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Job overview
Are you passionate about driving meaningful change and delivering efficiency improvements? This is an exciting opportunity to join the Efficiency, Value and Improvement (EVI) PMO Team at Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.
The EVI PMO Team is at the heart of the Trust’s journey to enhance efficiency, productivity, and value, while prioritising clinical, operational, and quality outcomes. As a growing and dynamic team, we are dedicated to supporting the Trust in achieving financial sustainability through transformative projects that improve the quality and delivery of its services.
We are seeking a Head of EVI Programme Management Office (PMO) to play a pivotal role in supporting the Executive, leadership, and management teams. You will lead Trust-wide change initiatives designed to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of our services, ultimately benefiting both patients and staff.
If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy managing significant programmes of work, and have a passion for driving continuous improvement, we want to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will play a pivotal leadership role in driving the success of the Efficiency, Value, and Improvement (EVI) PMO by supporting and facilitating multiple high-priority programmes and projects simultaneously.
They will ensure that all initiatives are delivered at pace while embedding sustainable change across the Trust. Operating with significant autonomy, the post holder will act as a key partner to the Executive Directors, senior clinicians, operational managers, and a range of internal and external stakeholders. Their ability to influence and lead at all levels of the Trust will be critical to the success of this role.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Person specification
Skills
Essential
- Ability to coach colleagues at all levels to improve Trust capability.
- Ability to plan and implement a project from conception through to completion, writing and editing Trustwide PIDs.
- Ability to write and present accurate and concise reports to various groups at all levels and to use them to influence others at decision making levels.
- Ability to build relationships and communicate effectively with various stakeholders.
Knowledge
Essential
- Strong understanding of and commitment to the values and goals of the Trust making sure that the patient is at the heart of all we do.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working across Trust and professional boundaries to achieve common goals
- Experience of delivering transformational, sustainable improvement into Operational Business Units, Divisions, Localities, regional teams.
- Experience of applying structured Cost Improvement Programme management processes.
- Previous experience on a Health Service major project within a provider environment.
Desirable
- Running a financial grip and control programme for a trust in deficit.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent.
- Leadership/ Management qualification.
- Evidence of formal training in coaching techniques.
- Relevant portfolio, project and / or programme management qualifications such as P30, MSP, Prince2, at Practitioner level with current CPD.
Desirable
- Accounting qualification
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This advert is for Head of Efficiency, Value and Improvement (EVI) with Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust in County Hall. It is listed as a Band 8 role. The advertised salary is £79,504 - £91,609 gross per annum (pro rata). The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 31 Aug 2026.
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