Head of Programme Management Office

This is an exciting opportunity to lead a high-profile function at the heart of the Trust's financial sustainability and transformation agenda. Reporting to the Director of Financial Sustainability, the Head of PMO will provide strategic leadership across the Trust's Cost Improvement Programme (CIP), wider financial improvement portfolio and PMO function, ensuring robust governance, assurance and delivery of major improvement initiatives.

Working closely with Executive Sponsors, Care Group leadership teams, clinicians and Corporate services, and our Subsidiaries, the postholder will play a key role in shaping and delivering the Trust's approach to financial improvement, productivity and transformation. The role offers the opportunity to influence organisational strategy, lead complex cross-cutting programmes and further develop the Trust's PMO capability., As an experienced delivery leader, you will provide leadership in programme management and ensure best practice assurance standards are applied to successfully deliver both cost and wider improvement initiatives. Further you will act as a central point for problem solving key issues across the organisation that are blocking delivery through the use of structured methods and your own personal influence.

Such methods include establishing and maintaining robust programme management processes (including reporting), supporting key governance forums, facilitating the resolution of strategic issues and interdependencies and providing flexible targeted support to facilitate delivery. The Team is expected to challenge, review and support Managers and Clinicians and be able to influence senior colleagues within the organisation.

Sound financial literacy is an important part of the role and the Head of PMO will be expected to make a positive contribution to the analysis, development and delivery of financial sustainability plans. You will develop close and effective ways of working with other Finance Teams, confidently reflect cost improvement performance in senior governance forums and support the Trust to create a pipeline of realistic and impactful future efficiency opportunities.

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.