Investment Appraisal Lead


Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Salary:	£56,214 to £56,214 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	8 Sept 2026
Closing date:	21 Sept 2026

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Summary

In the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), we are proud of our purpose – to enable everyone to live more independent, healthier lives for longer. To achieve this, and create a great place to work, we have four values: we are inclusive, we constantly improve, we challenge, and we are agile. If this sounds like an environment you would like to work in, we would love to hear from you.

We work daily to support, challenge and assure some of the government's most significant health and care priorities. These include delivery of the 10 Year Health Plan for England, which is driving the three major shifts in health and care: from hospital to community, from analogue to digital, and from sickness to prevention. Central to this vision is the development of a Neighbourhood Health Service, including the rollout of Neighbourhood Health Centres, bringing joined-up health, care and community services closer to where people live.

We also support major investment programmes such as the New Hospital Programme, one of the largest NHS infrastructure programmes in a generation, alongside reforms to adult social care and significant capital investment to modernise NHS services, improve productivity and deliver better outcomes for patients.

In addition to these high-profile programmes, we support and assure a varied and interesting portfolio of projects which includes, but not limited to:

Major NHS England (NHSE) capital investments, hospital upgrades, refurbishments and wider estate transformation programmes

Technology and digital investments, including Electronic Patient Records (EPRs),digital infrastructure and service transformation initiatives

Vaccine and medical technology procurements

Major NHSE NHS and DHSC policy, transformation and reform initiatives.

We are a multidisciplinary, multi-site team focused on delivering at pace, providing robust assurance and building strong relationships with stakeholders across government and the health and care system.

Working alongside our partners in NHSE Finance as part of a single National Capital Assurance Team, we help improve the quality of business cases and investment decisions, ensuring public funds are invested effectively and deliver maximum value for patients, taxpayers and communities. We coordinate the engagement and expertise of a broad network of economic, commercial, project delivery, estates and specialist assurance professionals to provide high-quality advice at every stage of the investment lifecycle.

We are committed to diversity, inclusion, teamwork, continuous improvement and flexible working, creating an environment where people can develop professionally while making a tangible contribution to the future of health and care services

Reporting to the Head of Investment Appraisals but working autonomously, this role will be responsible for leading and coordinating the assurance process for a varied portfolio of major capital investments across DHSC and its ALBs and NHSE which may include but is not limited to:

• Major NHSE Capital Investments such as upgrades, refurbishment or reconfiguration of hospitals and the wider NHSE Estate

• Technology investment such as Electronic Patient Records, IT transformation and upgrades

• Vaccine procurements

• Major NHSE and DHSC policy initiatives and delivery

The successful candidate will review business cases from a DHSC strategic and financial perspective, preparing written and oral briefings for DHSC’s investment committees and ministers which identify key risks and other issues, while working collaboratively with the programme and other key stakeholders to bring these to resolution.

As well as sound financial expertise, the role requires someone with excellent stakeholder management skills who can work with senior leaders DHSC and the NHSE to develop and improve investment assurance. The successful candidate will also work with DHSC ministers and their Private Offices to understand and address their concerns and work collaboratively with HM Treasury (HMT) officials.

The successful candidate will actively contribute to the continuous improvement of investment assurance by identifying opportunities to simplify processes, improve efficiency, and deliver better outcomes for stakeholders.

For candidates who hold a Professional accountancy qualification (for example CIPFA, CIMA, ICAEW, ACCA or equivalent), you will be eligible for an annual market pay supplement of £5,000.

Please note that for part-time applicants, you would need to commit to working a minimum of 0.8 FTE per week.

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