Programme Manager

Cambridge University Hospitals; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare institution in Cambridge is seeking an experienced Administration and Programme Manager for the Vasculitis and Lupus Research Group. This role involves leading the development of research trainings, overseeing finances, and managing educational courses. Candidates must have a degree, leadership skills, and experience in resource management. The position offers flexible working arrangements and numerous benefits including onsite leisure facilities and subsidized travel. Join to support impactful healthcare research!

Benefits

On-site leisure facilities

Subsidized parking

Reduced cost public transport

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Experience of planning and prioritisation.
• Experience of working in a team and achieving results.
• Budgetary Management experience.
• Experience of managing a workforce.
• Experience and responsibility of the day to day running of a service.

Responsibilities

• Project management for practical teaching and training courses.
• Oversee the finances for the Centre.
• Lead development of a new website for the Centre.
• Create and implement targeted marketing campaigns.

Skills

Ability to motivate and empower others

Excellent working knowledge of Excel

Excellent communication skills

Budget and resource management

Ability to prioritize work

Positive and effective team worker

Education

Degree or equivalent

Leadership and management qualification

Job description

Main area Research and Development - Vasculitis and Lupus Research Grade Band 6 Contract 12 months (Fixed Term / Secondment) Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Full Time or Part Time / Flexible working hours may be considered) Job ref 180-RD-CVAE64-RE

Employer Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Addenbrookes Hospital-Division R&D Town Cambridge Salary £38,682 - £46,580 p.a. pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 21/12/2025 23:59 Interview date 13/01/2026

Job overview

We are looking to recruit an Administration and Programme Manager to join the Vasculitis and Lupus Research Group. You will lead the development of the Vasculitis and Lupus Research and Training centre. This will include, but is not limited to, organising courses for doctors and Nurses, financial management and conference planning.

Main duties of the job

• Project management for practical teaching and training courses for Doctors and Specialist nurses in Addenbrooke’s Hospital run by the Centre.
• Project management for large regional, national and international educational courses run by the Centre.
• Oversee the finances for the Centre.
• To create and implement targeted marketing campaigns designed to raise the profile of the Centre and gain new business in specific areas.
• To take full management responsibility for individual projects.
• To actively participate in effective business case
• development on time and to budget.
• To lead on the development of a new website for the Centre.
• Line management of a Band 4 Administrative Assistant.

Working for our organisation

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Please note:- Internal applicants on permanent contracts can apply for this post as a secondment or fixed term contract. For secondments, you must have the approval of your line manager before applying. If you are an internal applicant currently on a fixed term contract, you are able to apply for this as a fixed term position.

The advert will close at midnight on 21 December 2025.

Interviews are due to be held on 13 January 2026.

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent
• Leadership and management qualification

Experience

• Experience of planning and prioritisation
• Experience of working in a team and achieving results
• Budgetary Management experience
• Experience of managing a workforce
• Minute taking
• Experience of recruitment and retention of staff
• Experience and responsibility of the day to day running of a service
• Developing business and marketing strategies
• Experience of marketing events

Knowledge

• Evidence of ongoing learning
• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
• Knowledge of medical and surgical education

Skills

• Ability to motivate and empower others
• Excellent working knowledge of Excel
• Excellent communication skills, including inter-personal skills, liaison and negotiation skills
• Budget and resource management
• Ability to prioritise work, meet tight deadlines and work independently
• Positive and effective team worker

Additional Requirements

• The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.