Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Project and Business Support Manager

The closing date is 30 November 2025

Job summary

The Project and Business Manager will be an integral member of a dynamic, professional, and proactive team providing comprehensive and effective change and improvement leadership for the trust. The post holder will drive and coordinate the planning and delivery of the innovation, change and improvement team's programme of work, including the development of project plans with appropriate phasing timescales and budgets to ensure delivery against key project milestones using appropriate project planning approaches; The Project and Business Manager will actively participate in the team's improvement work, at providing project management expertise to these activities. The post holder will work flexibly to manage the day-to-day business and administrative activities of the team and will deal with confidential and sometimes sensitive information of a commercial, personal, and financial nature.

Reporting directly to the AD, the post holder will also provide dedicated and confidential administrative and business support. The role will involve collaborative work across all Trust divisions and will require travel across the geography of the Trust, as necessary

Main duties of the job

Project Support

Maintain the team portfolio to agreed quality expectations on time and make appropriate adjustments and offer solutions if targets are not met. Own the governance calendar (stage-gates, boards, huddles); publish agendas; collate and quality check papers; ensure timely circulation.
Produce high-quality reports, minutes and maintain action/decision/other logs; chase updates and report status.
Maintain the documents and style guide; ensure version control and secure filing on SharePoint/Teams.

Business & People Administration

Diary management: manage diary/inbox/briefings; create schedule for the Associate Director (AD); gatekeep sensitively and escalate with options/impacts.
Recruitment/Onboarding: adverts, interview logistics, candidate comms, pre-employment checks, induction schedules.
ESR/people admin: starters/leavers/changes, leave/absence, supervision and appraisal scheduling, training compliance reports.
Finance/Procurement: raise POs, process invoices/GRNs, corporate card/expenses, travel bookings; support budget monitors with accurate trackers (no budget setting.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.

We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the role.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Date posted

11 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£40,617 to £48,778 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

325-7569999-CORP

Job locations

Surrey and Borders Partnership Trust

18 Mole Business Park

Randall's Road, Leatherhead

KT22 7AD

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to Degree level or equivalent relevant experience
Personal Assistant/Secretarial qualification or equivalent/demonstrable knowledge and experience

Experience

Essential

Experience of supporting and coordinating complex administration support functions in a team
Knowledge of project management standards and principles and the ability to apply and explain then in non-routine situations to senior managers and clinicians
Experience of supporting management of budgets or finances associated with a Programme/Project/ Team
Experience of analysing, interpreting, and presenting data in a meaningful way
Experience of producing project/ programme status and update reports
Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams at varying levels of seniority and a commitment to partnership working
Experience of event organisation, facilitation, and delivery
Experience of managing own workload, and that of others, working to tight and often changing timescales

Desirable

Relevant NHS experience in a Band 6 role

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to Degree level or equivalent relevant experience
Personal Assistant/Secretarial qualification or equivalent/demonstrable knowledge and experience

Experience

Essential

Experience of supporting and coordinating complex administration support functions in a team
Knowledge of project management standards and principles and the ability to apply and explain then in non-routine situations to senior managers and clinicians
Experience of supporting management of budgets or finances associated with a Programme/Project/ Team
Experience of analysing, interpreting, and presenting data in a meaningful way
Experience of producing project/ programme status and update reports
Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams at varying levels of seniority and a commitment to partnership working
Experience of event organisation, facilitation, and delivery
Experience of managing own workload, and that of others, working to tight and often changing timescales

Desirable

Relevant NHS experience in a Band 6 role

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.