Development Support Officer

Job summary

The Band 4 Project Support Officer will play a critical role in enabling the successful delivery of a wide range of Academy programmes. Working closely with our stakeholders, Development Leads and Officers, the post holder will ensure that programme outcomes are achieved by providing highquality project coordination and proactive issue escalation. This role strengthens the Academys capacity to deliver systemwide workforce development aligned to Leeds One Workforce priorities.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide daytoday support across multiple programmes, ensuring smooth delivery and effective coordination. This includes: Programme administration maintaining project documentation, updating trackers, preparing materials, and supporting delivery logistics. Examples: updating project plans, circulating learning materials, coordinating enrolment lists, maintaining SharePoint folders. Project monitoring tracking progress against milestones, identifying slippage, and supporting risk and issue management. Examples: updating RAG ratings, logging risks, preparing highlight reports. Data and reporting supporting evaluation, collating feedback, and contributing to programme reports. Examples: compiling survey data, producing summary dashboards, supporting evaluation frameworks. 2. Administrative Support The role provides essential administrative capacity to ensure programmes and governance structures run effectively. Meeting coordination planning agendas, preparing papers, attending meetings, taking minutes, and tracking actions. Examples: scheduling stakeholder meetings, drafting agendas, producing accurate minutes, updating action logs.

About us

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.

Details

• Date posted: 12 June 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 4
• Salary: £28,392 to £31,157 a year
• Contract: Fixed term
• Duration: 18 months
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 001247
• Job locations: Cross Site, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 3EX, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

For questions about this job, contact:

Name: Michelle Stanley Position: Head of Leeds One Workforce Email: michelle.stanley1@nhs.net

Job Summary

The Band 4 Project Support Officer will play a critical role in enabling the successful delivery of a wide range of Academy programmes. Working closely with our stakeholders, Development Leads and Officers, the post holder will ensure that programme outcomes are achieved by providing highquality project coordination and proactive issue escalation. This role strengthens the Academy’s capacity to deliver systemwide workforce development aligned to Leeds One Workforce priorities.

Why you should join our Team

The Leeds Health and Care Academy works in partnership with health and care organisations across Leeds to maximise the opportunities that working together can bring. Working with the city’s NHS Trusts, local council, education institutions, independent and third sector organisations, we design and deliver development opportunities and collaborative workforce projects for all health and care staff across Leeds. Find out more about our programmes of work here

What is the team like?

The Academy is an ambitious, friendly, and dynamic team that works flexibly and collaboratively. If you join us, you'll be in a fantastic position to deliver impactful work which makes a real difference to people working in health and care. You’ll be welcomed into our team and will take part in regular face-to-face team meetings, development days, and be part of a peer network of colleagues.

What you will bring to the role

Key Responsibilities

1. Programme & Project Support

The post holder will provide daytoday support across multiple programmes, ensuring smooth delivery and effective coordination. This includes:

• Programme administration — maintaining project documentation, updating trackers, preparing materials, and supporting delivery logistics. Examples: updating project plans, circulating learning materials, coordinating enrolment lists, maintaining SharePoint folders.

• Project monitoring — tracking progress against milestones, identifying slippage, and supporting risk and issue management. Examples: updating RAG ratings, logging risks, preparing highlight reports.

• Data and reporting — supporting evaluation, collating feedback, and contributing to programme reports. Examples: compiling survey data, producing summary dashboards, supporting evaluation frameworks.

2. Administrative Support

The role provides essential administrative capacity to ensure programmes and governance structures run effectively.

• Meeting coordination — planning agendas, preparing papers, attending meetings, taking minutes, and tracking actions. Examples: scheduling stakeholder meetings, drafting agendas, producing accurate minutes, updating action logs.

• Workshop and event support — supporting the organisation and delivery of workshops, training sessions, and workgroups. Examples: booking venues, managing participant lists, preparing resources, supporting facilitators on the day.

• Information management — maintaining accessible reporting systems, ensuring audit trails, and managing document archives. Examples: maintaining version control, organising shared drives, ensuring decisions are logged and traceable.

We are looking for someone with the following key skills, knowledge and behaviour:

• GCSEs including English and maths (C/4 or above) or equivalent

• Experience of providing high level project support to projects

• Ability to recognise risks or issues and the implication for the project.

• Ability to plan and organise complex activities, formulating and adjusting plans as necessary.

• Evidence of working autonomously within the constraints of agreed policy & procedure

• Understanding of data protection legislation including GDPR

• Strong communication skills, both written and oral

Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

About Leeds Health and Care Academy

Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

Patient-centred Collaborative Fair Accountable Empowered

All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values

We’re committed to recruiting exceptional people to deliver outstanding services across Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and helping every colleague reach their full potential. We’re looking for a compassionate, inclusive, and collaborative leader who shares our values and can build strong partnerships. We warmly invite applications from people from a variety of backgrounds and sectors, and are especially keen to hear from individuals from a minority ethnic background. We’re dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, supported, and has a true sense of belonging, as we work together to deliver the best in healthcare to the people of Leeds and beyond.

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.