Job vacancy: Decant Programme Manager, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Chelsea

Job summary

Main area: Administration
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8b
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 282-F880

Employer: The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: The Royal Marsden Hospital Chelsea
Town: Chelsea
Salary: £72,921 - £83,362 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 11/11/2025 23:59

Decant Programme Manager

NHS AfC: Band 8b

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Interviews to take place in late November/early December 2025. For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Leah Irish (Deputy Programme Director) at [email protected].

For further information, please refer to the Job Description / Person Specification

PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT & STRATEGY

· Develop the delivery plan for the decant programme for Chelsea from design strategy through to execution and delivery.

· Develop and maintain the programme roadmaps, timeline and resource plans.

· Coordinate the development of the design solution for the decant spaces working architects, designers and key stakeholders to design workplaces for staff impacted by the decant.

· Coordinate the development of onsite logistics to support the decant and changes to site access and egress requirements

· To lead on the specification of workplace products for procurement by others.

· Lead risk management for the decant programme by identifying programme level risks and issues and developing contingency plans to address.

· Understand budgetary constraints and ensure solutions are designed with consideration of financial constraint – both revenue and capital – keeping cost and value for money in mind at all times, and escalating any cost challenges at the earliest opportunity.

ENGAGEMENT & COMMUNICATION

· To liaise closely with key delivery partners and contractors to ensure solutions are identified, developed and implemented in a timely manner to support both business as usual and construction activities.

· To maintain continued dialogue with key stakeholders impacted directly or indirectly with moves.

· To provide regular updates on progress to stakeholders.

· To liaise with suppliers and workplace designers to understand trends and latest developments in workplace planning and design, and introducing workplace concepts to staff and stakeholders.

· To engage with the Trust’s Space & Accommodation team to understand and incorporate emergent space demands.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria

Educated to degree level, or with equivalent relevant working experience
Evidence of current and continuing professional education and development – both formal (study) and informal (awareness)

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of working in an NHS environment and of NHS regulations including HTMs.
Experience in leading continuous improvement schemes with staff groups and across an organisation.
Experience at advising and successfully influencing senior organisational directors and operational leads
Experience in managing complex multi-project programmes.
Sound understanding of project and programme management methodologies (e.g. Agile, Prince 2)
Experience of working in a logistics/FM leadership role in a large organisation

Desirable criteria

Use of technology for connecting teams in an agile working organisation.
Experience in working across multi-site.

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied on your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.

Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.