The closing date is 29 July 2026
NWDA Programme Director
This is a 12 month maternity cover position available as fixed term contract or a secondment.
Lambeth Together is a partnership aimed at improving health and wellbeing across Lambeth, uniting a wide range of partners from the voluntary and community sector, NHS, and Lambeth Council. It focuses on creating an integrated health and care system that addresses the needs of the local population effectively and equitably. Central to its operation is the Neighbourhood and Wellbeing Alliance (NWDA). The NWDA works towards enhancing community health, supporting individuals through a more cohesive and connected approach to care within Lambeth neighbourhoods.
The Lambeth Neighbourhood and Wellbeing Delivery Alliance Programme Director will lead and manage a programme of work to develop the partnership between health, care and the voluntary sector in Lambeth. This work is grounded in understanding population health management, and the health profiles of Lambeth, to deliver a neighbourhood health service which supports the needs of residents across the health and care system.
If you would like to have a discussion about the role, then please get in touch with Josepha Reynolds, josepha.reynolds@selondonics.nhs.uk.
Main duties of the job
- Lead the programme of partnership work on neighbourhood development for Lambeth.
- Facilitate and implement a learning and development framework for the Alliance.
- Design and implement a framework to appraise maturity, capability and readiness for change as a partnership.
- Lead the development and coordination of providers to respond to any emerging commissioning processes.
- Develop a partnership response to any commissioning process for the Neighbourhood & Wellbeing Partnership Delivery Alliance.
- Lead and implement an integrated proposal, vision and delivery plan for the borough-wide neighbourhood delivery model to reduce health inequalities.
- Lead, design and develop a Neighbourhood Alliance community and engagement model and delivery plan.
About us
The South East London Integrated Care System (ICS) brings together the health and care partners that serve our vibrant and highly diverse populations resident in the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Greenwich – our Places. Our partnership brings together six local authorities, over 200 general practices (operating within 35 Primary Care Networks), Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital NHS FT, King’s College Hospital NHS FT, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, South London and the Maudsley Mental Health FT and Oxleas FT. Importantly, the IC seeks to be connected to the communities we serve (circa 1.92m residents) and work with the widest possible range of community, voluntary and third sector groups and organisations in each borough. The reach of our NHS provider portfolios extends beyond the borders of the IC, across London, the south of England and nationally for some services. Our vision for the IC is a highly performing, sustainable system that looks after its staff, responds to its communities and takes action to reduce the inequalities they experience.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
- Formal qualification in Project and Programme Management (PRINCE 2 & MSP or equivalent).
- Formal training in Lean Six Sigma.
Experience
- Extensive experience, expertise and understanding of programme and change management, strategic planning, budget setting and contracting processes, in a cross‑organisational programme in a health/social care setting.
- Extensive experience in working collaboratively at a senior level across organisations to deliver complex large programme goals resulting in positive value for money outcomes.
- An understanding of the background and aims of Lambeth Together as well as South East London Integrated Care System.
- A proven track record of creating a common purpose and instilling organisational values and behaviours that promote a corporate vision.
- Experience of developing business plans and programme/project management programmes resulting in positive value for money outcomes.
- Ability to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures, ways of working, boundaries and organisations to produce more effective and innovative partnerships through transformation.
- A commitment to improving health and social care services and reducing disparities in outcomes, access and experience.
Skills and Abilities
- Strong leadership, interpersonal skills and authority; able to successfully foster and manage inter‑relationships between own unit and differing professions, including at a senior level.
- Demonstrable success in delivering change and performance with internal and external stakeholders by engaging them in the strategic direction and delivery plans, establishing clear work priorities with them, delegating effectively, ensuring a capability to deliver, monitoring performance and giving feedback.
- Experience of successful management of multiple stakeholders with competing interests, and of operating in a complex political environment.
- Strong organisational ability and well‑developed resource and staff management skills: able to forecast, plan, develop and manage unit capability in line with business plan and organisational vision.
- Proven ability to foster a cross‑organisational culture that is positive about change, and positive about reducing inequalities, and committed to delivery of the strategic vision.
- A proven credible and influential communicator with excellent networking and negotiating skills.
- The ability to influence senior clinicians. This will involve challenging current practice and behaviours in order to facilitate change.
- Ability to collaborate constructively with internal and external partners to create the conditions for successful partnership working.
- Anticipates and takes action in order to create and seize opportunities to avoid crises taking an overview of complex situations to generate new perspectives – thinks outside the box identifies and implements quick wins where possible.
- Ability to review and analyse complex data and recommend a course of action and objectives and motivate staff to achieve them.
- Develop team spirit and inclusivity and respect for each other.
Other
- Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role.
- High level of work organisation, self‑motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude.
- Is comfortable working with ambiguity, and is able to create structure and short‑ and long‑term plans in such an environment and provide direction to others.
- Self‑aware, demonstrating a consistent inclusive leadership style focused on achieving the best results and overcoming obstacles.
- Ability to remain calm under pressure, motivate others and be flexible and adaptable to change.
- Ability to manage emotional or distressing circumstances in a calm, compassionate and professional manner that promotes confidence in others in your ability to manage the situation effectively.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£103,102 to £117,560 a year inclusive of HCAS
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