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Partnerships Project Lead
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust View all jobs
Posted 29 day(s) ago
Reference: 334-NCL-8021010-MU-A
Job summary
The Partnerships Project Lead leads the development, delivery and ongoing improvement of a portfolio of partnership programmes to improve the health and wellbeing of people in South London, with a particular focus on tackling health inequalities and addressing the wider social and economic determinants of health.
Working across a complex system, the postholder builds and stewards relationships with community leaders, VCSE organisations, healthcare providers, funders and commissioners, translating shared priorities into deliverable programmes and ensuring effective implementation and impact. They hold responsibility for effective delivery of key partnerships with non-NHS funders and organisations, providing oversight, pace and grip across programme design and governance, delivery and evaluation.
The postholder is the NHS lead for our Trust Partnership with Impact on Urban Health, which includes work to address inequalities in Black Maternal Health and Black Mental Health, accountable for ensuring delivery is coordinated, outcomes-focused and sustainable over time.
The role plays an important part in shaping and supporting how the NHS works with partners, contributing to the development of more participatory approaches to funding, helping to embed learning across the system, and contributing to the evolution of strategic commissioning practice to better address health inequalities.
Main duties of the job
Lead delivery of the Impact on Urban Health (IoUH) and wider partnership portfolio, ensuring programmes are designed, mobilised and delivered in line with agreed priorities, timelines and outcomes.
Maintain oversight of the full partnership portfolio, with a clear line of sight on delivery, risks, interdependencies and performance, and take action to address issues and maintain pace.
Develop and manage effective governance arrangements that support delivery, including convening programme boards, coordinating inputs across partners, enabling timely decision-making and maintaining robust records and audit trails.
Build and steward effective working relationships across community leaders, VCSE organisations, healthcare providers, borough and system partners, ensuring engagement is meaningful and informs programme design and delivery.
Build and maintain relationships with local and national funders who share our values and priorities, adopting a business development approach to identify opportunities to bring funding into the local healthcare system
Translate system insight, community priorities and partner feedback into programme development, ensuring work is responsive, credible and aligned with local and system priorities.
Work with contracted partners to design and implement sustainable approaches to delivery.
See Job Description for full list.
About us
Our values and commitments:
Our values are kindness, respect and together. The new framework sets out the behaviours we want to see under each of these values and the behaviours that our service users and their carers should hold us accountable to. You can view the full Values and Behaviours Framework (PDF).
This new framework will sit alongside and strengthen our current five commitments; Be caring, kind and polite; Be prompt and value your time; Be honest and direct with you; Take the time and listen to you and Do what I say I'm going to do. You will see them embedded throughout - and give staff the confidence to call our poor behaviours and celebrate our values in action.
Details
Date posted
14 August 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8b
Salary
£75,328 to £86,114 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
18 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
334-NCL-8021010-MU-A
Job locations
South East London ICB
160 Tooley Street
London
SE1 2TZ
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
Partnerships and stakeholder leadership
Build and steward strong working relationships with key partners across the system, including ICB and borough teams, VCSE organisations, healthcare providers, and non-NHS funders.
Work with partners to align priorities and translate them into deliverable programmes.
Navigate complex and sometimes contested environments, using influence and judgement to enable collaboration and progress where there may be differing perspectives.
Ensure that local people and communities are meaningfully involved in shaping and delivering the work.
Programme Delivery and Governance
Lead the coordination and delivery of the partnership portfolio, ensuring programmes are progressed in line with agreed priorities, milestones and outcomes.
Maintain a clear line of sight across delivery, including risks, issues, dependencies and performance, and take action to address barriers and maintain pace.
Design, implement and continuously improve governance arrangements that support effective delivery, including convening programme boards and enabling timely decision-making.
Ensure that decisions, actions and programme activity are clearly documented, tracked and communicated.
Insight, Design and System Influence
Use qualitative and quantitative insight, including community and partner feedback, to inform programme design and delivery.
Translate system priorities, policy and evidence into practical approaches that are credible and deliverable within the south east London context.
Identify opportunities to align or connect related work across the system to improve impact and reduce duplication.
Contribute to the development of new approaches, including participatory funding models and evolving commissioning practice, and approaches to re-building trust in healthcare.
Communication and Engagement
Communicate complex and sometimes sensitive information clearly to a wide range of stakeholders, supporting shared understanding and enabling decisions.
Work with Communications and Engagement teams to plan and deliver communications that build visibility, trust and understanding of the partnerships work.
Support the sharing of learning across communities, partners and the wider system.
Financial and Resource Management
Support management of partnership budgets, working with IoUH and ICB colleagues to ensure appropriate use of funding and robust governance.
