Programme Development Manager Bradford Health Inequities Programme (Bhip)

Significant experience of coordinating and delivering complex programmes, projects or workstreams, involving multiple activities, deadlines, stakeholders and partner organisations.

Experience of working alongside Global Majority communities, community leaders and/or community-led organisations, building respectful and trusted relationships and supporting meaningful participation.

Experience of taking day-to-day responsibility for a varied portfolio of activity, coordinating people, priorities, resources and delivery and ensuring work is effectively organised, reviewed, recorded and followed through.

Experience of developing, coordinating and delivering training, learning or development activity accessibly for different audiences, ideally including community, VCSE, health and care or public-sector settings.

Experience of coordinating community leadership, networks, forums or partnership activity, bringing people and organisations together to share learning, identify priorities and support collective action or influence.

Experience of working collaboratively across teams, organisations and workstreams, coordinating interdependencies, sharing information and resolving practical delivery issues to achieve common outcomes.

Experience of working within health, public health, VCSE, community development, equalities or anti-racism programmes, with experience of supporting work addressing inequality, structural discrimination or system change.

Experience of preparing clear progress reports, briefings and information for management, partners, governance or funders.

Degree-level qualification or three years equivalent relevant professional experience in project management/co-ordination, community development, public health, the VCSE sector, administration or a related field.

Recognised project or programme management qualification or training (for example PRINCE2, AgilePM, APM or equivalent).

Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to project management, community engagement, monitoring or organisational development.

Understanding of race inequality, structural racism and discrimination and how these contribute to health inequities, unequal access to services and people’s experiences of health and care.

Understanding of community-led approaches, co-design and shared power, and the importance of meaningful participation, lived experience and community leadership and gathering on non-tokenistic input.

Understanding of effective programme and project coordination, including planning, priorities, dependencies, milestones, risk, accountability and reporting.

Understanding of the health and care system and the respective roles of the NHS, local authorities, VCSE organisations and grassroots community organisations.

Understanding of monitoring, evaluation and learning, including the importance of high-quality data and evidence in demonstrating outcomes, impact and informing improvement, and an understanding of the respective roles of evidence capture, independent evaluation, specialist structural analysis and programme accountability.

Working knowledge of confidentiality, data protection, safeguarding and secure information handling.

Excellent organisation and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines and changing demands in a complex and evolving programme.

Strong programme and project coordination skills, with the ability to turn plans into practical action, coordinate interdependent activity and maintain momentum through effective follow-up.

Strong practical problem-solving skills, able to identify risks, barriers, slippage and dependencies, take appropriate action and escalate issues when required.

Excellent relationship-building and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build a strong team culture, work collaboratively and build trust across communities, colleagues, VCSE organisations, partners and senior stakeholders.

Strong facilitation, training and engagement skills, able to communicate and work effectively with different audiences and create inclusive, culturally aware environments and culturally grounded resources for participation and learning.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and sensitively, maintain accurate records and produce concise reports, briefings and programme information.

Ability to bring people and workstreams together, build effective team and partnership working, share learning and support coordinated delivery across organisational boundaries.

Strong attention to detail and ability to work in a data and evidence-led way, maintaining accurate programme information and ensuring agreed monitoring, evaluation and delivery systems are used consistently and effectively.

Commitment to anti-racism, racial equity, health equity and anti-discriminatory practice.

Commitment to community leadership and shared power, recognising lived and community experience as expertise.

Collaborative, inclusive and respectful, contributing to a positive and accountable team culture.

Integrity, fairness, accountability and professionalism, including appropriate handling of sensitive and confidential information.

Curious and open to learning, willing to test new approaches, learn from evidence and community insight, and contribute to an evolving and innovative programme.

Ability to work flexibly, including occasional evenings and weekends.

Ability and willingness to travel locally, regionally and nationally as required.

Commitment to personal and professional development.

Commitment to safeguarding the welfare of others and the ability to identify and appropriately escalate safeguarding concerns.

Driving Licence, if required for the role

Own transport insured for business use, if required for the role