Advisor - Delivery Core Team in Cambridge

Hours of work: Full-time. Flexible working hours/options compatible with the role can be discussed – a minimum of 0.8wte for this role is indicated. Contract type: 12-month fixed term, with possible extension subject to funding. Base: Cambridge. We offer flexible working arrangements. Our staff combine on-site and remote working, enabling us to come together when it matters most and promote a healthy work-life balance.

Reports to: Senior Advisor in the Delivery core team. Closing date for applications: 31st July 2026.

About the Company: Our purpose at Health Innovation East is to turn great ideas into positive health impact. We were established by the NHS to convene all partners in the health sector, to develop and deliver innovative solutions in health and care. Our focus is the East of England, but we are also part of a national network which enables us to deliver at scale. Our consulting offer also extends beyond the East of England, and we are increasingly undertaking national commissions. Citizens, academia, health services and industry will achieve more working together than they will in isolation. Our job is to make this happen. We do this by helping innovators to navigate complex systems, generate value propositions and connect stakeholders to overcome challenges together.

About the Role: The Delivery Team works with local organisations to deliver national programmes to support adoption and spread of health innovations with a proven evidence base. These currently include innovations within CKD, Type 1 diabetes, women’s health and digital transformation, all with health inequalities as a cross-cutting theme. The Advisor role will be the lead for a portfolio of projects, working in collaboration with health and care partners and providing project/change management expertise to ensure successful project delivery with measurable impact.

Responsibilities:

• To deliver on projects as part of the Delivery Core Team, under the supervision of the Core Team Senior Advisors and Head of Programmes.
• Build and nurture relationships with key stakeholders to support the successful delivery of projects.
• Model a collaborative and influencing style of working, negotiating with others to achieve the best outcomes.
• Ensure projects are managed effectively, leading their successful delivery from start through to completion.
• Ensuring appropriate project governance is in place in relation to data sharing, information governance, managing inequalities and clinical safety.
• Ensure that project risks and issues are proactively identified and reported, and developing proposals for resolution, mitigation and escalation of those risks.
• Work with the Health Innovation East Programme Management Office to ensure effective and timely financial and performance reporting and produce regular project reports and updates for national, regional and local governance mechanisms.
• Ensure the work undertaken aligns to relevant national guidance and best practice, including NICE clinical guidance.
• Writing monthly internal highlight reports.
• Maintaining and updating project plans (including key milestones, risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies) and escalating concerns to the programme manager as appropriate.
• Developing excellent working relationships with external stakeholders as required.

Qualifications:

• Educated to degree level in relevant subject, or with equivalent experience in healthcare.
• Evidence of project management qualification, learning or demonstrable experience.

Knowledge and Understanding:

• Good working knowledge of improvement and/or implementation methodologies and application within health and/or social care settings.
• Knowledge of information governance, security, GDPR legislation and guidance or willingness to learn.

Required Skills:

• Robust project management skills.
• Proficient in change management/implementation/transformation approaches.
• Ability to develop strong working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to adapt and appeal to various audiences.
• Good organisational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to multitask and work to strict deadlines.
• Proficient in use of a range of IT software, including MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to receive and understand complex information, summarise and disseminate to various audiences.

Experience:

• Good working knowledge of improvement methodologies and application within health and/or social care settings.
• Robust project and programme management – including using recognised project management approaches.
• Experience working with a diverse group of stakeholders at all levels, spanning providers, commissioners, academia and VCFSE.
• Experience facilitating meetings and workshops with diverse stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience of writing reports for a range of audiences.

Disposition and Attitude:

• Flexibility and adaptability for different kinds of projects, tasks and activities.
• Evidence of the ability to work with teams in developing improvement/transformation/innovation adoption projects and/or facilitating the implementation of national guidelines.
• Ability to develop good relationships with senior colleagues internal and external to the organisation.
• Ability to maintain credibility of self and the team.
• Ability to work flexibly (hours of work and duties) both autonomously and within a small team.
• Ability to regularly travel within region.

Right to Work: Applicants must be able to provide evidence of their right to work in the UK at the point any job offer is made.

Desirable Skills and Experience:

• Proficient in Quality Improvement methodologies.
• Meeting and workshop facilitation skills.
• Experience of supporting digital transformation/change management in a health and care environment.
• Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis techniques.
• Awareness of strategic challenges facing the NHS (with a working knowledge of East of England region preferred).

Benefits of working at Health Innovation East: As part of the benefits package, Health Innovation East’s employees are entitled to 27 days of annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata for less than wholetime equivalent) and are offered a company pension (employer contribution up to 10% of annual salary) as well as a cycle to work scheme. In addition, all employees have unlimited access to the company’s well-being programme which is fully confidential. Team members on secondments will remain on their employer’s terms and conditions.

Equal Opportunity Statement: Health Innovation East is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and will provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process where needed.

Use of AI: We recognise that candidates may use AI tools to help prepare applications. However, all application materials and assessment responses should accurately reflect your own skills, experience and knowledge. Any misrepresentation of authorship, experience or qualifications may result in an application being withdrawn from consideration.