# Deputy Director of Programmes > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for NHS England. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/deputy-director-of-programmes/1410ac25-6842-43c6-b3c5-7331cb3e503f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/deputy-director-of-programmes/1410ac25-6842-43c6-b3c5-7331cb3e503f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** NHS England - **Location:** Any NHSE Office, National, SE1 8UG, United Kingdom - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Programme manager - **Grade:** Band 9 - **Salary:** £112,782 - £129,783 per annum (exclusive of London weighting) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Job share, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-20T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-04T10:30:59.571Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Yorkshire/National/NHS_England/Project_Programme_Portfolio_Delivery/Project_Programme_Portfolio_Delivery-v8193596 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8193596?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.england.nhs.uk/ ## Job Content ### Job overview The Transforming and Connecting Care (TCC) programme is a £1Bn major national transformation programme and a key enabler of the NHS 10 Year Health Plan. It will connect information across hospitals, general practice and community care, giving patients greater access and control while enabling health and care professionals to use the same connected patient record. Its six interdependent areas are the Single Patient Record, Event Based Architecture, Target Data Architecture, Genomics Data Infrastructure, public and staff engagement, and the ethical linking of health and non-health data. Together, these will support more joined-up, personalised and preventative care, enabled by secure, trusted and interoperable data and delivered through service transformation. The Deputy Director of Programmes supports the Programme Director in translating this ambition into integrated, realistic and controlled delivery. The postholder leads the programme’s day-to-day delivery across projects, products and cross-cutting workstreams; aligns plans, resources, dependencies and decisions; provides visible leadership to delivery leads; and acts as a senior point of escalation. They deputise for the Programme Director as required and help maintain pace, coherence, accountability and confidence across this complex, high-profile programme ### Main duties of the job - Lead and coordinate day-to-day delivery of TCC across projects, products and workstreams on behalf of the Programme Director. Translate the approved business case and outcome-based objectives into an integrated, resourced delivery plan, maintaining control of scope, schedule, cost, quality, benefits and risk. - Manage critical paths, dependencies, resources and change, taking corrective action and escalating issues outside delegated tolerances. - Maintain the disciplines expected of a Government major programme: - Support the SRO and Programme Director in reviewing the business case, Accounting Officer assessment, benefits case and delivery model, ensuring strategic alignment, affordability, value for money and deliverability. - Build strong relationships across government, the NHS, partners and suppliers; create a high-performing multidisciplinary team; ensure evidence and lessons inform decisions; and promote a culture where risks and delivery challenges are identified early. - Develop commercial strategy, lead procurement activity and manage supplier performance. - Deputise for the Programme Director and represent TCC at senior governance, assurance and stakeholder forums as required. - Robust governance; - Integrated assurance and approvals planning; - Readiness for Gateway reviews; - Implementation of assurance recommendations; and - Accurate reporting on delivery confidence and performance to NHS England, DHSC and NISTA. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, and person specification in the attached Job Description. Please ensure your supporting statement includes demonstratable evidence and specific examples on how you meet the criteria for each of the key skills specified. This will be used in both the shortlisting and interview processes. ### Applicant requirements This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to effectively plan and think strategically and analyse and resolve problems in a multidisciplinary environment. - Exceptional ability to build relations with internal and external partners which are critical in securing the strategic objectives of the business. ### Knowledge **Essential** - Must understand the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this across the wider health and social care. ### Experience **Essential** - Successful track record of delivering major programmes on time and within budget, including the management of highly complex multi-stranded programmes. - Extensive experience of leading complex, technology-enabled transformation across multiple organisations and professional disciplines. - Experience of procurement process for complex programmes of work. - Proven experience of delivering long-term strategic plans and being able to alter plans to fit with the rapidly changing environment. ## Documents - [guide to completing your application (docx, 42.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1939) - [nhse - verification of id and rtw guide (pdf, 306.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=996) - [occupational functional requirements form (pdf, 69.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10586249) - [deputy director of programmes band 9 job description (pdf, 512.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10586305) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.