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Programme Manager
The closing date is 06 May 2026
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Programme Manager to support significant transformation programmes in Durham and Tees Valley: the development of a Neighbourhood / Place-Based Model of Mental Health Care and the implementation of a 24/7 Neighbourhood Community Mental Health Centre.
These programmes sit at the heart of our ambition to shift care closer to communities, improve access, reduce inequalities, and deliver more integrated, person-centred mental health support in partnership with primary care, local authorities, and the voluntary and community sector.
You must have the Right to Work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role. Please note, this role does not meet the required eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa and therefore the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular role.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for maintaining programme momentum, managing risks and dependencies, and ensuring alignment with national policy, Integrated Care System priorities and Trust transformation objectives. This includes supporting stakeholder engagement and consultation, developing clear reporting for boards and system partners, and ensuring that delivery is evidence-based, outcome-focused and responsive to local population needs. Strong partnership working will be essential, particularly with Primary Care Networks, local authorities, voluntary and community sector partners, and other NHS providers.
We are looking for an individual with substantial experience of managing complex transformation programmes within health or public services, ideally in mental health or community-based care. You will bring strong programme management discipline, excellent communication and influencing skills, and a commitment to co-production, inclusion and reducing health inequalities. This is a unique opportunity to shape a new model of mental health care that improves access, continuity and outcomes for local communities, while contributing to one of the Trust's most ambitious transformation agendas.
Job responsibilities
The post holder will provide programme leadership and support, translating strategic vision into deliverable plans and ensuring effective mobilisation, governance, and benefits realisation. This will include coordinating multiple workstreams across neighbourhood, place and system levels; supporting coproduction with people with lived experience; and working closely with clinical leaders, operational teams, commissioners, estates, digital, workforce and finance colleagues. A key focus will be supporting the left shift of care into neighbourhood settings, embedding mental health provision within neighbourhoods, and overseeing the development of a communitybased, 24/7 mental health centres.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Highly developed specialist knowledge across a range of procedures (Programmes and Projects) underpinned by theory and experience
* Knowledge of a range of specific Programme and Project areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training, plus further specialist Programme and Project management knowledge or experience to masters level equivalent
* Evidence of training in programme or project management principles and techniques
* Quality improvement qualification, or evidence of training in quality improvement principles and techniques
* Educated to masters level in a relevant subject
* The Trust's QIS (Quality Improvement System) for Leaders Certificate (or willing to achieve within agreed timescale)
Experience
* Significant experience in developing and monitoring complex programme or project plans
* Significant experience in producing written reports and relating to complex information and data
* Significant experience in presenting complex issues to senior management in order to trigger a decision
Job Description
* Proficient in use of standard IT packages
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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