Programme Manager - ACOMHS / ACTION / QNLD / QNWA (fixed-term contract)

This is an exciting opportunity for someone looking for a career in quality improvement or health service development. You will work in a dynamic team managing four national quality and accreditation networks for frontline mental health services, interacting with clinicians, patients and their carers to improve these services. This role will be managing the following networks: - Accreditation for Community Mental Health Services (ACOMHS) - Alcohol Care Team Innovation & Optimisation Network (ACTION) - Quality Network for Learning Disability Services(QNLD) - Quality Network for Inpatient Working Age Mental Health Services (QNWA) The successful candidate will be a good team player with experience of project and people management and working in quality improvement, audit or research, ideally in healthcare. Excellent organisational, report writing and communication skills are required. Responsibilities will also include: supervising team members and budgets; recruiting mental health services to participate; managing data; organising events and training; collaborating with key stakeholders including clinicians, patients, carers and partner organisations and enabling and supporting quality improvement within the CCQI.

We are committed to building and maintaining an inclusive and supportive culture, a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We aim to promote a more inclusive environment, which attracts all candidates and signals our commitment to celebrate and promote diversity. We will provide appropriate reasonable adjustments for candidates who may have a disability. We only recruit the best and in return for your commitment, the College offers an attractive salary and benefits. We operate a hybrid working model of on-site and working from home/remote, which helps to ensure a flexible work life balance., To help we offer a range of excellent staff benefits including:

• up to 25 days of annual leave, depending on length of service (exclusive of public and bank holidays)
• up to six College closures days (during May, August and December)
• generous flexi-time and time off in lieu (TOIL) schemes
• enhanced maternity leave (eight weeks at full pay, 18 weeks at half pay, 13 weeks lower rate SMP, 13 weeks unpaid leave)
• enhanced paternity leave (two weeks at full pay, rather than at statutory level)
• interest-free season ticket loan
• subsidised café at our London Head Office
• health and wellbeing package (including up to £160 for complementary therapies)
• money towards annual eye tests
• 24/7 health and stress-related helplines
• management support helplines
• Group Income Protection Scheme
• generous pension and life assurance schemes
The College is an Equal Opportunities Employer.