Job summary
Please
note the location is White Rose house WF1 1LT
Healthy
Working Life Programme (West Yorkshire) - Wakefield Place post. The post will
end on 31 March 2026.
Are
you driven by purpose and thrive on making things happen?
Step
into a pivotal role where your organisational skills and systems thinking
will support Wakefields Healthy Working Life Programme, a place-based
initiative funded by NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) health
and growth accelerator programme funding.
As
Programme Support Manager, you will sit in the Strategy and Partnerships
Directorate and report to the Place programme lead. You will support the
coordination and mobilisation of over the place-based interventions.
You
will work closely with senior programme managers, commissioners, delivery
partners (including NHS trusts, local authority and VCSE providers), and
system leads in BI, contracts, and IG. Your key responsibilities include
managing programme documentation, monitoring risks and issues, drafting
papers, coordinating stakeholder meetings, and managing progress trackers.
This role offers hybrid working with a Wakefield base.
Ideally,
you are a detail-focused, proactive organiser with strong stakeholder skills.
You will enjoy working in complex, multi-partner settings and making a real
difference to health driven economic participation across our communities.
Expected Shortlisting
Date
18/08/2025
Planned Interview
Date
26/08/2025
Main duties of the job
As
Programme Support Manager, you will play a vital role in coordinating the
Healthy Working Life Programme, a system-wide initiative designed to reduce
economic inactivity due to ill health. This is a fast-paced, hands-on project
management role, supporting the delivery and mobilisation of over a dozen
health, prevention and employment-based interventions across Wakefield.
Reporting
to the Strategic Programmes and Health Inequalities Lead (Place Lead), you
will work alongside intervention leads, delivery partners, finance, BI and
analytics, local authority, VCSE providers and NHS organisations. You will
support smooth programme functioning by tracking actions, managing programme
governance, preparing briefing materials, coordinating meetings, and ensuring
timely reporting and risk oversight.
You
will also liaise with regional colleagues and contribute to the oversight of
programme delivery across all three pillars. This role is ideal for someone
who thrives on collaboration, is highly organised, and enjoys making complex
programmes run smoothly. You will be part of a supportive, forward-thinking
team with a shared commitment to delivering lasting change for communities.
About us
NHS West Yorkshire ICB works to improve population health
and reduce inequalities, addressing diverse community needs. As part of the
West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership, we collaborate with local councils,
health providers and community organisations.
We value diversity as a strength that enhances creativity
and patient outcomes. Committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive
workplace, we prioritise wellbeing and encourage applications from all areas of
the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of their
protected characteristics.
We support Carers with a Carer friendly environment and a
working Carer passport. As a Mindful Employer, we support employees and
applicants with mental health conditions. As a Disability Confident Employer,
we guarantee interviews for suitable applicants meeting the essential criteria.
Please let us know of any required adjustments.
Lease cars are a benefit offered by the organisation
subject to eligibility. Fleet Solutions provides these cars, and any Fleet cars
will transfer (novate) through them. The organisation cannot transfer cars from
other lease providers that Fleet Solutions will not novate with.
Note:This advert may close
early due to high application volume, or be paused or withdrawn in line with
our policies if an applicant at risk or on pay protection applies.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job
Summary
As
Programme Support Manager you will support the successful delivery of the
Wakefield Work and Health Economic Accelerator Programme, working across
funded interventions led by programme/ commissioning leads across the
Wakefield District Health and Care Partnership. This role will coordinate
project activity, support alignment across intervention areas and across all
accelerator pillars and contribute to programme development and evaluation.
The
role will support the development of a Provider Collaborative Community of
Practice (CoP) to connect interventions, encourage shared learning, and
maximise programme impact.
You
will support the Place Programme Lead; to bring together and support
intervention leads across all 3 pillars of work to support Wakefield in
achieving its outcomes of reducing economic inactivity.
The
Programme Support Manager will require significant involvement with
stakeholders from a wide range of services including at executive level e.g.,
West Yorkshire delivery team and interaction with other place leads.
Internally with Director of Strategy and partnerships, place commissioning
leads and in some instances, provider leads, local authorities, VCSE,
Hospital Trust, BI and evaluation leads.
In
addition, this post will be responsible for maintaining excellent project
management processes to provide direct support to the place programmes lead
in the overall monitoring and co-ordination of the programmes of work within
the Wakefield Economic Accelerator Programme.
You
will have practical project management experience or demonstrable
transferrable project management skills. The post will also involve
contributing to other areas of work as required, where delivery
responsibility may be outside of your remit; therefore, the role requires
excellent communication and negotiation skills to influence stakeholders from
across a range of organisations.
This
work will also require the post holder to connect the work into the wider
Trailblazer and Pathfinder work across the district, working with DWP and
WYCA colleagues.
