
Monitor productivity levels and identify areas for improvement, implementing changes to enhance efficiency in contract management.
Grow each contract and generate new business within existing contracts.
Develop and nurture relationships with c-suite level stakeholders.
Manage a team of Contract Managers, providing guidance and overseeing budget accountability.
🎯 What You’ll Bring
We don’t expect perfection. If most of this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you:
Commercial and strategic mindset
Excellent relationship building skills
Strong change management capability
🌍 Why Join Us?
Your work will directly shape decisions that improve our services.
You’ll help us maximise value by ensuring data quality.
You’ll be part of a supportive team where new ideas are welcomed.
You’ll have opportunities to learn, grow, and develop your skills.
✨Your Benefits
Pensions scheme, free mortgage broker service & life assurance
Wellbeing Benefits - Employee Assistance Programme. Digital Health & Wellbeing App. Mental, Social, Physical & Financial Workshops
Recognition Benefits. Long Service awards, Exceptional performance awards & Increasing holiday allowance
Discounts. Shopping, lifestyle & cinema discounts
📚 Experience We’re Looking For
Contract and project management experience with budget ownership.
Team leadership experience
Proven experience building working relationships with senior stakeholders.
Healthcare experience (bonus, but not essential!)
If you don’t meet every requirement but believe you’d be a strong fit, please apply anyway, we value diverse experiences.
🧩 Inclusion & Accessibility
We are committed to creating a truly inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and able to thrive. As an age-friendly and disability-confident employer, we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, communities and ages, recognising unique skills, experience and perspectives individuals bring at every stage of their career. Guided by our core value of Putting People First, we are committed to fostering an inclusive culture and will consider flexible working options and reasonable adjustments wherever possible to suit individual needs.
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