Programme Manager - Raise Camden

Salary: £55,581

Grade: Level 5 Zone 1

Location: 5 Pancras Square, London N1C 4AG/Hybrid

Hours per week: 36

Contract Type: Fixed Term/Secondment for 36 Months / Full Time

Closing Date: Monday 15th June 2026 at 23:59

Interviews: Week commencing 29th June 2026

About Camden

Camden is building somewhere everyone can thrive, by making our borough the best place to live, work, study and visit. Because we’re not just home to UK’s fast-growing economy. We’re home to the most important conversations happening today. And we’re making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind.

About Raise Camden

Raise Camden is a strategic programme within Health and Wellbeing, focused on reducing long-term child health inequalities across the borough. Bringing together partners from across and beyond Camden, the programme tests, learns, and innovates new approaches to improve social mobility and close the gap in healthy life expectancy.

What You’ll Be Doing / How You’ll Be Involved

In this role, you will lead the planning, delivery, and performance reporting of multiple workstreams within the Raise Camden programme. You will ensure projects are effectively coordinated, meet key objectives and deadlines, and align with wider Camden priorities to deliver meaningful, system-wide change. As a Programme Manager, you will apply your expertise to design, implement, and evaluate initiatives across a broad range of public health priorities. You will play a key role in strengthening Camden’s reputation as a leader in evidence-driven programme management and collaborative working, helping to create an environment that attracts innovative and impactful projects, including research opportunities. You will work closely with residents and a diverse network of partners across the Council, NHS, Integrated Care Systems, and the Community and Voluntary Sector. Collaborating with commissioners, service providers, and service users, you will support the development and delivery of high-quality strategies, programmes, and services that make a tangible difference to people’s lives.

All About You

To be successful in this role, you will be educated to degree level or bring substantial equivalent experience within a similar post. You will also hold a Prince2 qualification (or equivalent project management certification) or demonstrate comparable hands-on experience in delivering projects and programmes. You will have a strong background in leading transformation and change initiatives within complex environments, alongside solid project and programme management expertise with a proven ability to deliver outcomes to time and objectives. An understanding of health and wellbeing services and the wider system in which they operate is essential.

You will be confident working with data, analytics, and research teams, with a clear understanding of the requirements involved in delivering data and research outputs such as longitudinal datasets, as well as the governance considerations that underpin this work. You will also have experience embedding evaluation and impact measurement into programmes, adopting a continuous learning and improvement approach. The post holder will have the ability to establish and maintain robust project governance, ensuring high standards of programme discipline throughout delivery. Strong stakeholder engagement skills are key, with the ability to quickly build credibility and influence a wide range of partners, including policymakers, practitioners, researchers, and community organisations. A collaborative and inclusive approach is essential, alongside experience of building meaningful relationships with residents, service users, and partners. You will bring excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing.

If you are a passionate project or programme management professional, driven by the opportunity to make a meaningful difference to the lives of Camden residents, we would love to hear from you.

What We Offer

At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits including:

• 27 days annual leave for new starters, rising to 31 days after 5 years
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Flexible working opportunities
• Interest free loans
• Access to our incredible staff networks
• Career development and training
• Wellbeing support and activities

Inclusion and Belonging

At Camden, we want every colleague to feel they belong and can thrive. We welcome applications from all parts of our community, and particularly encourage people from Black, Asian and Other Ethnic Heritage communities, LGBTQ+ people, disabled and neurodiverse people, survivors of domestic abuse, and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds or with care experience. We know that different voices and perspectives make us stronger, and we are committed to providing the support, adjustments and flexibility people need to succeed.

Asking for Adjustments

Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at resourcing@camden.gov.uk or post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG.

Anonymised Application

In keeping with Camden’s commitment to inclusion the recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bias.