The Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Team has been established to deliver the vision of exceptional quality healthcare for all, ensuring equitable access, excellent experience, and optimal outcomes. The role of the Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Team is principally threefold; setting direction in relation to tackling healthcare inequalities across NHS England and the wider NHS; creating a positive improvement culture which champions data as a means of gaining actionable insight to drive interventions leading to improvement in health inequalities; and working with national teams and partners to ensure that we deliver the commitments to tackling health inequalities set out in the NHS Long-Term Plan. Underpinning all our work is a strong focus on quality improvement with a real emphasis on data for improvement, strengths-based approaches and co-production with communities, patients, and service users. The team has deep links across NHSE programmes, policy and clinical areas and strong connections with health inequality improvement priorities in the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) and local government. Key responsibilities of the role include: Provide a professional, comprehensive, efficient, accurate and timely project management function which is appropriately resourced and closely aligned to the needs of the programme. Manage the set-up and delivery of projects, working with colleagues and subject matter experts on the strategic planning, scoping, design and the delivery. Manage the whole lifecycle of a project, reporting on progress and managing risks and issues, escalating where necessary to the project board. Develop appropriate, robust, information systems to ensure that all project documentation is stored and used effectively (PID, dashboards, highlight reports, risk and issues logs etc). Be part of a rota which involves carrying out tasks, projects and support drafting of rapid responses to Arms Lengths Bodies including DHSC and other key stakeholders. Develop and deliver, as required, training relating to project delivery and managing change. Create and modify processes to ensure the programme functions effectively and business deliverables are achieved. Work with other Senior Project Managers to strengthen links between the Health Inequalities Improvement Team. As part of this help the teams senior leadership team understand other team priorities, identify potential areas of overlap in programmes and opportunities for joint working. Line manage a project coordinator; foster a collaborative climate and drive high performance Demonstrate flexibility and support new programmes and projects as required. Ensure all public contact with the Programme office is of highestprofessional standard The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a dynamic approach to delivery, demonstrate resilience, and have a strong commitment to achieving the highest standards across the Programme Management Office: Have strong track record and experience in working within a PMO function or similar position Possess skills and experience in managing programme and project risks, escalating it through relevant routes and ensuring implementation of mitigation plans Demonstrate excellent leadership, organisation, and communication skills Can take complex information and turn it into clear and meaningful outputs Possess skills and experience in writing high level reports for internal and external boards Ability to liaise with performance unit and other assurance units to report on programme progress and implement feedback for improvement Have strong leadership experience and capability of engaging and influencing. Thrive in complex programmes and understand matrix style working