Job vacancy: Transformation Lead, NHS England, Leeds/London

Job summary

Main area: Administration
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8c
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (until 31/08/2026. Secondment only for current NHS Employees)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 990-ECC&D-16737-E

Employer: NHS England
Employer type: NHS
Site: Any NHS England office
Town: Leeds/London
Salary: £76,965 - £88,682 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 31/08/2025 23:59

Transformation Lead

NHS AfC: Band 8c

Our Organisation

The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.

As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.

As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

We are an accredited Living Wage Employer which means that every colleague working for our organisation and third-party contractors will earn a real Living Wage. We are one of over 15,000 organisations, who voluntarily chose to pay the real Living Wage.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Assignment Brief for further details on the role.

If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!

Please note that the reason for the fixed term of this contract is  maternity cover.

Secondments

Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.

Knowledge and experience

Essential criteria

Experience of programme management in a large scale organisation, and operating within complex organisational structures.
Subject matter expertise across a number of key areas relating to public service delivery.
Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement

Skills and capabilities

Essential criteria

Ability to build excellent collaborative networks, influence and work through others
Ability to deal with ambiguity and complexity, whilst working at pace
Leadership skills and the ability to build, lead, develop and motivate high performing teams, including strong feedback and coaching skills
Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.

Our commitments to you

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes. We strive to ensure our people feel trusted, valued and empowered. We’re passionate about nurturing and developing people. When you join us, we want you to grow and excel, and we offer many opportunities for you to do that. We welcome your talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability and/or who are neuro-divergent.

We welcome applications from disabled candidates. If you meet all the essential criteria, you will be guaranteed an interview.

If applying for this role on a secondment basis, please make sure you have obtained prior agreement from your current line manager to apply for this position.

Please note that we currently do not accept applications via recruitment agencies.

To comply with the HM Government Functional Standard GovS 007, and specifically the Personnel Security Standards 2024, individuals employed or contracted by NHS England may be required to undergo a Baseline Personnel Security Standards check, dependent on the role.

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