Programme Lead: Capital Development

Programme Lead: Capital Development The closing date is 15 December 2025 An opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated Programme Leader to join the Capital Team on a permanent basis to support the strategic development and delivery of a highly complex RAAC programme. The role is Trust wide. The role will work with a range of stakeholders to facilitate discussions to drive the strategy forward to achieve enabling works in year and capture cross‑departmental requirements to determine safe and appropriate strategies for decant and RAAC removal, considering all necessary perspectives. The Project Lead will be an SME in both healthcare programme development and construction / capital interventions and will design processes that will ensure sufficient oversight of key milestones in the programme, and any barriers to delivery, as well as sufficient scope management and associated change control. This will involve leading internal and external teams and working with colleagues across Estates, Capital and our Care Org. clinical and operational staff. Supporting the creation of a robust strategy, utilising industry standard techniques, the post holder will ensure the RAAC programme delivers by working with clinical reference groups to validate decant strategies and ensure there are clear plans in place for decant activities to support subsequent RAAC removal. Main duties of the job The postholder will be a key role within the Capital Development Team with responsibility for delivering decant and RAAC removal strategy. The successful applicant will have experience in the successful delivery of programmes: including appropriate oversight of the RAAC project team to ensure effective: project scheduling and programme level roll up for executive consumption, stakeholder engagement, procurement, financial management, project monitoring and control. The role will also involve capturing and interpreting technical guidance from estates, design teams and clinical / operational teams. We are therefore interested in applicants who have a background in delivering a complex programme of works within regulated and multi‑stakeholder environments. This will include: Identifying areas where data quality is poor Developing educational programmes Developing data quality insights About us The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives. As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team. In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work‑life balance. Job responsibilities To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk Person Specification Knowledge Expert knowledge of Capital Programme Management Experience Extensive experience working at a senior management level in a large complex organisation preferably within the NHS Managing and implementing change at a senior level Experience of establishing, developing and managing a multi‑disciplinary team (internal and external colleagues) Extensive experience of managing complex, large scale construction projects at the early design stages Demonstrable experience of delivering complex building projects at all stages Significant experience in commercial management and procurement processes Significant experience of working with complex programmes, preferably within the NHS Experience of preparing and presenting reports of complex, sensitive or contentious information at senior forums Experience of estate master planning, preferably within a healthcare portfolio Qualifications Management or Leadership Qualification Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. 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