Education Manager

Are you ready to drive meaningful change in cancer education? Join Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance as our Education Manager, leading initiatives that empower healthcare professionals with essential skills and knowledge to provide outstanding patient care through GM Cancer Academy. As Education Manager, you'll shape and deliver high-impact education aligned to the Aspirant Cancer Career Education Development (ACCEND) framework. This role supports our mission to embed a culture of lifelong learning. You'll collaborate with Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) on curriculum development for pre-registration students, partner with primary and secondary care providers, and assess workforce needs across Greater Manchester. Your responsibilities will include overseeing the flagship Greater Manchester Cancer Conference, guiding the Education Engagement Officer in outreach and program marketing, and ensuring projects are high-quality and impactful. Strong project management, collaborative skills, and experience in workforce development are essential for success. If you thrive on building relationships across diverse groups and are passionate about education's role in cancer care, we want to hear from you! Shape the future of cancer education in Greater Manchester. The post is 1.0 WTE and is fixed term until March 2026 in the first instance. Secondment requests will be considered., The Education Manager will support the Workforce and Education team to:

• Lead the planning and delivery of the programme, including the identification of key milestones, deliverables, and measurable benefits.
• Oversee the project management of the flagship Greater Manchester Cancer Conference, working collaboratively with the Senior Leadership Team.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to support the delivery of the GM Workforce and Education strategy and Cancer Academy blueprint
• Implement and manage education activities in response to strategic planning guidance, incorporating ACCEND principles to guide curriculum and training initiatives.
• Advocate for workforce and education transformation, integrating these themes into all GM Cancer projects and the broader GM
• Cancer strategy, and organising events and workshops as appropriate.
• Engage with GM Cancer Pathway boards to ensure that workforce and education transformation is a central consideration
• Build and maintain links with national and regional workforce and education groups to promote the GM Cancer Academy and align with ACCEND.
• Promote education offerings and inform education strategies across care settings, providers, and HEIs.
• Takes ownership of the Cancer Academy website user database, enlisting the assistance of the Education Engagement Officer where necessary to produce meaningful information and data.
  
  Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance (GM Cancer) is a venture that brings together patients, charities, NHS and academic institutions with the aim of securing world-class cancer outcomes and experience for our population. Greater Manchester Cancer is the cancer programme of the Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board.
The GM Cancer Academy is a Programme of work within the Workforce and Education Programme. The team are dynamic, diligent, and passionate about supporting the cancer workforce to ensure they have equitable access to training and education to develop the right skills to respond to the needs of people affected by cancer, adapt to new, improved ways of working, continue to modernise the way they work, and embrace technology to deliver the best quality healthcare. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of cancer workforce and education in Greater Manchester, and to essentially improve outcomes for people affected by cancer.