Ensure financial processes are followed, including procurement, approvals and timely payment of invoices.
Identify resource requirements and contribute to business case development where needed.
Leadership and Ways of Working
Work collaboratively across organisational boundaries, contributing to an effective matrix approach to delivery.
Champion work to address health inequalities and wider determinants of health within the south London system.
Lead and facilitate meetings and forums as required, ensuring clear outcomes, decision-making and follow-up.
Take ownership of areas of work within the Socioeconomic Development portfolio, contributing to wider team priorities.
Work independently, managing competing priorities and responding to a fast-moving and evolving environment.
Support the development of the wider team, including management of administrative resource where required.
Represent the IoUH partnership and wider programme of work in senior forums as required, and deputise as appropriate.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Partnerships and stakeholder leadership
Build and steward strong working relationships with key partners across the system, including ICB and borough teams, VCSE organisations, healthcare providers, and non-NHS funders.
Work with partners to align priorities and translate them into deliverable programmes.
Navigate complex and sometimes contested environments, using influence and judgement to enable collaboration and progress where there may be differing perspectives.
Ensure that local people and communities are meaningfully involved in shaping and delivering the work.
Programme Delivery and Governance
Lead the coordination and delivery of the partnership portfolio, ensuring programmes are progressed in line with agreed priorities, milestones and outcomes.
Maintain a clear line of sight across delivery, including risks, issues, dependencies and performance, and take action to address barriers and maintain pace.
Design, implement and continuously improve governance arrangements that support effective delivery, including convening programme boards and enabling timely decision-making.
Ensure that decisions, actions and programme activity are clearly documented, tracked and communicated.
Insight, Design and System Influence
Use qualitative and quantitative insight, including community and partner feedback, to inform programme design and delivery.
Translate system priorities, policy and evidence into practical approaches that are credible and deliverable within the south east London context.
Identify opportunities to align or connect related work across the system to improve impact and reduce duplication.
Contribute to the development of new approaches, including participatory funding models and evolving commissioning practice, and approaches to re-building trust in healthcare.
Communication and Engagement
Communicate complex and sometimes sensitive information clearly to a wide range of stakeholders, supporting shared understanding and enabling decisions.
Work with Communications and Engagement teams to plan and deliver communications that build visibility, trust and understanding of the partnerships work.
Support the sharing of learning across communities, partners and the wider system.
Financial and Resource Management
Support management of partnership budgets, working with IoUH and ICB colleagues to ensure appropriate use of funding and robust governance.
Ensure financial processes are followed, including procurement, approvals and timely payment of invoices.
Identify resource requirements and contribute to business case development where needed.
Leadership and Ways of Working
Work collaboratively across organisational boundaries, contributing to an effective matrix approach to delivery.
Champion work to address health inequalities and wider determinants of health within the south London system.
Lead and facilitate meetings and forums as required, ensuring clear outcomes, decision-making and follow-up.
Take ownership of areas of work within the Socioeconomic Development portfolio, contributing to wider team priorities.
Work independently, managing competing priorities and responding to a fast-moving and evolving environment.
Support the development of the wider team, including management of administrative resource where required.
Represent the IoUH partnership and wider programme of work in senior forums as required, and deputise as appropriate.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to master's level in relevant subject or equivalent experience working at a senior level in a relevant field
- Evidence of continued professional development
Experience and knowledge
Essential
- Experience of leading or coordinating delivery of complex programmes or projects, across organisational boundaries
- Experience of working within the health and care system, and with other partners, to address health inequalities
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Ability to identify, analyse and resolve complex risks and issues, developing practical solutions to resolve or mitigate these, and act to and maintain delivery
Leadership and ways of working
Essential
- Ability to lead through influence rather than formal authority, working effectively in a matrix environment
- Commitment to partnership working and involving communities in shaping services, and openness to developing new ways of working in partnership with communities and system partners
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to master's level in relevant subject or equivalent experience working at a senior level in a relevant field
- Evidence of continued professional development
Experience and knowledge
Essential
- Experience of leading or coordinating delivery of complex programmes or projects, across organisational boundaries
- Experience of working within the health and care system, and with other partners, to address health inequalities
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Ability to identify, analyse and resolve complex risks and issues, developing practical solutions to resolve or mitigate these, and act to and maintain delivery
Leadership and ways of working
Essential
- Ability to lead through influence rather than formal authority, working effectively in a matrix environment
- Commitment to partnership working and involving communities in shaping services, and openness to developing new ways of working in partnership with communities and system partners
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
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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
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Address
South East London ICB
160 Tooley Street
London
SE1 2TZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Address
South East London ICB
160 Tooley Street
London
SE1 2TZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)