Assistant Transformation Manager


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£47,951 to £56,863 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, SE5 8AZ
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	12 Oct 2026
Closing date:	26 Oct 2026

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Summary

Key Responsibilities: Transformation delivery: Support the Transformation team in the achievement of its objective to deliver the Community Care Development Programme, which aims to enhance the quality, safety and responsiveness of community mental health services. Coordination of Directorate steering groups, ensuring that highlight reports are completed and escalations brough to Trust wide governance groups. Supporting the operationalisation of Community Mental Health Centres across allocated Directorates. This will involve supporting collation of data, proposed goals and trajectories, Executive negotiation and tracking of milestones and improvements as appropriate Work with the Head of Change and Transformation to manage processes from a milestone perspective and ensure that the relevant escalation process is followed if schemes are not on track. Supporting project prioritisation process and monitoring resource matrix Coordination of Transformation Office to create a structured framework ensuring plans are clearly defined, measured, monitored, appropriately reported, and subsequently evaluated, and working with colleagues to translate lessons learnt into strategic plans as part of continuous quality improvement Assist with the preparation of presentations, reports and other documentations as required Liaise with stakeholders to obtain data/information in the required format and to ensure actions are completed in a timely manner, using influencing skills to ensure deadlines are met Project and Programme Management: Contribution to development of overall programme management plans to support the coordination of programme and project activity Provide support to Head of Change and Transformation to help to develop, implement and monitor projects and resolve issues and ensure all project documentation is organised and maintained to a good standard Maintain and continuously improve the standard project documentation templates, policies and procedures ensuring version control is applied and stakeholders are using the current version. Carry out simple analyses of clinical/project data, including presenting data in a variety of formats Develop and maintain accurate and up-to-date reporting systems, including scorecards and checkpoint reports, updated regularly for performance reporting, and identify and escalate concerns about performance. This should include recommendations for improvement to systems as appropriate Assist with qualitative and quantitative evidence collection, analytical input and collation of relevant information/data for papers and report Undertake such duties and responsibilities as may be assigned from time to time and may reasonably be associated with the normal level of duties of the post. Management and Leadership: Demonstrate leadership with regards to influencing and decision making to ensure that projects take an appropriate path including setting timescales and managing milestones Work with multi-disciplinary teams across departments and external organisations to provide guidance with regards to the management, progression and sustainability of the Community Care Development Programme. Work with Senior Managers across the Trust to support governance of the Programme. This will include supporting development of reporting plans, risks and issues logs and monthly dashboard reporting. Able to present (both formally and informally) to clinical teams/colleagues about the scope, content and timescales associated with the Strategy and the relevant Transformation projects. Stakeholder Engagement & Relationship Management Proactively build relationships and work closely with a range of colleagues across the Trust to encourage collaborative working Communicate complex and sometimes conflicting or contentious information with a high level of sensitivity and diplomacy, including to audiences who may be challenging Develop robust relationships with key contacts and team members and proactively manage these relationships so contacts can count on reliable and knowledgeable support and information about the programme or other activities Provide a comprehensive level of knowledge about all aspects of the Community Care Development Programme and act as a helpful and approachable source of advice and guidance to all staff Facilitate and support meetings with a range of internal staff and external stakeholders Represent the Community Care Development Programme at meetings as and when required (both internal and external) Financial Responsibilities Support judicious management of project budgets and monitoring expenditure, escalating concerns where appropriate Processing invoices and raising purchase orders Other Duties Meet regularly with the Head of Change and Transformation with regards to programme activity Deputise as necessary for other members of the team Undertake ad-hoc projects and pieces of work as specified Assist the Head of Change and Transformation with events and event set up as appropriate Work flexibly to manage own workload in a busy environment, prioritising and competing deadlines across multiple workstreams Carry out other duties commensurate to the grade as and when necessary.

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