Health Programmes Manager

This role will oversee two of our flagship programmes: the WellChild Nurses and Better at Home programme.

Purpose of the role:

Working alongside the Director of Programmes and wider programmes team, the successful candidate will ensure that the collective knowledge and skills of both our national nurse network and our flagship Better at Home suites are embedded into the Charity s strategy and activities. The post holder will also be instrumental in growing these networks as well as supporting the growth of the projects.

WellChild currently have over 50 nurse posts across the UK and 13 Better at Home training facilities. The successful delivery of these programmes is integral to the charity and ensures that children with complex health needs and their families can access specialist support in their area when they need it. This is a key role within the WellChild team which is responsible for the day-to-day delivery and management of agreed projects within WellChild s charitable programmes. With the support of the team, you will be able to operate under a high level of autonomy to deliver on these organisational charitable objectives and be responsible for managing relationships with key stakeholders, including health professionals to maximise the outcomes for children with complex health needs and their families.

A Bit about Us:

WellChild is the national charity for seriously ill children. Our vision is for every child or young person with complex medical needs to be thriving at home. Through a UK-wide network of children s nurses, garden transformation projects and family support services, WellChild, who have Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex as its Patron, exists to ensure this growing population of children and young people have the best chance to thrive at home and in their communities.

You will be able to:

• Demonstrate at least two years experience working in a project or service management role#
• Create high quality reports from monitoring data
• Evidence ability of finance management, including budgets and forecasts
• Demonstrate experience of success in establishing and maintaining successful networks and relationships
• Ideally demonstrate experience or knowledge of working within the health sector
• Confidently use Microsoft applications, particularly Word and Excel
• Demonstrate excellent attention to detail
• Demonstrate commitment and ability for strong team working
• Effectively prioritise and work calmly under pressure
• Collaborate with other teams across the organisation

You will have:

• A passion for working with families with children who have complex health needs
• Strong communication and organisational skills
• Experience using Client Management Systems
• Positive can do approach with the ability to be adaptable and work flexibly and on own initiative

What we can offer:
We understand the reality of people s lives and strive wherever possible to offer flexibility and
support to enable you to balance your work and personal life in a healthy way. We also believe it s
important that our people feel their work has purpose, so we ll encourage you and support you to be
autonomous and creatively lead on key pieces of work.
Competitive salary £31,321
23 days holiday on appointment rising to 27 days plus 8 bank holidays
Stakeholder Pension Scheme from appointment at 5%
Employee Assistance Programme
TOIL for out of hours work
Flexible hybrid working arrangements between home and the office
Enhanced benefits package
Other:
There will also be some travel to meetings and events required that fall outside of normal working
hours.

Please note that we can only accept applications from individuals with the right to work in the UK. We are unable to sponsor working visa applications.