Program Manager

Job Summary

Legal Panel Tender Programme Manager, Digital, Data, Technology & Transformation (DDaTT)

Salary band: 8b – £58,972 – £68,525

1-year fixed term contract with the possibility to extend

Location: Leeds Hybrid or Homeworking

We are recruiting for a programme manager to lead our upcoming Legal Panel Tender programme. You will be accountable for delivery of a successful tender and transitioning to the new panel firms from the existing panel firms. We are looking for an experienced programme manager with commercial experience and the ability to lead a multi-skilled team including technology, procurement, finance and business implementation stakeholders to join our Digital, Data & Technology & Transformation (DDaTT) team.

This role would be a great opportunity to showcase both skills and experience delivering a high profile programme for those who want to pursue a career within NHS Resolution. As an organisation, we are on a significant change journey with key programmes of work in flight dealing with modernising and de-risking our estate, data management and operational excellence. The Legal Panel Tender is a key initiative that is business critical to NHSR. Public sector experience leading major procurements is, therefore, desirable but not essential. As a minimum you will have proven experience in leading a multi-skilled programme team to deliver the desired outcomes to enable benefit realisation within a fixed timescale and spend.

Main duties of the job

What You’ll Be Doing

Working in a friendly and supportive team environment, you will have end to end oversight of the initiation of the programme (including leading on the production and approval of the business case) and delivery of the requisite projects to achieve a successful programme outcome, ensuring that these are delivered with appropriate techniques and in line with best practice. You will need to be comfortable building strong relationships with a range of stakeholders up to and including SMT/Board, being able to effectively articulate complex issues. Be able to meet external stakeholder (DHSC, Treasury, Cabinet Office) governance requirements.

About Us

We are an arms length body (ALB) of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) that provides indemnity to the NHS for the risks involved in delivering healthcare services. We handle compensation claims, ensuring compensation is both fair and timely while combatting exaggeration or fraud. We also deliver expert advice and support on the management of concerns about the performance of doctors, dentists and pharmacists.

Additionally, we resolve contracting disputes between primary care contractors and commissioners of primary care, operating independently and transparently to reduce the need for such disputes to be managed via the courts. Finally, we use our unique perspective across the causes of claims, performance concerns and contracting disputes to provide insights back to the NHS to help improve safety and manage risk.

Join NHS Resolution and be part of the wider NHS family.

NHS Resolution is made up of staff from all walks of life which enriches the work we do. We embody our organisational PEER values: Professional, Expert, Ethical & Respectful.To aid our values we have well established networks for staff on diversity, disability, LGBTQ+ and sustainability. We also hold a level 3 award in the Disability Confidence Scheme and a Gold accreditation in Investors in People. Find out what our staff say about working at NHS Resolution

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Please see the candidate pack attached for further details about the opportunity.

What we offer in return:

The NHS wide basic 27 days of annual leave, increasing to 29 days after 5 years NHS service + 8 public holidays and after 10 years NHS service 33 days + 8 public holidays

Pay that reflects your skills and experience in line with wider NHS pay scales

Membership in one of the best pensions schemes in the UK

Investment in their training

Flexible working, including the option for homeworking

Upon joining the NHS family, there are a wealth of savings, discounts and support you will be able to access. 24 hours employee assistance programme from Health Assured (EAP) Eye care vouchers for SpecSavers Health service discounts Blue Light card, a discount service for the emergency services and the NHS Cycle to work scheme Season ticket loan scheme

Additional Information

Closing date: 11:59pm,Thursday 20th June, 2024

You must have the right to live and work in the UK.

This role can be home based or hybrid with approximately one to two days a week in our Leeds office at 7 & 8 Wellington Place, Leeds, LS1 4AP or homebased.

We want all our candidates to flourish when interviewing with NHS Resolution. If there is anything we can do to support you in demonstrating your best self, please ask us, we are happy to be flexible. Please contact [email protected]

We sincerely care about our colleagues, promoting work-life balance, wellbeing, and flexible working. We believe that the skills and experience you bring to NHS Resolution are invaluable. We want you to have the opportunity to develop your abilities, and to pioneer and develop in areas which you are passionate about. Please check out our LinkedIn Life page, highlighting our accomplishments, employees, and company culture.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Qualifications Essential

• Educated to degree level or equivalent relevant experience (ideally 3 years minimum).

Desirable

• Programme management qualification (e.g. MSP) and equivalent relevant experience of leading programmes with a multi-skilled team. (Desirable, not essential)

Experience Essential

• Ability to lead major IT & business change programmes end to end within a complex, constantly changing environment while being confident and capable under pressure.
• Experience of delivering programmes with strongly focussed commercial outcomes.
• Experience of defining the programme structure in to meet governance requirements.
• Proactively seek to define improvement opportunities for both the LPT programme, and the wider portfolio.
• Capable of removing blockers and managing risks, commercials, budgets and people, being the initial escalation point for the programme and must have an awareness of the bigger picture.
• Ability to balance objectives and redeploy people and resources based on business feedback and other (internal and external) factors.
• Providing clear direction to the project delivery teams and managing communications back to the business