Programme Manager - Health and Wellbeing

The postholder will play a pivotal leadership role within the Trust and be responsible for supporting a culture of health, wellbeing and inclusivity across the organisation. The post-holder will provide overall management and leadership to our staff health and wellbeing (HWB) programme, 5 ways to a healthier YOU and support the broader total staff benefits programme, Showing we care about you (SWCAY programme), specifically the health and wellbeing components. The post holder will be responsible for leading rigorous and robust transformation of the programme ensuring alignment with the financial envelope set. This includes strategy review as well as programme management including planning, reporting, and managing risk. This is a fast paced, varied and dynamic role and we are looking for a proactive individual, a strategic decision maker who can work autonomously, flexibly, set direction, prioritise tasks independently and liaise effectively.

Your communication skills will enable excellent working relationships with a wide range of professionals within the Trust, our partners and local and national organisations. You should be a motivated professional who is passionate about health and wellbeing, delivers best practice and embraces change. You will be experienced in driving transformational change, staff health and wellbeing programmes, public health initiatives, project management, and health promotion.

Main duties of the job: Our health and wellbeing programme has a strong focus on evaluation, delivering evidence-based initiatives and ensuring engagement with employees, stakeholders and partners. Using their experience in the strategic use of data collection, analysis, benchmarking and reporting, the post holder will develop and implement evidence-based strategies with the overall goal that the Trust will have a thriving, high performing, and resilient workplace health and wellbeing programme. Working collaboratively, the post holder will provide strategic direction, influence local policy development, and deliver initiatives that enhance employee health, resilience, and overall job satisfaction, fostering a culture where staff can thrive and deliver outstanding patient care.

Person specification:

• Qualifications and Education: Relevant Masters in health and wellbeing, occupational health, HR or related field, equivalent professional qualification or equivalent experience in workforce health. Evidence of recent Continuing Professional Development.
• Previous Experience: Evidence of leading successful programme and/or operational performance and improvement at a strategic level; including business case preparation, service initiation/commissioning, contract negotiation, and the development and monitoring of output and outcome measures. Extensive programme management experience in large complex organisations, including design, development, implementation and management of change in a multiple stakeholder environment. Previous NHS experience. Familiarity with the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan.
• Skills, Knowledge and Ability: Extensive knowledge of workplace health and wellbeing interventions. Excellent understanding and track record of successful change and programme management. Experience in devising evidence-based models of delivery, undertaking research, seeking and evaluating feedback on services. Strong evidence of leadership, interpersonal skills and authority. Excellent communication (written, oral, presentation, facilitation), networking and negotiation skills. Experience of budget management, budget setting and delivery against cost improvement programmes.

Additional Information: A commitment to partnership working, inclusion of a diverse workforce and service integration. High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement and flexibility in approach and attitude. Willing to take tough decisions and be openly optimistic about achievement of goals.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitably according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or studies at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership. Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.

As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends. We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking into account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service.