Programme Manager

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At NHS Blood & Transplant (NHSBT) we are a unique organisation that works with patients and donors alike to save and improve lives every day. We are on a mission to ensure that every patient receives the donation they need and we are seeking an experienced senior project/programme manager to lead the design, delivery and evaluation of complex high-value projects and initiatives that will improve organ donation services across the UK designed to reduce the transplant waiting list. This is a highimpact role where your work will directly contribute to saving and transforming lives.

You will have an innovative, problem-solving approach, with strong stakeholder management skills and previous experience leading clinical and nursing service improvement along with operating model design and transformation. By being part of a passionate, enthusiastic, supportive, and high performing team, you will build positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

You will lead a number of projects and initiatives focused on clinical pathway development within Organ Donation. Working closely with nursing and clinical teams, and national NHS partners, you will ensure all initiatives are wellgoverned, evidencebased and deliver measurable strategic benefits.

Main duties of the job

Your main duties will include:

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Masters degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent senior-level experience.
• Programme Management qualification, e.g., MSP Practitioner or MSP advanced practitioner or with equivalent experience
• Project Management qualification, e.g APM Registered Project Professional, or Major Projects Leadership Academy, PRINCE 2
• Risk Management qualification (e.g., MoR) or equivalent.

Better Business Cases (Five Case Model) training or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience leading complex change programmes and specialist projects with demonstrable benefits delivered.
• Extensive experience as a Programme Manager, with a proven track record of overseeing the end-to-end delivery of complex specialist programmes.
• Experience of developing business cases using the Five Case Model and navigating public-sector approvals.
• Proven track record in risk and issue management, governance, and assurance processes.
• Experience of stakeholder engagement and communications planning at senior levels.
• Experience of line management, including performance management and staff development.
• Experience of managing budgets and procurement processes in a public-sector context.
• Experience of benefits realisation and change management in complex environments.

About the employer

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, youll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need.

Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do. By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever.

You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.