Programme Scheduler - Norfolk & Waveney New Hospitals Programme
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust
Job overview
The Programme Scheduler is a critical post within the New Hospital Programme, Norfolk & Waveney University Hospitals Group, with responsibility for the design, production, integration and management of the Team’s project and programme-level scheduling activity across all elements of the New Hospital Programme development and construction.
The postholder will be the principal lead for programme scheduling from the Team’s perspective, ensuring robust, logic-linked schedules are in place that accurately reflect internal and external workstreams and their interdependencies.
Operating as a Subject Matter Expert, the postholder will support the planning, monitoring and reporting of business case, transformation, design and construction progress through the programme lifecycle. You will work closely with internal stakeholders and external contractors to ensure that the master schedule and sub-schedules are accurate, validated, and continuously updated.
You will also contribute to assurance and risk processes by providing analytical insight into the impact of scheduling decisions, slippage, and change events on the programme’s critical path.
This post requires advanced technical expertise in scheduling tools, excellent attention to detail, a deep understanding of major transformation and construction programme dynamics and strong interpersonal skills.
This will be a hybrid role, with the base location to be determined prior to appointment.
Main duties of the job
Strategic Planning and Integration
The Programme Scheduler will lead the development, integration, and continuous refinement of the New Hospital Programme master schedule. This involves establishing a comprehensive, logic-based scheduling framework that accurately reflects the interdependencies among internal Trust-led workstreams and external contractor timelines.
The postholder will coordinate inputs from clinical, digital, operational, and estates stakeholders, integrating these with external construction partner schedules to ensure a unified and coherent delivery plan. The master schedule will serve as the definitive source of truth for programme delivery, underpinning assurance submissions, funding reviews, and national reporting requirements.
The postholder will also be responsible for maintaining version control, ensuring that all schedule updates are systematically documented and communicated to relevant stakeholders.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information about this role please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification
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This advert is for Programme Scheduler - Norfolk & Waveney New Hospitals Programme with The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust in Kings Lynn, East of England, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Administrative and IT role. The advertised salary is £57,528 - £64,750 pa pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 19 Jun 2026.
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