Programme Manager - Insight


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£57,528 to £64,750 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Chilworth, SO16 7NP
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	12 Oct 2026
Closing date:	26 Oct 2026

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Summary

At Health Innovation Wessex, you will have the opportunity to contribute insights into some of the most important challenges facing health and care today while helping shape the future of innovation across the NHS. You will join the Insight team within Health Innovation Wessex, a well-established and highly experienced group of evaluation and research specialists with a track record of delivering more than 100 real-world innovation evaluations. Working across a diverse portfolio of projects, you will have the opportunity to apply and develop innovative evaluation approaches, test new methods and analytical techniques, and contribute to the evolution of evaluation practice within health and care. The role offers excellent scope to broaden your experience, build expertise in real-world evaluation, and work alongside colleagues who are recognised for their leadership in evidence generation and impact assessment What You'll Be Responsible For. The Evaluation Programme Manager is responsible for managing and implementing projects within Health Innovation Wessex Insight teams portfolio. The post-holder will combine expertise in evaluation of innovation with experience in project and client management, including communications and dissemination to optimise the use of insights from real world evaluations. You will be responsible for leading the delivery of a portfolio of projects for Insight to deliver the Health Innovation Wessex business plan. This will include: Establishing and managing appropriate collaboration or contractual arrangements with clients Providing specialist advice to other members of Health Innovation Wessex on evaluation design, delivery and reporting, including leading on bid writing for Insight opportunities Providing specialist innovator support, which may include surgeries, co-designing evaluation frameworks; advising on methods. Generating evaluation reports, leading synthesis of quantitative and qualitative data, report-writing, and quality assurance of evaluation outputs Join Us This is an exceptional opportunity for an experienced evaluator who wants to make a lasting difference to health outcomes, healthcare transformation and economic growth. If you are passionate about innovation, inspired by the future of the NHS and excited by the opportunity to shape the next chapter of Health Innovation Wessex, we would love to hear from you. Together, we can accelerate innovation, improve lives and create a healthier future for Wessex and beyond.

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