Coordinator – Topic Delivery team support

NHS; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A national healthcare organization in Manchester seeks a Coordinator to support the scheduling and allocation activities of the Medicines Evaluation programme. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication and organisational skills, and experience in administrative support within health service settings. This role offers a dynamic work environment with various benefits.

Benefits

Flexible working

Generous NHS pension

Minimum 27 days holiday

Blue Light Card discounts

Staff networks

Tailored personal development

Qualifications

• Experience of developing and maintaining systems and administrative procedures.
• Experience of minute taking and providing committee servicing support.
• Experience working with a range of individuals or organisations ideally in a health service setting.

Responsibilities

• Servicing topic delivery teams and managing staff allocations.
• Supporting with template/documentation management.
• Ensuring smooth operation of planning and operations functions.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Education

Relevant first degree or equivalent

Job description

Go back NICE – The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Coordinator – Topic Delivery team support

The closing date is 30 September 2025

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) exists to help improve the quality, sustainability and productivity of health and social care in England. We have an international reputation for our approach to producing guidance and information on effective practice that supports better decisions and helps the health and care system to prioritise its investment. We are one of the world leaders in the work that we do!

Do you want to work in a dynamic team where you'll work to ensure the smooth, coordinated running of the Technology Appraisals and Highly Specialised Technology programmes through its planning and operations functions?We're looking for a Coordinator (fixed-term until December 2026 - 13 months) to support the scheduling and allocations activities of the Medicines Evaluation programme.In order to be successful in assessment, you will need to be highly organised with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Please note that this role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to eligibility

Main duties of the job

The Coordinator (FTC) will be responsible for maintaining several of work activities of Planning and Operations, including:

• Servicing the wider topic delivery teams and their scheduling and resource management functions by working with the topic delivery project managers to identify, manage and record staff allocations of work
• Supporting the wider topic delivery teams with template / documentation management and maintenance.

About us

The Medicines Evaluation programme at NICE advises the NHS and patients on the clinical and cost effectiveness of selected technologies and their optimal use in practice. We jointly apply selection criteria with the Department of Health to decide which technologies to appraise. While our recommendations are backed by a funding direction from the Secretary of State, they are not mandatory instructions. However, practitioners are expected to consider them, and patient access is protected by the NHS Constitution. Our guidance is valued and has demonstrable impact via our web-based database.

The Planning and Operations team supports business planning and administration across the directorate. This includes scheduling the work programme, managing guidance reviews, stakeholder engagement, and supporting topic delivery teams. Our committee operations function provides secretariat services and manages the Medicines Evaluation Committees, acting as a liaison between the Committees and NICE.

Benefits include flexible working, generous NHS pension, minimum 27 days holiday, Blue Light Card discounts, modern office facilities, staff networks, and tailored personal development.

If this sounds like the right environment for you, please get in touch or apply now!

Job responsibilities

To be considered for this role, you should be able to particularly demonstrate the person specification criteria in the job advert in your application. However, applicants should be able to demonstrate all essential criteria through the entirety of the recruitment process to be considered for the job.

Please see job description attached for full list of responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Relevant first degree, basic professional qualification/state registration, NVQ Level 6 or equivalent qualification (eg non-English qualification) or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through experience and further training/development

Experience

• Experience of developing and maintaining systems and administrative procedures

Experience

• Experience of minute taking and of providing committee servicing support

Experience

• Experience of working with a range of individuals or organisations ideally in a health service setting

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills

Skills

• Thorough attention to detail and high standards of accuracy

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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