Ref Number
A01-00091
Professional Expertise
Strategy, Project and Change Management
Department
President and Provost (A01)
Location
London
Working Pattern
Full time
Salary
£54,931-£64,644
Contract Type
Fixed-term
Working Type
Hybrid
Available for Secondment
Yes
Closing Date
18-Jun-2026
The Health Partnerships Team sits within the Vice Provost Health Office at UCL and leads strategic priorities across health, working across academic, clinical, industry and international partnerships to advance UCL’s health agenda. The team supports major strategic initiatives that strengthen healthcare education, research and innovation, while helping to shape the future direction of health across the institution.
As UCL launches its new Health Strategy, this is an exciting opportunity to join a team at the centre of delivering ambitious programmes with meaningful impact. The work spans healthcare professional education, research infrastructure development and strategic collaborations, bringing together expertise across medicine, dentistry, nursing, allied health professions and wider health disciplines.
We are looking for a Health Strategy Programme Manager to join the team on a 1-year fixed term contract to support the delivery of UCL’s new Health Strategy. This role will play an important part in translating strategic priorities into programmes and projects that drive long-term impact across healthcare education, research and partnership development.
The successful candidate will manage a varied portfolio of work focused on areas such as expanding healthcare professional education and training opportunities, supporting the development of research infrastructure and enabling strategic partnerships and collaborations. The role will involve leading programme planning and delivery, developing business cases, managing governance processes and coordinating stakeholders across academic, clinical and external environments.
This is a highly collaborative role that requires strong programme leadership alongside the ability to work across complex systems, influence senior stakeholders and maintain momentum across multiple priorities. It offers the opportunity to contribute to work that will shape the future of healthcare training and research at UCL.
You will be an experienced programme or project professional with a track record of delivering complex initiatives in multi-stakeholder environments, ideally within healthcare, higher education or related sectors. You will bring experience of leading programmes from planning through to implementation, alongside strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-moving environment.
You will be comfortable working with senior academic, clinical and external partners and will have experience developing strategic proposals, business cases and governance processes for large or complex projects. Strong analytical skills, sound judgement and the ability to translate evidence into clear recommendations will be important, as will excellent communication skills and confidence facilitating discussions across diverse stakeholder groups.
You will bring a proactive and flexible approach, enjoy working collaboratively and be motivated by the opportunity to contribute to programmes that support innovation, healthcare education and research development. Relevant programme or project management experience and qualifications are expected, while knowledge of NHS workforce planning, commissioning or healthcare education would be an advantage.
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
- 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
- Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
- Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
- Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
- Immigration loan
- Relocation scheme for certain posts
- On-Site nursery
- On-site gym
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
- Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
- Discounted medical insurance
Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/rewards-and-benefits to find out more.
As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.
We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.
These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.
