Programme Manager

Programme Manager Application Deadline: 17 December 2025 Department: Change and Improvement Employment Type: Fixed Term - Full Time Location: London, Portland Place Reporting To: Vanessa Walker Compensation: £67,087 - £80,150 / year Description About the team and what we do This role is offered on a fixed term basis for a period of 18 months To provide programme management to lead the design, development and implementation of a significant change programme covering policy, people, and process and system changes. To be responsible for the successful delivery of the programme objectives to the agreed budget and timeframe and enable the realisation of required benefits both short and longer term. To ensure that change is seamlessly embedded into NMC business operations and the new arrangements are adopted to realise the benefits sought Your role and impact: As Programme Manager, you'll take ownership of a significant change programme from conception through to successful delivery and embedded operation. You'll be the key catalyst behind transformational initiatives, leading cross-functional teams to deliver policy, people, process and system changes that directly impact our regulatory effectiveness. Your leadership will ensure programmes are delivered on time, within budget, and achieve their intended benefits. You'll be responsible for navigating complex stakeholder landscapes, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring that change is seamlessly integrated into business-as-usual operations through collaborative approaches. The outcomes we want to see are successful programme delivery that enhances NMC's regulatory capabilities, improved operational efficiency, and sustained benefit realisation that supports our mission to protect the public. What you’ll bring: Behaviours: 1. Achieving Results Delivering high-quality outcomes efficiently and effectively. 2. Collaborating and Including Working effectively with others, fostering diversity, and ensuring everyone feels valued. 3. Communicating with Impact Delivering clear, persuasive messages that resonate with your audience. 4. Improving and Adapting Demonstrating innovation, flexibility and resilience in the face of change. Technical Skills Exceptional working knowledge of project and programme methodologies, including MSP and in particular benefits management and ROI Expert in resource planning in a complex programme, against demand, skills and capacity available. Exceptional working knowledge of contract management. Experience Significant delivery experience of enterprise change programmes. Translating strategy and high level outcomes into measurable outcomes using programmes as the vehicle for achieving those. Demonstrate significant change leadership that drives culture, process and organisational change within a transformation or programme setting How to Apply If you’re excited about this role and align with our behaviours, we’d love to hear from you! Please submit your CV and a supporting statement which covers the following criteria : • Have significant experience of managing the design and implementation of business and operating models in line with strategic change initiatives. • MSP practitioner level qualified and can demonstrate continual learning as a project professional • Proven experience of planning, monitoring, reporting and delivering benefits and outcomes to deadlines. •Experience of working at a leadership/senior level in a high profile and complex environment; skills in understanding and responding to different perspectives and taking a cross-organisational perspective. Benefits 30 days annual leave Enhanced Pension Contributions via our attractive Pension Scheme – with a basic 8% employer contribution as standard which increases up to 14% with optional added Employee Contributions Life Insurance – 4 x current salary Hybrid working Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave 24 Hours Employee Assistance Programme Cycle to Work Scheme Perkbox membership Subsidised restaurant in our Portland Place office Season ticket loans About Us Our core role is to regulate. First, we promote high education and professional standards for nurses and midwives across the UK, and nursing associates in England. Second, we maintain the register of professionals eligible to practise. Third, we investigate concerns about nurses, midwives and nursing associates - something that affects a tiny minority of professionals each year. We believe in giving professionals the chance to address concerns, but we’ll always take action when needed. To regulate well, we support our professions and the public. We create resources and guidance that are useful throughout people’s careers, helping them to deliver our standards in practice and address new challenges. We also support people involved in our investigations, and we’re increasing our visibility so people feel engaged and empowered to shape our work. Regulating and supporting our professions allows us to influence health and social care. We share intelligence from our regulatory activities and work with our partners to support workforce planning and sector-wide decision making. We use our voice to speak up for a healthy and inclusive working environment for our professions. Check out our NMC LinkedIn page here for an insight into the NMC, our vacancies and the world of healthcare regulation. Additional Information The role you are applying for is a flexible role, and whilst you will be posted initially to a team, this may require movement between teams as the flow of work dictates. You will of course understand that this flexible approach enables us to provide the best possible service to our registrants and reach the outcomes to our cases quickly and within a reasonable timeframe. This will not change your terms and conditions and will be discussed with you prior to you taking up the post. Hybrid Working Policy We are currently working to a policy of office attendance for two days per week with the rest of the time working from home. Before submitting your application, please ensure you are able to commit to working in one of our office locations twice per week. If you are applying for a part-time role, please pro-rata office attendance based on the number of days you would be working. Our Pay Policy It is expected that staff new to the NMC will ordinarily be appointed to the bottom of the relevant pay band. However in exceptional circumstances, it may be possible to offer a salary above the bottom of the relevant pay band but we may request proof of current earnings. Please note that we offer an annual review of salaries and adopt a generous progressive pay approach. Further details of which are available on request. For our internal colleagues, you will be paid in accordance to our internal pay policy. Reasonable adjustments We will provide reasonable adjustments to support disabled candidates throughout the recruitment process. Please let us know if you need any additional support to enable you to make an application with us. Screening and vetting All of our roles are subject to pre-employment checks. We are in the process of introducing a vetting policy, and it is possible that this role may become subject to DBS and further vetting checks in future.