Job vacancy: Programme Coordinator - Industry and Innovation, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton

Job summary

Main area

Administrative Services

Grade

Band 7

Contract

Fixed term: 23 months (Secondment offered if applicant is an existing NHS employee or external secondment considered)

Hours

Full time
Part time

37.5 hours per week

Job ref

188-HS020626

Employer: University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Southampton Science Park
Town: Southampton
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 per annum (pro rata)
Closing: 28/06/2026 23:59

Programme Coordinator - Industry and Innovation

Band 7

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are an ambitious organisation, looking for passionate and motivated people to join us with a proven track record of delivery. You will need a tenacity to succeed, great communication and project management, event management and marketing skills, an ability to build new relationships quickly, and the capability to drive innovation in practice.

You may not feel you meet all aspects of the role, but we welcome applications from people with a wide range of past experiences – whether that be of events management, marketing, brand management. An appreciation of the challenges involved with innovation deployment and transformation in health and social care is an advantage to succeed in this role.

You will work a part of a close-knit team supporting start-ups, founders and academics to develop and deploy their health innovations, through events, accelerators and training courses and direct support. You will bring your creative experience to:

Oversee the end-to-end implementation of all event marketing campaigns—email, social, digital, and website—across multiple simultaneous events.
Support surveys, feedback forms and online resources
Provide coordination and administrative support at larger in person events and help ensure smooth organisation on the day.
Ensure campaign timelines, workflows, and approvals are executed to deadline, with consistent communication to all stakeholders.
Oversee the creation and execution of digital marketing strategies, including search engine optimisation (SEO), email, social media, and content marketing to drive traffic, engagement, and registrations.
Monitor and evaluate digital campaign performance, generating data-driven reports with actionable insights to optimise results.
Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, as well as external media, associations, and agencies to secure promotions and drive collaborative efforts.
Ensure consistent messaging and brand presentation across marketing materials and communications.

Person specification

Qualifications / training required

Essential criteria

Educated to masters level or able to demonstrate an equivalent level of knowledge skills and experience in marketing / project management or event management discipline
Knowledge of the specialist work practices and/ or professional guidelines relevant to the HIW area
Management / leadership experience
Evidence of CPD
Understanding of the health and social care or innovation environment and relevant organisations

Desirable criteria

Knowledge and experience of the NHS and local health and social service functions
Project Management training (e.g. PRINCE II)
Relevant professional qualification (e.g. CIM)
Knowledge of the local (Wessex) organisations and structures
Understanding of current policy, branding guidelines and national drivers, e.g., ICB/ICP/ICS, 10-year plan

Relevant experience, training and knowledge

Essential criteria

Familiarity with software such as; Canva, Vimeo, Mailchimp, Luma, Eventbrite, MS Forms, Slido, Mentimeter
Experience of organising, running events or multi-day programmes
Experience of integrated working, across professional boundaries and involving several organisations
Experience scheduling, chairing and note-taking at meetings
Experience managing own workload and prioritising demands on time
Commercially aware
Understanding of finance / resource management
Experience creating brand and marketing materials
Experience gathering, analysing and reporting on data
Experience in copy writing
Experience with project monitoring, documentation and escalation

Desirable criteria

Programme and project management experience in a health or social care service setting
A good understanding of risk management practices

Organisational Values and Behaviours

Essential criteria

HIW: 1) Quality 2) People 3) Together - Innovative, Inclusive, Collaborative, Achieving, Trustworthy
UHS: 1) Patients First 2) Always Improving 3) Working Together

Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.

For more information about our Trust

https://careers.uhs.nhs.uk

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Getting to work should be as easy as possible and that’s why we have introduced the UHS travel promise – a commitment from the Trust that we will provide reasonable travel options for every member of staff. Every member of staff can apply for a permit to use our park & ride facility. Eligibility for on-site parking is dependent on the nature and requirement of the role. All staff can also access a range of discounted benefits relating to travel including reduced price bus tickets, purchase of salary sacrifice bikes and ultra-low emission cars.

Our commitment to equality

Equality remains at the centre of our policymaking, service delivery, and employment practice, giving all employees equal opportunity to develop, apply for promotions, and have working arrangements that enable them to achieve a manageable work-life balance.

UHS actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for managers and staff to ensure this happens. We also closely monitor recruitment activity, training, development, and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital status and age.

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