Programme Manager - COVID Vaccination Programme in Eastleigh

Main area Programme Management Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract 8 months (Fixed Term Until 31 March 2027) Hours Part time - 22 hours per week Job ref 104-ICB-6459TG

Employer Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB Employer type NHS Site Omega House Town Eastleigh Salary £57,528 - £64,750 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 29/07/2026 23:59

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Job overview

Please note this organisation does not hold a sponsorship licence, we regret to inform you that we are unable to consider applications from individuals who require sponsorship.

The Programme Manager for the Covid-19 Vaccination Programme holds operational accountability for the day-to-day management of the System Vaccine Operations Centre (SVOC) team, helpline, and delegated programme budgets. The post holder is responsible
the end-to-end delivery of the Covid Vaccination Programme across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, and will deputise for the SRO and Deputy Clinical SRO as required.

Main duties of the job

The main functions of the Programme Manager are to:
Establish and monitor commissioning contracts, author business cases (including financial and workforce mapping), and oversee robust project planning for seasonal, pause/close-down, and surge vaccination campaigns in line with national strategies.

Oversee the analysis of programme data and prepare high-level executive briefings and reports for internal and external stakeholders.

Liaise across the Integrated Care System (including primary care, local authorities, and NHS England) to coordinate outreach strategies that address vaccine hesitancy and drive uptake in underserved communities.

Partner with senior leadership to design and execute a safe, effective transition of the vaccination program into a permanent Business as Usual (BAU) model.

This role is based on-site at the ICB with options for flexible and remote working. Travel across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight will be required to maintain strong relationships with service providers and partner organizations.

Working for our organisation

We offer excellent employment opportunities to new and existing staff. We aim to be a model employer by embedding best HR practice and to support new ways of working.

We pride ourselves on offering good working conditions, job security, lifelong learning, fair pay and benefits, staff involvement and a balance between work and personal life.

We enjoy a forward thinking and innovative culture and our vision is to have healthy people, living healthy lives in healthy communities. We understand the only way to deliver this is to have the right people with the right skills.

Here is a summary of some of the benefits and services which are on offer to staff:

• 27 days paid minimum holiday and bank holiday entitlement
• Sick pay policy
• Occupational health services including staff counselling services
• Flexible working and family friendly policies
• Flexible retirement and retirement vouchers

Successful candidates will be subject to a six-month probationary period.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see full job description.

The job description and person specification are an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role, the job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required.

Person specification

Qualifications and Experience

• Educated to a master's degree level or evidence of equivalent experience working at a senior level.
• Highly experience understanding of health service issues.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Experience of influencing change at local and organisational level.
• Experience of working within a multi-agency setting across professional and organisational boundaries, forging sustained relationships with a range of stakeholders, internal and external to health.
• Experience of dealing with highly complex, sensitive and difficult situations, articulate presentation of capacity and demand data, interpreting and utilising data to plan.
• Experience in effectively chairing at a senior level.
• Experience of risk management frameworks.
• Experience at planning and commissioning services, and contracts/service specifications.

Skills and Abilities

• Excellent interpersonal communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal
• Highly skilled negotiator.
• Strong Leadership skills, including line management.
• Ability to challenge effectively to drive improvement
• Decisive and robust decision making, including the ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues.
• Skilled at policy and service development.
• An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust.
• Act with minimal guidelines and set goals and standards for others.
• Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary.

Knowledge

• Understanding of key performance targets, measure, clinical and corporate governance requirements.
• Significant knowledge of operational, personnel and financial management.
• Highly developed specialist knowledge in relation to the NHS and NHS management issues.

Please note the following before applying:
1. We reserve the right to amend the closing date based on the volume of applications received. Vacancies attracting a high volume of applications may therefore close earlier than advertised.
2. In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.
3. As a Disability Confident Employer we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. As an ICB, we value diversity and are committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.
4. If you are successful and are joining from a non-NHS background, there will be an expectation that you will be engaged from the bottom of the pay band. If you would like to review the Agenda for Change pay scales in more detail and to view other benefits of working in the NHS, please visit the Agenda for Change website for further details.
5. New employees to the ICB will be subject to a probationary period of six months (some exemptions apply, please refer to the ICBs policy for full details).

We encourage and support our staff to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as this remains the best way to protect ourselves, our families, our colleagues, and patients from the virus.

We recognise that some candidates for accessibility reasons may use software to support their application. At our Organisation, our selection process ensures we recruit candidates with the right skills and values. We monitor applications and remain alert to misuse that misrepresents abilities including the inappropriate use of AI.

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