Transformation Programme Manager Band 8a

Job Description

Transformation Programme Manager - Band 8aFixed Term / Secondment for 24 MonthsAn opportunity has arisen to take on an exciting role within our Suffolk and North East Essex CCGs Children and Young Persons Team for a year supporting the delivery of the CYP programmes. We are looking for an exceptional candidate that has the passion and commitment to join the new team and support the delivery of our vision across the system focusing and supporting a number of assigned projects linked to the Mental Health Long Term Plan implementation. Suffolk and North East Essex CCG’s commission local healthcare services for people residing within our area, serving a population of just under one million people. We work to achieve the greatest health improvements, ensuring patients get high quality, modern care, tailored to each individual person’s needs. We are an ambitious and vibrant organisation; our vision is to empower people to stay fit and healthy, and commission safe, responsive and compassionate care.In order to deliver this vision and fulfil values we need a workforce who will directly contribute to the CYP System, who will lead by example, listen and be resilient and confident whilst striving to improve the services for the population of Suffolk and North East Essex.The role is pivotal to supporting the Delivery and Commissioning functions of the Suffolk and North East Essex CCGs. We are looking for candidates with excellent communication skills and ideally some previous experience in commissioning healthcare services although we would welcome applications from the right candidate with the ability and enthusiasm to learn. The successful candidate will contribute to the CCG’s development of a culture of bold innovation. They will work with partners and providers to ensure a dynamic and responsive health economy.All of these areas are driven to help improve the health economy and facilitate the change required to ensure a sustainable health system.Just over 1 hour by train from London, 1 hour by car to Stansted Airport, 45 minutes from your connection by overnight ferry to Holland; Suffolk inspires everyone, from George Orwell who adopted the name of one of our rivers, to the Suffolk coast and heaths, the inspiration for the composer Sir Benjamin Britten.From the east to the west, under impressive skies, the varied landscape of Suffolk changes subtly.Stretching north from Ipswich and Felixstowe, the Suffolk Coast, (with five sailing havens), and heaths has miles of Heritage Coast set in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with beautiful beaches, stunning countryside and charming market towns for you to discover. The Ipswich waterfront is a beautiful ‘jewel in the crown’ and seamlessly blends moored yachts, the iconic university building, a working port, modern apartments and the alongside a lively mix of retail, bars and restaurants. Beyond this, Ipswich has three theatres, a thriving retail area and an abundance of independent boutiques and eateries in some of the most historic and architectural buildings in Suffolk.Inland are undulating fields, enfolding picturesque villages and slow-flowing streams. Some of the finest ancient woodlands can be found in this part of Suffolk, an area that abounds with ancient market towns, including Bury St Edmunds and Lavenham hardly changed since its heyday as an important Middle Ages wool town.