Job requirements
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Essential
13 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Qualifications
Educated to Master's level or equivalent senior-level experience in a relevant specialist area.
- Qualifications
Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD
- Values and behaviours
Values diversity and difference operates with integrity and openness. Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop. Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values.
- Values and behaviours
Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
- Values and behaviours
Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same.
- Knowledge and experience
Expert knowledge of postgraduate medical and dental education and quality management frameworks and/or medical HR.
- Knowledge and experience
Extensive experience of managing education contracts and performance, including the application of quality assurance and governance frameworks.
- Knowledge and experience
Significant experience of delivering complex education and workforce programmes through partnership working with multiple stakeholders in a politically sensitive environment.
- Knowledge and experience
Managing significant budgets and financial processes.
- Skills Capabilities & Attributes
Ability to influence, negotiate and build effective partnerships with senior stakeholders across organisational boundaries
- Skills Capabilities & Attributes
Ability to work autonomously in a complex policy and operational environment
- Skills Capabilities & Attributes
Ability to analyse and interpret complex, sensitive or contentious information.
- Skills Capabilities & Attributes
Experience of producing reports, business cases and strategic recommendations.
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Job overview
The South East Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education (PGMDE) team sits within the Workforce, Training and Education (WT&E) Directorate and is responsible for the commissioning, quality management and oversight of postgraduate medical and dental training for over 10,000 doctors and dentists in training across the region.
The PGMDE function provides strategic leadership and operational oversight to ensure the delivery of high-quality postgraduate medical and dental education. This includes supporting the management, quality assurance, sustainability and continuous improvement of training programmes, enabling trainees to successfully complete their training and progress into the future healthcare workforce.
The team works collaboratively with a wide range of regional and national stakeholders, including:
- Trainee representative groups and forums - Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) - NHS provider organisations and independent sector providers - Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), Royal Colleges and Faculties - General Medical Council (GMC) and General Dental Council (GDC) - National NHS England teams and professional bodies
Main duties of the job
The Senior Business and Education Manager provides strategic and operational leadership across a portfolio of postgraduate medical and dental education activity. The postholder is responsible for leading complex programmes of work, supporting education commissioning and investment decisions, managing significant budgets and resources, and ensuring robust quality, performance and governance arrangements are in place.
Working across organisational boundaries, the role requires close collaboration with senior stakeholders to influence decision-making, manage risk, drive continuous improvement and support the delivery of workforce and education priorities across the South East region.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.
You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
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This advert is for Senior Business & Education Manager with NHS England in Nationally, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Manager role. The advertised salary is £66,582 - £77,368 per annum. The contract type is Secondment: 6 months (Until 31-Mar-2027). The application deadline is 15 Sep 2026.
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