We
are piloting a hybrid way of working where staff work some of their time in
the office and the remainder of their time working from home, so the ability
to work to your own initiative and manage complex deadlines and workstreams
is key to this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job
Summary
As
Programme Support Manager you will support the successful delivery of the
Wakefield Work and Health Economic Accelerator Programme, working across
funded interventions led by programme/ commissioning leads across the
Wakefield District Health and Care Partnership. This role will coordinate
project activity, support alignment across intervention areas and across all
accelerator pillars and contribute to programme development and evaluation.
The
role will support the development of a Provider Collaborative Community of
Practice (CoP) to connect interventions, encourage shared learning, and
maximise programme impact.
You
will support the Place Programme Lead; to bring together and support
intervention leads across all 3 pillars of work to support Wakefield in
achieving its outcomes of reducing economic inactivity.
The
Programme Support Manager will require significant involvement with
stakeholders from a wide range of services including at executive level e.g.,
West Yorkshire delivery team and interaction with other place leads.
Internally with Director of Strategy and partnerships, place commissioning
leads and in some instances, provider leads, local authorities, VCSE,
Hospital Trust, BI and evaluation leads.
In
addition, this post will be responsible for maintaining excellent project
management processes to provide direct support to the place programmes lead
in the overall monitoring and co-ordination of the programmes of work within
the Wakefield Economic Accelerator Programme.
You
will have practical project management experience or demonstrable
transferrable project management skills. The post will also involve
contributing to other areas of work as required, where delivery
responsibility may be outside of your remit; therefore, the role requires
excellent communication and negotiation skills to influence stakeholders from
across a range of organisations.
This
work will also require the post holder to connect the work into the wider
Trailblazer and Pathfinder work across the district, working with DWP and
WYCA colleagues.
We
are piloting a hybrid way of working where staff work some of their time in
the office and the remainder of their time working from home, so the ability
to work to your own initiative and manage complex deadlines and workstreams
is key to this role.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Practical experience of managing multiple successful projects, including the development of complex project management frameworks, monitoring and review processes.
- Performance management, including monitoring of delivery to timescales.
- others whilst working within very tight deadlines and with differing priorities.
- Ability to present complex information including analysis of data and statistics in a concise, accurate and understandable way to a range of audiences.
Desirable
- Experience of budget management and forecasting or familiarity with project budget management and processes.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience gained in a role or sector e.g. programme management, project management, workforce planning, workforce development, operational management
- Detailed knowledge and experience of project management tools, techniques and methodology
- Qualified as an MSP or Prince2 practitioner or equivalent professional experience gained in a similar role
Desirable
- Knowledge of some of the health issues and complexity of systemic issues that may contribute to individuals becoming Economically Inactive.
Other Criteria
Essential
- Demonstrate drive and energy. Commitment to personal, staff and organisational development.
- Self-confident and emotionally resilient.
- Flexible and enthusiastic
- Seeks and uses professional support appropriately.
Skills and Behaviours
Essential
- Able to work with and through ambiguity and an ability to think on their feet when dealing with issues and problems.
- Ability to interpret and achieve results through influence and negotiation with a wide range of stakeholders.
- Ability to gain confidence and credibility of a range of professionals. Highly developed, negotiating and influencing skills, overcoming barriers to understanding and acceptance, and reaching agreemen
- Ability to interpret and analyse complex facts or situations.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Practical experience of managing multiple successful projects, including the development of complex project management frameworks, monitoring and review processes.
- Performance management, including monitoring of delivery to timescales.
- others whilst working within very tight deadlines and with differing priorities.
- Ability to present complex information including analysis of data and statistics in a concise, accurate and understandable way to a range of audiences.
Desirable
- Experience of budget management and forecasting or familiarity with project budget management and processes.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience gained in a role or sector e.g. programme management, project management, workforce planning, workforce development, operational management
- Detailed knowledge and experience of project management tools, techniques and methodology
- Qualified as an MSP or Prince2 practitioner or equivalent professional experience gained in a similar role
Desirable
- Knowledge of some of the health issues and complexity of systemic issues that may contribute to individuals becoming Economically Inactive.
Other Criteria
Essential
- Demonstrate drive and energy. Commitment to personal, staff and organisational development.
- Self-confident and emotionally resilient.
- Flexible and enthusiastic
- Seeks and uses professional support appropriately.
Skills and Behaviours
Essential
- Able to work with and through ambiguity and an ability to think on their feet when dealing with issues and problems.
- Ability to interpret and achieve results through influence and negotiation with a wide range of stakeholders.
- Ability to gain confidence and credibility of a range of professionals. Highly developed, negotiating and influencing skills, overcoming barriers to understanding and acceptance, and reaching agreemen
- Ability to interpret and analyse complex facts or situations.
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
