Evelina Director of Major Programmes

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Director of Major Programmes to lead transformational initiatives within a prominent children's hospital. This pivotal role involves driving integration and delivering innovative care models while managing complex stakeholder relationships. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the delivery of key projects, securing investments, and leading a major fundraising campaign. Join a dedicated team committed to enhancing healthcare services for children and young people across London and the South East, making a significant impact in a dynamic and evolving environment.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent knowledge and experience required.
• Proven senior management experience in health/social care settings.

Responsibilities

• Drive transformation and integration of care models for the Children's Hospital Programme.
• Deliver business case and prepare site for major changes.

Skills

Leadership Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Analytical Skills

Programme Management

Strategic Planning

Education

Master's Degree

Job description

Job summary

The Director of Major Programmes is a senior member of the Evelina London Executive Team and reports directly to the Evelina London Chief Executive Officer (CEO). In delivering their role the post holder will have dual accountability to the CHP SRO and Evelina London CEO. The role will be accountable to the CHP SRO for the overall delivery of the Programme for the Trust. This will sit alongside accountability to the Evelina London Chief Executive by holding executive responsibility and leadership of the transformational change required to enable programme delivery and the benefits realisation that will follow.

This is a pivotal role in supporting the realisation of both the Clinical Group and Trust's ambitious strategic vision for the Children's Hospital Programme. The programme has now reached a stage where it requires dedicated programme leadership in order to see it through the next phase. This involves delivering an approved outline business case (in full detail), decanting and preparing the site for demolition, securing an investor, working with the charity to develop and deliver a major fundraising campaign and working internally and with partners to deliver the organisational transformation that enables the programme to move forward.

Main duties of the job

The Director of Major Programmes, together with Executive Clinical and Operational leads, will be promoting and driving transformation through further integration and delivery of new and improved models of care in preparation for the significant transformative change required to deliver CHP. They will ensure key priorities are clearly defined and articulated, and are then translated into delivery plans supported by the service improvement team, to generate efficiencies and improve productivity and outcomes. This role provides additional executive capacity at a time of massive change and major programme delivery.

About us

Evelina London is here for children, young people and women from across London and South East England. We provide care for children at our hospital sites, Evelina London Children's Hospital and Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, and deliver community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark. We also provide an extensive range of specialist services for children with rare and complex conditions across our clinical networks, so that 1.7 million children from across south London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex can benefit from our expert care. Every year, Evelina London cares for around 104,000 children and young people at our hospital and community sites, and nearly 6,000 babies are born in our maternity unit at St Thomas' Hospital. Our gynaecology services see over 15,000 patients each year, and we have one of the biggest fertility centres in the UK, with the largest pre-implantation genetic diagnostic service in Europe. Over 2,000 patients choose our assisted conception unit to support them on their fertility journey each year.

Date posted: 23 April 2025

Pay scheme: Very senior manager (VSM)

Salary: Depending on experience

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 196-SMT1713

Job locations

1 Lambeth Palace Road, Beckett House, London, SE1 7EU

Job description

Job responsibilities

A job description and person specification can be found attached to the advert under vacancy document.

Person Specification

Knowledge/Qualifications

Essential

• Education to Master's degree or equivalent level of knowledge and experience
• Evidence of appropriate continuing professional and personal development, as a result of feedback, reflection and experiential learning

Experience

Essential

• Relevant senior management experience in a variety of health and/or social care settings with evidence of effective partnership working and multi stakeholder engagement
• Knowledge and experience of the delivery of healthcare across tertiary, secondary and community settings.

Skills

Essential

• Strong leadership, interpersonal skills and authority to deliver advanced relationship management across multiple stakeholders
• Ability to successfully analyse complex issues and situations, provide logical decisions, and reconcile competing interests, providing practical and creative solutions to problems through collaborative working to promote corporate vision
• Ability to think and plan strategically, tactically and creatively, and to prioritise work programmes in the face of competing demands, including an evidenced approach to robust programme management skills

Personal Style and Behaviour

Essential

• High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude
• Evidence of a strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty, inclusiveness and personal integrity

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

Employer details

Employer name: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address: 1 Lambeth Palace Road, Beckett House, London, SE1 7EU

Employer's website: https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx