Health Programmes Manager

An exciting and dynamic role, the Health Programmes Manager is responsible for delivering charitable projects central to WellChild's mission; ensuring children with complex health needs thrive at home.

Purpose of the role:

Working alongside the Director of Programmes and wider programmes team, the successful candidate will ensure that the collective knowledge and skills of both our national nurse network and our flagship Better at Home suites are embedded into the Charity’s strategy and activities. The post holder will also be instrumental in growing these networks as well as supporting the growth of the projects. WellChild currently have over 50 nurse posts across the UK and 13 Better at Home training facilities. The successful delivery of these programmes is integral to the charity and ensures that children with complex health needs and their families can access specialist support in their area when they need it.

This is a key role within the WellChild team which is responsible for the day-to-day delivery and management of agreed projects within WellChild’s charitable programmes. With the support of the team, you will be able to operate under a high level of autonomy to deliver on these organisational charitable objectives and be responsible for managing relationships with key stakeholders, including health professionals to maximise the outcomes for children with complex health needs and their families.

You will be able to:

• Demonstrate at least two years experience working in a project or service management role
• Create high quality reports from monitoring data
• Evidence ability of finance management, including budgets and forecasts
• Demonstrate experience of success in establishing and maintaining successful networks and relationships
• Ideally demonstrate experience or knowledge of working within the health sector
• Confidently use Microsoft applications, particularly Word and Excel
• Demonstrate excellent attention to detail
• Demonstrate commitment and ability for strong team working
• Effectively prioritise and work calmly under pressure
• Collaborate with other teams across the organisation

You will have:

• A passion for working with families with children who have complex health needs
• Strong communication and organisational skills
• Experience using Client Management Systems
• Positive ‘can do’ approach with the ability to be adaptable and work flexibly and on own initiative.

We can offer:

We understand the reality of people’s lives and strive wherever possible to offer flexibility and support to enable you to balance your work and personal life in a healthy way. We also believe it’s important that our people feel their work has purpose, so we’ll encourage you and support you to be autonomous and creatively lead on key pieces of work.

• Competitive salary £31,321 – £34,321*
• 23 days holiday on appointment rising to 27 days plus 8 bank holidays
• Stakeholder Pension Scheme from appointment at 5%
• Employee Assistance Programme
• TOIL for out of hours work
• Flexible hybrid working arrangements between home and the office
• Enhanced benefits package

Other:

There will also be some travel to meetings and events required that fall outside of normal working hours.

Please see full job description and additional information on WellChild's website.

How to apply:

Application forms can be found via WellChild's website (and link attached).

Completed application forms should be sent to [email protected]

Applications can also be posted to HR Team, WellChild, Sunningend Business Centre, 22 Lansdown Industrial Estate, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 8PL.