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Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Efficiency, Value and Improvement (EVI) Programme Co-Ordinator

The closing date is 22 March 2026

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Job summary

The Efficiency Value and Improvement (EVI) Programme supports the NSFT strategic priority of "Improving Value" by driving year-on-year improvements, streamlining processes, and promoting continuous improvement.We are seeking an organised and motivated EVI Programme Coordinator to support the delivery of a large-scale NHS change programme. This role is vital in enabling improvements that enhance patient care and staff experience.As Programme Coordinator, you will provide comprehensive administrative and logistical support across multiple workstreams, maintaining accurate documentation, schedules, and reporting dashboards in line with NHS governance standards. You will help track risks and issues, ensure compliance, prepare reports for senior stakeholders, and support financial tracking and resource planning. You will also facilitate effective communication between programme leaders, clinical teams, and other stakeholders, and assist with change management activities including staff engagement, training coordination, and communication plans.

We are looking for someone with strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and excellent communication abilities. Experience in healthcare is desirable. Proficiency in MS Office and NHS collaboration tools, such as MS Teams, is essential. You should be confident managing competing priorities in a complex environment, with a clear understanding of NHS values and a commitment to improving patient outcomes.

Main duties of the job

  • To use project management methodologies, tools and techniques to support delivery of projects and the EVI programme.
  • To aid the end-to-end management of EVI project lifecycles, working closely with the operational teams across Localities and Corporate Services.
  • To facilitate the governance of EVI plans ensuring that NSFT and EVI Programme governance processes are adhered to.
  • To help clinical and corporate teams to complete project documentation
  • To support all projects to undergo a Quality Impact Assessment (QIA) across the Trust and all follow up requirements once a project is in delivery.
  • To help complete reports for the Locality and Corporate performance meetings.
  • Work with members of the Clinical Teams to investigate the causes of any variance from project plan and proactively contribute to the implementation of solutions.
  • Management of a risk and issues tracking mechanism and the resolution and escalation processes.
  • To work closely with Senior Responsible Officers (SROs) to ensure delivery of the projects in a timely manner and ensure delivery of benefits.
  • Actively seek out opportunities to improve your own skills and knowledge and use these in a way that helps the Trust to meet its objectives.
  • Develop and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues.
  • To support the EVI Programme Manager with coordination and effective execution of the EVI Programme.

About us

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Details

Date posted

09 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year gross per annum (pro rata).

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

246-COR7831373

Job locations

County Hall

Norwich

NR1 2DH


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

Benefits included with this role are:-

NHS pensiona comprehensive in house & external training programmescareer progressionstarting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)staff physio serviceNHS discounts and many more.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

Benefits included with this role are:-

NHS pensiona comprehensive in house & external training programmescareer progressionstarting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)staff physio serviceNHS discounts and many more.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree level education or equivalent level of working knowledge and experience.
  • PRINCE2 Qualification or equivalent

Desirable

  • MSP Programme Management Qualification
  • Evidence of continual personal development,
  • P30 Qualification

Skills

Essential

  • An hands on approach to problem solving; identifying issues and using initiative and available resources to generate recommendations

Experience

Essential

  • Considerable experience in co-ordinating project resources developing timetables and setting deadlines in order to achieve project objectives
  • Data flow redesign and implementation.
  • Proven experience of resolving urgent, project problems in a structured and consistent manner and in a way that minimises risk to systems, patients and staff.

Desirable

  • Experience of presenting to clients at a senior management level
  • Experience of working in a health setting with exposure to Cost improvement programme planning/ delivery
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree level education or equivalent level of working knowledge and experience.
  • PRINCE2 Qualification or equivalent

Desirable

  • MSP Programme Management Qualification
  • Evidence of continual personal development,
  • P30 Qualification

Skills

Essential

  • An hands on approach to problem solving; identifying issues and using initiative and available resources to generate recommendations

Experience

Essential

  • Considerable experience in co-ordinating project resources developing timetables and setting deadlines in order to achieve project objectives
  • Data flow redesign and implementation.
  • Proven experience of resolving urgent, project problems in a structured and consistent manner and in a way that minimises risk to systems, patients and staff.

Desirable

  • Experience of presenting to clients at a senior management level
  • Experience of working in a health setting with exposure to Cost improvement programme planning/ delivery

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

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

County Hall

Norwich

NR1 2DH


Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

County Hall

Norwich

NR1 2DH


Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Efficiency Value and Improvement Programme Manager

Amy Bruce

amy.bruce@nsft.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

09 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year gross per annum (pro rata).

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

246-COR7831373

Job locations

County Hall

Norwich

NR1 2DH


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