Site Health Innovation Manchester, CityLabs 1.0 Town Manchester Salary £49,387 - £56,515 Per annum / pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 10/06/2026 23:59
Job overview
Health Innovation Manchester is looking for a driven and adaptable Improvement and Development Manager to help us deliver meaningful improvements and transformational change. This is an exciting opportunity to take on a role where your work directly shapes how our organisation grows, learns and improves.
About the Role
In this role, you’ll play a key role in our transformation activity turning organisational priorities into practical plans and real progress. You’ll work with autonomy, often leading key projects end‑to‑end, and creating the clarity and momentum needed to move complex pieces of work forward.
Your day could involve facilitating a workshop, translating strategic aims into a delivery plan, unpacking insights from staff feedback, or helping colleagues understand and adopt new ways of working. You’ll be someone who naturally builds trust, brings people together and helps them make sense of change. You’ll use data and insight to inform your decisions, but you’ll also draw on curiosity, creativity and sound judgement to find solutions when things are ambiguous.
You’ll enjoy working at pace and will take pride in producing high‑quality outputs whether that’s a project plan, a report for senior leaders, or a simple tool that makes work easier for colleagues. You’ll also champion innovative approaches, including the thoughtful use of AI, to enhance productivity and support smarter working.
Main duties of the job
You’ll thrive here if you enjoy making sense of complexity and turning it into something clear, actionable and engaging. You’re someone who brings others with you through change not by pushing direction, but by listening, involving and shaping work collaboratively.
Your background will include leading improvement or change activity, and you’ll feel confident working independently on programmes that require judgement, organisation and resilience. You’ll communicate with credibility, whether you’re presenting complex ideas or facilitating a room of diverse colleagues.
You’ll be curious, quick to learn, and comfortable navigating shifting priorities. You understand both the people side and the process side of improvement work, and you’re motivated by seeing practical results. Above all, you care about helping people do their best work and creating the conditions for positive, sustainable development across teams.
Working for our organisation
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) is the largest provider of specialist services, and our Oxford Road Campus in Manchester, the largest health academic campus in Europe. Our patient population and workforce provide a dynamic, inclusive environment where your leadership, ideas, and expertise are valued. You’ll have access to professional development, digital tools and opportunities to contribute to transformational projects that shape the future of healthcare delivery.
Responsibilities
* Lead organisational change and improvement projects, turning priorities into actionable plans.
* Facilitate workshops, translate strategic aims into delivery plans, and help staff adopt new ways of working.
* Apply data and insight to inform decisions, while employing curiosity, creativity and sound judgement to navigate ambiguity.
* Produce high-quality outputs such as project plans, reports for senior leaders and practical tools for colleagues.
* Champion innovative approaches, including the thoughtful use of AI, to enhance productivity and support smarter working.
Person specification
Skills
* Proven track record of delivering complex change or transformation projects (people or process focused) with autonomy.
* Experience engaging and influencing staff to participate in change.
* Experience using AI tools to optimise productivity and workflows.
Knowledge
* Excellent communication, engagement, negotiation and facilitation skills.
* Ability to influence, motivate and support others through change.
* Strong planning, organisation, prioritisation and problem‑solving skills.
Qualifications
* Degree or equivalent experience.
* Demonstrable project management expertise and substantial organisational change experience equivalent to master’s level.
* Evidence of continuous professional or personal development.
Diversity matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, please contact the manager named below.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in your application
Here at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, we’re proud to be ALL HERE FOR YOU—for our patients, our communities, and each other. As part of our commitment to fairness, transparency, and personal integrity, we ask all applicants to ensure that their job applications reflect their own experiences, skills, and motivations. While AI tools can support spelling, grammar, or formatting, we expect that the content of your application—especially personal statements and responses to role‑specific questions—is written by you. This helps us get to know the real you and ensures that our recruitment process remains equitable and meaningful for everyone.
Contact
Recruiting Manager: Hailey McGlynn (hailey.mcglynn@healthinnovationmanchester.com)
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