Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Redevelopment Programme Director

The closing date is 31 August 2025

Job summary

This job role requires a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual; with excellent programme management and organisational skills to assist and supports the works of Trust's Redevelopment Programme Management Office [PMO] by providing comprehensive management of the developing major project delivery portfolio. This involves significant construction activities across both acute sites, and in the community estate, to meet strategic clinical objectives.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be required to develop and manage the programme workstream and manage the projects with the support of the project officers and administrative support within the PMO. There are three themes in the Estate Redevelopment Programme, one focussed on QEH, another UHL and also the Community estate.

About us

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

  1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
  2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
  3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
  4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
  5. Making equalities mainstream

Details

Date posted

15 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8d

Salary

£91,342 to £105,337 a year per annum plus HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

197-RF7198

Job locations

University Hospital Lewisham

Lewisham High Street

London

SE13 6LH


Job description

Job responsibilities

The main objective of the role is to manage the program to ensure successful implementation of the Trust Strategy. This includes:

  • Lead and develop the Redevelopment Programme Plan to:
    • Deliver the Estate Blueprint (construction delivery)
    • Develop the community property estate strategy and delivery plan
  • Working autonomously to manage the Redevelopment Steering Groups and Programme Boards.
  • Ensuring managers requested to attend the Programme Board meetings are prepared and supported.
  • Ensuring actions resulting from the Programme Board and Steering Groups are tracked and implemented.
  • Develop business cases to deliver the projects.
  • Strategically leading on the Blueprint Programme across the Trust through a 5- and 10-year strategic approach
  • Post holder is advisor to the Board and will therefore work autonomously.

Key requirements for the role include strong communication, presentational and programme management skills.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The main objective of the role is to manage the program to ensure successful implementation of the Trust Strategy. This includes:

  • Lead and develop the Redevelopment Programme Plan to:
    • Deliver the Estate Blueprint (construction delivery)
    • Develop the community property estate strategy and delivery plan
  • Working autonomously to manage the Redevelopment Steering Groups and Programme Boards.
  • Ensuring managers requested to attend the Programme Board meetings are prepared and supported.
  • Ensuring actions resulting from the Programme Board and Steering Groups are tracked and implemented.
  • Develop business cases to deliver the projects.
  • Strategically leading on the Blueprint Programme across the Trust through a 5- and 10-year strategic approach
  • Post holder is advisor to the Board and will therefore work autonomously.

Key requirements for the role include strong communication, presentational and programme management skills.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Significant experience in senior management
  • Proven experience of developing Business cases, and securing approval
  • Experience in developing and delivering strategic and service change at scale
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Experience to lead the development, implementation and delivery of systematic projects.
  • Excellent leadership, influencing and motivational skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to work effectively and independently without direct supervision
  • Proven ability to communicate complex issues.
  • Negotiating and persuasive skills
  • Excellent presentation skills

Desirable

  • Previous experience of working in healthcare setting
  • Previous experience of working on redevelopment or transformation programmes
  • oPrevious experience of delivering sustainability projects

Qualifications/ Training

Essential

  • Educated to masters degree level or equivalent
  • Built environment related professional qualifications (engineering, design, planning, construction management)
  • LEAN training or equivalent range of SI methodology skills / training
  • Project management qualification Prince 2 or equivalent.

Desirable

  • Engineering qualification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Understanding of the NHS Plan and National, local and strategic agenda
  • Ability to thrive in a highly complex and changing environment while maintaining purpose and direction
  • Inspirational leader who demonstrates the ability to lead and manage change
  • Committed to the continuous development of staff and self and able to demonstrate the learning that has occurred
  • Commitment to developing culture of openness and partnership
  • Commitment to improving quality of patient care
  • Evidence of self-awareness
  • Evidence of integrity, objectivity and fairness
  • Comfortable with ambiguity Energy, resilience, flexibility
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Significant experience in senior management
  • Proven experience of developing Business cases, and securing approval
  • Experience in developing and delivering strategic and service change at scale
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Experience to lead the development, implementation and delivery of systematic projects.
  • Excellent leadership, influencing and motivational skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to work effectively and independently without direct supervision
  • Proven ability to communicate complex issues.
  • Negotiating and persuasive skills
  • Excellent presentation skills

Desirable

  • Previous experience of working in healthcare setting
  • Previous experience of working on redevelopment or transformation programmes
  • oPrevious experience of delivering sustainability projects

Qualifications/ Training

Essential

  • Educated to masters degree level or equivalent
  • Built environment related professional qualifications (engineering, design, planning, construction management)
  • LEAN training or equivalent range of SI methodology skills / training
  • Project management qualification Prince 2 or equivalent.

Desirable

  • Engineering qualification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Understanding of the NHS Plan and National, local and strategic agenda
  • Ability to thrive in a highly complex and changing environment while maintaining purpose and direction
  • Inspirational leader who demonstrates the ability to lead and manage change
  • Committed to the continuous development of staff and self and able to demonstrate the learning that has occurred
  • Commitment to developing culture of openness and partnership
  • Commitment to improving quality of patient care
  • Evidence of self-awareness
  • Evidence of integrity, objectivity and fairness
  • Comfortable with ambiguity Energy, resilience, flexibility

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Address

University Hospital Lewisham

Lewisham High Street

London

SE13 6LH


Employer's website

https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Address

University Hospital Lewisham

Lewisham High Street

London

SE13 6LH


Employer's website

https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Director of Development

Jess Haines

jess.haines@nhs.net

02083333000

Details

Date posted

15 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8d

Salary

£91,342 to £105,337 a year per annum plus HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

197-RF7198

Job locations

University Hospital Lewisham

Lewisham High Street

London

SE13 6LH


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