Job overview

The North Manchester General Hospital Redevelopment Programme Management Office Lead role presents a unique and exciting opportunity to deliver one of the largest hospital and regeneration projects in the country. 

Following the Ministerial announcement in January 2025 which confirmed that the North Manchester General Hospital Scheme would be in Wave 1 of the refreshed New Hospital Programme (NHP), the Trust is ready to commence the next stage of project delivery. Building on considerable success and the delivery of Enabling Phase 1 works including demolition of significant victorian estate and the construction of a new Multi Storey Car Park, the project will now proceed through the business case process for the main scheme to facilitate a start on site in 2028. 

The Programme Management Office Lead will lead a multi-disciplinary team to shape the scheme, ensure transformational change is embedded, secure stakeholder support and lead on effective programme management across the wide agenda. 

Main duties of the job

The PMO Lead will establish robust programme management process across the workstreams, designing and delivering effective management and reporting systems, managing information nad ensuring that the right internal and external governance is in place to support decision making and progress. 

The PMO Lead will also ensure that the required resource is in place and that robust risk identification and management processes are embedded. 

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

 At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.