Programme Officer Staff Standards

As a Senior Programme Officer Staff Standards, you will: Lead communications and engagement to drive awareness and uptake of the NHS Staff Standards Develop and maintain practical tools, guidance and resources to support employers Gather insight and feedback to shape and continuously improve programme delivery Design and deliver webinars, events and implementation support for NHS organisations Identify and share good practice to support consistent, sustainable approaches across the system Build strong stakeholder relationships and contribute to national policy and workforce conversations,

• Lead communications and engagement: Coordinate and deliver a clear, consistent communications and engagement approach (with DHSC, NHS England and internal teams) to maximise awareness, understanding and uptake of the NHS Staff Standards across national channels.
• Develop and maintain implementation resources: Oversee a dedicated Staff Standards web hub, providing clear mapping of employer actions and signposting to tools, guidance, evidence and resources to support local delivery.
• Gather insight and shape programme delivery: Use NHS Employers, SPF and other networks to collect employer feedback, insight and intelligence on readiness, challenges and implementation, and use this to inform and refine programme activity.
• Design and deliver employer support offer: Develop and deliver a range of implementation support products and activities (e.g. guidance, FAQs, readiness tools, webinars, events and case studies) aligned to employer need.
  
  Understanding staff standards, staff experience, and key workforce challenges facing NHS employers.
• Ability to proactively manage work independently, meet tight deadlines, and manage competing priorities.
• Experience supporting or coordinating programme/project delivery, including planning, tracking actions and monitoring progress.
• Experience producing high-quality written outputs, including briefings, reports and digital content.
• Experience evaluating activity and demonstrating impact and learning.
• Ability to build and maintain effective professional working relationships within and beyond the NHS.
Desirable
• The following criteria are desirable and not considered essential for you to be successfully appointed to this role. Desirable criteria are only used where there are a high number of candidates who meet the essential criteria or where there is a need to differentiate between 2 or more equally appointable candidates based on their assessment against the essential criteria.
• Experience working in staff experience or workforce policy-related roles.
• Understanding trade unions and social partnership working within the NHS.
Person Specification Experience Essential
• Understanding staff standards, staff experience, and key workforce challenges facing NHS employers.
• Ability to proactively manage work independently, meet tight deadlines, and manage competing priorities.
• Experience supporting or coordinating programme/project delivery, including planning, tracking actions and monitoring progress.
• Experience producing high-quality written outputs, including briefings, reports and digital content.
• Experience evaluating activity and demonstrating impact and learning.
• Ability to build and maintain effective professional working relationships within and beyond the NHS.
Desirable
• The following criteria are desirable and not considered essential for you to be successfully appointed to this role. Desirable criteria are only used where there are a high number of candidates who meet the essential criteria or where there is a need to differentiate between 2 or more equally appointable candidates based on their assessment against the essential criteria.
• Experience working in staff experience or workforce policy-related roles.
• Understanding trade unions and social partnership working within the NHS.
  
  The NHS Alliance is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive environment for our staff. A place where 56we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We offer a range of inclusive employment policies including family friendly policies and flexible working and we have range of channels to support staff from different backgrounds including our staff networks and a staff forum. The NHS Alliance is committed to being a flexible employer. We understand the value and benefit to our employees being able to work flexibly and our agile working principles are designed to empower our people to work with optimal flexibility and minimal constraints to support a work life balance and take care of employee health and wellbeing. You will receive an excellent benefits package, including 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, salary sacrifice schemes and travel season ticket loans.