Programme Manager

Job summary

Every role at CQC contributes to our mission. If you’re looking for a new role in Project Delivery and Business Change that gives a true sense of meaning and purpose, then you’ve found it! As a Programme Manager, you’ll lead complex programmes that drive real change in health and social care, helping us deliver improvements that make a difference to people’s lives.

Imagine working on initiatives that transform how health and care services operate, ensuring better outcomes for the public. This role is all about turning big ideas into reality.

Job description

As a Programme Manager in Project Delivery and Business Change, you will:

• Oversee a strategic programme that brings together multiple projects to deliver business change across CQC.
• Ensure future readiness for challenges.
• Specifically, you will lead the design and delivery of a programme that will transform our ways of working to deliver an efficient and effective Operating Model.
• You will lead the alignment of processes, organisational structures, IT systems, and data architecture to ensure we better understand our operating model and can make informed and controlled changes to it in the future.

Person specification

We will be looking for specific skills, knowledge and experience in your application form:

• Experience of delivering large-scale programmes that include business change and organisational design.
• Experience of architectural design principles with a specific focus on business architecture.
• Ability to apply programme and project management methodologies (e.g., PRINCE2, Agile) in varied and complex contexts.
• Proven track record of influencing senior stakeholders and managing competing priorities to achieve successful outcomes.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including:

• Annual leave starting at 27 days per year, rising to 32.5 days with service, plus bank holidays (usually 8 days per year).
• Training and development opportunities.
• Wellbeing initiatives, such as gym discounts and meditation.
• NHS pension scheme, with around 14% employer contribution.
• Discount schemes (including eligibility for a Blue Light card, at a cost of £4.99 and valid for 2 years), reward vouchers, car leasing and more!

Things you need to know

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Selection process details

TBC

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

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Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Recruitment Team
• Email : recruitment@cqc.org.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : recruitment@cqc.org.uk