Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Project Delivery Officer (Health & Justice Learning Hub)
The closing date is 19 January 2026
A new and unique opportunity has arisen for a highly skilled project support to join Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) as a Project Delivery Officer in our Health & Justice Services.
This role will be part of the core team in the newly established Health & Justice Learning Hub. The Hub is responsible for co‑ordinating, enhancing and developing innovative approaches to learning across the London Prisons and criminal justice system pathways.
The Hub's focus is on serious safety incidents, with a particular focus on deaths in custody (including harm to self and suicide), with the aim of learning from and improving the response to these.
The role will be based in the Gordon Hospital in London, the home of CNWL's Health & Justice Learning Hub, but will also work across London Prison sites and other parts of the criminal justice system.
Main duties of the job
* The post holder will:
o Work as part of the core team to support and help deliver critical programmes for the newly developed Health and Justice Learning Hub.
o Work closely with our partnerships team to manage formal and informal partnerships within the hub.
o Co‑ordinate the governance and reporting requirements of the Health and Justice learning hub.
o Attend and play an active part in the Learning hub team meetings, commissioner reviews and stakeholder engagement and governance meetings.
About us
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is committed to providing safe, effective services and providing those who use the services; and those who support them, with a positive experience.
Our Trust Values are:
COMPASSION: contribution to a caring and kind environment and recognition that what you do and say can help to improve the lives of others.
RESPECT: acknowledge, respect and value diversity of each individual, recognition of uniqueness.
EMPOWERMENT: commitment to providing information, resources and support to help others make their own decisions and meet their own needs. The Trust endeavours to support all staff to enable them to develop and grow.
PARTNERSHIP: work closely with others and behave in a way that demonstrates understanding that commissioners and users of our services are the people who generate and fund our work.
Job responsibilities
Please note: This vacancy does not meet the criteria for Skilled Worker sponsorship, unless you meet the criteria by temporary exemption from current changes to immigration rules put in force on 22/07/2025. Separate provisions are applied to workers who have been sponsored and held continuously Skilled Worker visa since prior to 04/04/2024.
As such, if you dont meet the Transitional Provision (above) we are unable to consider your application unless you can provide documentary evidence of your right to work in the United Kingdom. If you believe you are eligible for sponsorship or already hold a valid right to work in the UK, please ensure you provide full details of your immigration status in the Pre‑Screening Immigration section of your application form.
Please note role eligibility also depends on whether the role meets the salary threshold for the relevant occupational code (SOC CODE).
For further info please visit: Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK
For a detailed job description and person specification, please see the document linked in this advert.
Please note this post will require the ability to travel independently to London Prisons sites as needed.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Degree or equivalent experience
* Evidence of ongoing continuous professional development
Experience
* Project delivery experience within a healthcare setting, preferably in H&J settings
* Experience of change management processes and methods acquired through training or experience
* Experience of working with groups of staff and patients across health communities, including working with senior clinicians and healthcare leaders
* Competent with software packages (e.g. MS Excel, Project, Visio etc.)
* Able to use collaboration software (e.g. MS Teams, Zoom etc.)
* Knowledge and understanding of HJLH transformational priorities set out in the Service Specification
* Knowledge and understanding of national, regional and local requirements to continuously improve quality and safety within H&J Services
* Experience of project management from initial design to completion
Skills
* Strong organisational and planning skills. Able to deliver agreed objective within an agreed timeframe
* Team working skills - able to work as a key member of small teams to achieve results, including able to encourage collaborative working to improve services and performance particularly where there is resistance to change
* Excellent presentation and communication skills and ability to present complex project plans at an appropriate level for the audience concerned
* Able to manage and relate complex and highly sensitive information to all levels of staff within the organisation
* Ability to write clear and concise documents.
* Evidence of financial/budgetary management and monitoring skills
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.
Employer name
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
£46,419 to £55,046 a yearper annum inc. Inner HCAS, pro rata for part time
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