Job summary
- Main area
- Strategy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 095-8154972-TS-A
- Employer
- NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Gail House
- Town
- Maidstone
- Salary
- £57,528 - £64,750 pro rata, per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/08/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Strategy Programme Manager
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Job overview
You will be responsible for leading and managing complex, high-value strategic programmes that support the delivery of the organisation’s long-term objectives and statutory responsibilities. You will translate strategic priorities into structured, deliverable programmes, providing expert programme management, governance, assurance and stakeholder engagement across the organisation and wider system.
Main duties of the job
- Delivering components of the Five Year Strategy
- Translating strategic priorities into structured, deliverable programmes, ensuring alignment with NHS England operating framework, planning guidance and statutory requirements
- Co-ordinating development of commissioning intentions
- Providing expert programme management, including governance, risk management, benefits realisation, financial oversight and reporting
- Working across the wider team and organisation to deliver strategic priorities
- Participating in stakeholder engagement across the organisation and the wider system
Working for our organisation
We are committed to a culture that supports all staff at NHS Kent and Medway to be the best version of themselves.
Our ability to improve outcomes for our population depends on how effectively clinical, operational, financial and strategic professionals work together to make informed commissioning decisions. That’s why our workforce works a minimum of two days-a-week on-site, with the expectation that all one-to-ones are held face-to-face and that colleagues will regularly visit the services we are commissioning to understand more about them.
We believe regular on-site working supports stronger collaboration, faster problem-solving, peer learning, visible leadership and the integration of colleagues into our organisation. We also know that culture is built through shared experiences and day-to-day interactions.
We are a flexible working friendly organisation; we aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.
We work with staff to agree objectives through regular supervision, annual appraisal and access to training opportunities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity. In order to reflect the diversity of our population, we positively encourage applications from all areas of the community regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
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All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Person specification
Qualifications and Experience
Essential criteria
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
- Formal programme or project management qualification
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
- Significant experience of managing highly complex programmes or projects with a large complex organisation
- Experience of operating within governance and assurance frameworks
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working across organisational or systems boundaries
- Experience working within NHS, public sector or a regulated environment
Attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to analyse highly complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
- Commitment to continuous improvement and learning.
- Commitment to the principles of public life, NHS values, the NHS People Plan and ICB values
Competencies
Essential criteria
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands and demonstrate capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rachel Hewett
- Job title
- Deputy Director of Strategy
- Email address
- [email protected]
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