Programme Support Officer

NHS ENGLAND; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS England is seeking a Programme Support Officer to help deliver priorities across the Cancer Programme, focusing on pathway improvement, governance, stakeholder engagement and programme reporting. The role coordinates products and meetings that underpin national and regional delivery, supporting a unified effort to improve cancer outcomes across England.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend a portion of their time in NHS England offices, with potential alignment to

Job description

As a Programme Support Officer, you will support delivery of Performance and Pathways Team priorities, including pathway improvement, governance, stakeholder engagement, programme reporting and the coordination of products and meetings that support national and regional delivery.

Are you passionate about improving the lives of people with cancer? Do you want to ensure more people survive cancer than ever before? Working in NHS England's Cancer Programme,that'sjust whatyou'lldo.

Working in the NHS Cancer Programme, you will help set the agenda for cancer care in England. Our goal is to diagnose cancer earlier, help more people survive it, and improve their quality of life and experience of care. We work with people affected by cancer, clinicians, charities, Regions, Cancer Alliances, and trusts, and develop national policy and strategy to transform services for people across the country.

We have worked closely with colleagues in the Department of Health and Social Care to develop the National Cancer Plan which was published in February and will shape the transformation of cancer services in the years to come.

Our work is improving the experience of cancer patients across England. You will be instrumental in delivering our ambition for better cancer outcomes.The Cancer Programme Team takes its responsibility to promote equality and diversity seriously.We respect colleagues fromdifferent backgroundsand embracedifferent culturalpreferences in everything we do., NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.

Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms -- enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.

In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.

If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR).This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.