Senior Project Manager - Transformation
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 17/08/2026
- Closes
- 13/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a full-time, permanent Band 7 Senior Project Manager role within the Transformation Programme Team. The postholder will lead the planning, development, and implementation of the Community Mental Health Transformation Programme across North Yorkshire and York. It involves working with partners to improve service delivery, patient experience, and outcomes in community mental health services. The role requires strong leadership and project management skills to deliver compassionate, recovery-focused care and support service and staff development.
Essential criteria
- Educated to postgraduate diploma level in a relevant subject
- Evidence of training in programme or project management principles and techniques
- The Trust's QIS (Quality Improvement System) for Leaders Certificate (or willing to achieve within agreed timescale)
Desirable criteria
- Project Management qualification
- Quality improvement qualification, or evidence of training in quality improvement principles and techniques
- Developing and monitoring complex programme or project plans
- Experience of producing written reports and relating to complex information and data
- Experience of producing written reports and relating to complex information and data
- Experience of developing project scopes, initiation documents and business cases
- Understanding of the issues and context underlying the specific programme/projects to be managed
- Has understanding of nationally recognised project management systems.
- Understanding of the political and managerial context of the NHS and drivers of reform and change within the NHS
- Understanding of mental health and/or learning disability issues and services
- Educated to postgraduate diploma level in a relevant subject
- Evidence of training in programme or project management principles and techniques
- The Trust's QIS (Quality Improvement System) for Leaders Certificate (or willing to achieve within agreed timescale)
- Project Management qualification
- Quality improvement qualification, or evidence of training in quality improvement principles and techniques
- Developing and monitoring complex programme or project plans
- Experience of producing written reports and relating to complex information and data
- Experience of producing written reports and relating to complex information and data
- Experience of developing project scopes, initiation documents and business cases
- Understanding of the issues and context underlying the specific programme/projects to be managed
- Has understanding of nationally recognised project management systems.
- Understanding of the political and managerial context of the NHS and drivers of reform and change within the NHS
- Understanding of mental health and/or learning disability issues and services
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 13d ago · Closes in 15d
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Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Project Manager - [contact details removed]
The closing date is 13 September 2026
Job summary
An opportunity has arisen within the Transformation Programme Team for a full time, permanent Band 7 Senior Project Manager. This post will play a key system-wide leadership and development role in the planning, development and implementation of the Community Mental Health Transformation Programme across North Yorkshire and York.
The successful postholder will work as part of a busy programme team, work in partnership with partners and stakeholders across Voluntary, Community, Primary Care and Secondary Care services to help realise our collective ambition to develop neighbourhood based community mental health services, improving the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery, improving patient experience and their outcomes.
You will possess highly developed leadership skills and project management expertise and have a commitment to successfully delivering compassionate and recovery focused care. You will be expected to support the development of services and staff to plan, develop and support the transformation of services in North Yorkshire and York.
A commitment to meaningful engagement and co-production with partner agencies, service-users, carers and other stakeholders to help deliver and continuously impr
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