Programme Manager

at  NHS England

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’s exactly what you’ll do.
Working in the NHS Cancer Programme, you will set the agenda for cancer services in England. Working with patients, clinicians, charities, Regions, Cancer Alliances, and trusts, our aim is to diagnose cancer earlier, increase survival and improve the quality of life and experience for cancer patients. We develop national policy and strategy and transform services for patients.
The Cancer Programme Team takes its responsibility to promote equality and diversity seriously. We respect colleagues from different backgrounds and embrace different cultural preferences in everything we do.
We are looking for a Programme Manager to join the Cancer Vaccine team to lead on the establishment and running of the CVLP, a collaboration between NHS England, NIHR and Genomics England, which will enable identification of potential recruits into clinical trials for personalised mRNA immunotherapies. The platform is a company agnostic service and currently being expanded to incorporate more commercial partners and clinical trials.
The UK Government and BioNTech have entered into an agreement to bring innovative vaccine research to the UK with the potential to transform outcomes for cancer patients. As part of this agreement NHS England will deliver a Cancer Vaccine Launchpad (CVLP), allowing NHS cancer patients to have early access to cancer vaccines, through flagship UK cancer vaccine trials.
If you have experience of building new programmes from the ground up, alongside great communications and stakeholder management skills and a strong commitment to diversity and equality, we would love to hear from you.
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website .

Working with the Senior Programme Manager to ensure successful delivery of the Cancer Vaccine Programme including:
Managing the day-to-day relationship with pharmaceutical companies that have partnered with the CVLP
Delivery of contractual milestones for the CVLP
Working with other NHSE teams to ensure infrastructure and resource requirements are in place to deliver for the CVLP
Acting as a liaison between operational delivery partners
Working with the Clinical Trial Unit to manage the day-to-day delivery of the CVLP including:
Developing the protocols and standard operating procedures with key clinical, operational, and patient stakeholders.
Monitoring delivery of the CVLP including site set up, recruitment and sample processing.
Supporting the development and roll out of future adaptations to the CVLP.
Managing project delivery nationally, including the development of project documentation, reporting and risk escalation.
Running and supporting regular CVLP governance and working groups.
Work productively with key stakeholders including clinicians, national NHSE teams, Genomics England, NIHR, Office for Life Sciences, Cancer Alliances, Royal Colleges, cancer charities and patients to ensure they are part of the design and delivery of Cancer Programme projects.
Support work being undertaken across the wider innovation team to accelerating new innovations into standard practice.
Location: Please note this job vacancy is based in either Wellington Place, Leeds LS1 4AP, or Wellington House, London SE1 8UG