Workforce and Education Programme Manager inManchester inManchester PUBLISHED MON 13 JAN 2025

Are you passionate about shaping the future of healthcare? Join the Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance as our Workforce and Education Programme Manager, where you'll lead transformative initiatives to expand and enhance the cancer workforce across Greater Manchester.

In this vital role, you'll work alongside the Programme Director and Senior Programme Lead for Workforce and Education, driving the delivery of a comprehensive Workforce and Education Programme. Your work will directly support the National Long Term Workforce Plan, translating national policies into practical solutions that equip healthcare professionals with the skills needed to provide exceptional care for people affected by cancer.

This is your chance to lead innovative programmes, foster collaboration across teams and care settings, and make a meaningful difference in workforce transformation and education delivery. We're looking for someone with a strategic mindset, strong leadership abilities, and a commitment to education and workforce development.

If you're ready to play a key role in shaping healthcare for the future, we want to hear from you! The post is 1.0 WTE and is fixed term until March 2026 in the first instance. Secondment requests will be considered. The interview date will be held on 30th Jan 2025.

• Oversee the delivery of The Greater Manchester Cancer Workforce and education programme delivery plan, aligned to the GM People and Culture strategy
• Lead regional / national work related to workforce, education and transformation.
• Work in a matrix management way across the alliance, being able to identify and draw in contributions and expertise from other teams as required
• Provide line management
• Facilitate full and active patient and carer involvement in the work
• Build relationships across the GM system, including primary, secondary, community, social care, VCSE, as well as public & patient engagement
• Create reports and papers when required to update the GM Cancer Workforce and Education Board on programme developments and to seek approval for recommended action
• Analyse workforce and education data, training needs analysis and use this to influence the GM Workforce and Education delivery plan and inform future training and education offers / workforce models and service improvement
• Quality assure the programme against agreed standards and business plans, including for the timeliness and quality of reports and meeting of deadlines
• Identify sources of funding, internal and external, through networking and produce bids in partnership with the Workforce and Education Programme Director and Senior Programme Lead in order to develop and secure new streams of funding to support the delivery of the GM Cancer workforce and education programme

About us

The Workforce and Education Programme Manager will work with the Programme Director for Workforce and Education and Senior Programme Lead to:

• Oversee the delivery of The Greater Manchester Cancer Workforce and education programme delivery plan, aligned to the GM People and Culture strategy
• Provider Leadership within the Workforce and Education team within the alliance
• Lead regional / national work related to workforce, education and transformation.

The Workforce and Education Programme Manager will work with the workforce and education Programme Director and Senior Programme Lead to lead the planning, design, monitoring and evaluation of the workforce and education programme.

The roles and responsibilities are as follows:

LEADERSHIP AND EXPERTISE

• Provide day to day leadership for the programme, motivating and influencing key stakeholders across the system to recognise the importance of and contribute to the programme, despite competing priorities
• Exert influence upon senior clinical and managerial colleagues to ensure that the programme objectives remain a priority in their own work programmes
• Remain up to date with national or regional developments related to this work and disseminate these developments to the appropriate audience
• Work in a matrix management way across the alliance, being able to identify and draw in contributions and expertise from other teams as required
• Utilising appropriately detailed project plans and delivery processes whilst maintaining flexibility and ability to respond to emergent or changing priorities.
• Provide line management to members of the workforce and education team
• Act as a Workforce and Education subject matter expert for external stakeholders, leading delivery of workforce transformation locally
• Manage a portfolio of work to support the growth and development of the Cancer workforce in Greater Manchester.

ORGANISATION

• Facilitate full and active patient and carer involvement in the work of the GM Cancer Workforce and Education programme
• Build relationships with providers to influence strategic workforce planning to benefit the growth and development of the cancer workforce
• Build relationships across the GM system, including primary, secondary, community, social care, VCSE, as well as public & patient engagement
• Build relationships with all the GM Cancer Pathway Boards to ensure the team remains responsive to current workforce and education challenges
• Build relationships with Higher Education Institutions and other training providers across GM
• Build relationships with national organisations to promote relevant initiatives, align workstreams and reduce duplication.

COMMUNICATION AND SUPPORT

• Update the Programme Director, Senior Programme Lead for Workforce and Education, Workforce and Education Programme
• Board, Pathway Boards and other key stakeholders on a regular basis, via reports and presentations and identify where support or challenge is needed
• Be the first point of contact for specific work programmes
• Create reports and papers when required to update the GM Cancer Workforce and Education Board on programme developments and to seek approval for recommended action
• Be able to describe and present complex ideas and information in a straightforward way when discussing ideas in a range of strategic meetings
• Work across the Health and Social Care system, Cancer System, Primary Care Networks, Social Care system to establish relationships and build rapport.

SYSTEMS AND DATA MANAGEMENT

• Analyse workforce and education data, training needs analysis and use this to influence the GM Workforce and Education delivery plan and inform future training and education offers / workforce models and service improvement
• Ensure that data is managed effectively and meets GDPR requirements
• Research background data and literature from national and international sources.

PLANNING AND REPORTING

• Ensure that the workforce and education delivery plan reflects and contributes towards the achievement of the wider Greater Manchester Cancer strategy, NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, NHS England Planning Guidance, and NHS GM People and Culture strategy
• Lead the definition of outcome measures and work with the GM Cancer business intelligence team to find solutions to collating workforce and education data to ensure impact can be measured
• Track progress against these outcome measures
• Quality assure the programme against agreed standards and business plans, including for the timeliness and quality of reports and meeting of deadlines
• Develop and maintain a risk register for your portfolio of work, reporting risks and issues to the Workforce and Education
• Programme Director and Senior Programme Lead according to a risk assessment framework, recommending mitigating actions where appropriate
• Lead the continuous evaluation of projects, working alongside a range of stakeholders and commissioners to agree on an evaluation model that is fit for purpose
• Provide progress reports to GM Cancer Board, GM People and Culture Health and Care Group as well as actively contributing to any service reviews as require
• Support the delivery of the programme ensuring that long and medium term plans are responsive to new national drivers, national workforce demands and take account of changes in professional bodies requirements for practice (where appropriate)
• Provide material for the GM Cancer annual report regarding programme achievements.

FINANCIAL AND PHYSICAL RESOURCES

• Provide day to day line management to to members of the Workforce and Education team and complete Personal Development Reviews with these staff
• Implement Trust strategy and policy for HR management and development Including recruitment & selection, discipline, grievance, performance appraisals
• Provides appraisal/performance reviews resulting in clearly understood objectives and personal development plans that reflect both the needs of the GM Cancer and the longer-term goals of staff
• Manage budgets for specific pieces of work, and provide monthly reports to the Senior Programme Lead
• Identify resource allocation issues and influence and advise on potential solutions, including the procurement of external services (e.g. Higher Education Institutions) where appropriate
• Identify sources of funding, internal and external, through networking and produce bids in partnership with the Workforce and Education Programme Director and Senior Programme Lead in order to develop and secure new streams of funding to support the the delivery of the GM Cancer workforce and education programme.

EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY

• To lead the promotion and support of equality within the workforce and education team and within all workforce and education initiatives, and value diversity ensuring all workforce and education programmes of work meets the needs of all service users
• Lead the completion of equality impact assessments for workforce and education programmes of work within your own portfolio
• To carry out your duties in a way that supports equality and values diversity. This responsibility includes your actions in relation to all project stakeholders.