Job vacancy: Programme Manager - COVID Vaccination Programme, Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB, Eastleigh

Job summary

Main area: Programme Management
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract: 8 months (Fixed Term Until 31 March 2027)
Hours: Part time - 22 hours per week
Job ref: 104-ICB-6459TG

Employer: Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB
Employer type: NHS
Site: Omega House
Town: Eastleigh
Salary: £57,528 - £64,750 per annum, pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 29/07/2026 23:59

Programme Manager - COVID Vaccination Programme

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see full job description.

The job description and person specification are an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role, the job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required.

Person specification

Qualifications and Experience

Essential criteria

Educated to a master's degree level or evidence of equivalent experience working at a senior level.
Highly experience understanding of health service issues.
Evidence of continuing professional development.
Experience of influencing change at local and organisational level.
Experience of working within a multi-agency setting across professional and organisational boundaries, forging sustained relationships with a range of stakeholders, internal and external to health.
Experience of dealing with highly complex, sensitive and difficult situations, articulate presentation of capacity and demand data, interpreting and utilising data to plan.
Experience in effectively chairing at a senior level.
Experience of risk management frameworks.
Experience at planning and commissioning services, and contracts/service specifications.

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

Excellent interpersonal communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal
Highly skilled negotiator.
Strong Leadership skills, including line management.
Ability to challenge effectively to drive improvement
Decisive and robust decision making, including the ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues.
Skilled at policy and service development.
An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust.
Act with minimal guidelines and set goals and standards for others.
Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Understanding of key performance targets, measure, clinical and corporate governance requirements.
Significant knowledge of operational, personnel and financial management.
Highly developed specialist knowledge in relation to the NHS and NHS management issues.

Please note the following before applying:

1. We reserve the right to amend the closing date based on the volume of applications received. Vacancies attracting a high volume of applications may therefore close earlier than advertised.

2. In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.

3. As a Disability Confident Employer we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. As an ICB, we value diversity and are committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

4. If you are successful and are joining from a non-NHS background, there will be an expectation that you will be engaged from the bottom of the pay band. If you would like to review the Agenda for Change pay scales in more detail and to view other benefits of working in the NHS, please visit the Agenda for Change website for further details.

5. New employees to the ICB will be subject to a probationary period of six months (some exemptions apply, please refer to the ICBs policy for full details).

We encourage and support our staff to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as this remains the best way to protect ourselves, our families, our colleagues, and patients from the virus.

We recognise that some candidates for accessibility reasons may use software to support their application. At our Organisation, our selection process ensures we recruit candidates with the right skills and values. We monitor applications and remain alert to misuse that misrepresents abilities including the inappropriate use of AI.