Programme Manager

Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust; Rose; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

NHS employee discounts

Job summary

Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust is recruiting an experienced Programme Manager to lead a major change programme across two NHS trusts. You will drive the People Portal project and related organisational change, coordinating governance and stakeholder engagement to deliver benefits on time.

The role requires strong leadership across teams, effective relationship building, and the ability to operate across organisational boundaries during a period of significant transformation.

Qualifications

• Experienced programme manager with leadership and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience delivering cross-organisational programmes across multiple teams or services.
• Able to manage complex change programmes and benefits realisation.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of the People Portal programme and related organisational change across two NHS trusts.
• Oversee governance, planning, risk, and dependency management to ensure timely delivery.
• Coordinate stakeholders, sign off on benefits realisation and embedded practice across organisations.

Skills

Programme management

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Job description

Vacancy Introduction

We are looking to recruit an experienced Programme Manager to be an integral part of a dynamic team delivering a significant programme of organisational and workforce transformation across two NHS trusts.

The postholder will initially be responsible and accountable for leading delivery of the People Portal programme and supporting preparations for organisational integration from April 2027. Working across both organisations, this programme will play a key role in transforming workforce systems, processes and ways of working, ensuring that staff and managers are supported through a period of significant change.

Over recent years strong foundations have been established through workforce transformation, digital development and collaborative working. We are now entering the next phase of this work, implementing a new workforce system and embedding the infrastructure, governance, processes and leadership arrangements needed to support future organisational ambitions across both trusts.

We are looking for an experienced programme manager with excellent leadership, partnership working and stakeholder engagement skills who can work across organisational boundaries to turn these ambitions into reality.

The post holder will be responsible and accountable for leading delivery of the People Portal programme and associated organisational change activity across two NHS trusts. Working in partnership with colleagues across both organisations, services and professional groups, they will ensure successful delivery of programme objectives, benefits and outcomes.

The role will provide leadership and coordination across programme workstreams, overseeing programme planning, governance, stakeholder engagement, testing, risk and issue management, and benefits realisation. The postholder will work closely with the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), system users, digital teams and senior leaders across both trusts to ensure the solution is thoroughly tested, successfully implemented and embedded into practice.

They will proactively manage dependencies between organisations, support informed decision-making and ensure delivery is achieved within agreed timescales, quality standards and organisational priorities, while promoting a collaborative approach to programme delivery across both trusts.

This is a fixed term role for 18 Months.

For questions about the job role, please contact Alan Sewell, Associate Director, [e-mail]

Please review the Job Description and Person Specification attached for full requirements of the role.

Adverts will close early where the maximum number of applicants is reached

Working For Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Who are we?

Leeds Community Healthcare provides a range of community-based health services across the whole city. We treat people in their homes, local health centres and community hospitals, and work in partnership with other local Trusts, charities and Leeds City Council.

We have a strong culture based on deeply-held values, and our focus at all times is on delivering high quality care to the people of Leeds. In our most recent CQC evaluation, we were rated "Good", with our Adult Services rated "Outstanding" for caring.

Perks Of The Job

Our benefits range from generous annual leave to access to NHS discount sites. You can find the full list of attractive benefits and rewards at www.leedscommunityhealthcare.nhs.uk click on the Join Our Team Tab.

Right To Work

This role is based in the UK. Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK - either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and the role does not meet eligibility for sponsorship, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply.