Senior Programme Manager - Evaluation and Insights

This is a pivotal post that will contribute to the expansion of the evaluation team at Health Innovation North West Coast at an exciting time in its development. Evaluation is a growth area of strategic importance to the organisation and our partners, and as such the post holder will have the opportunity to make a real difference to HINWC and the populations we serve., Work strategically across HINWC and the wider NHS to work collaboratively on programmes and projects and develop and implement diverse evaluation-based programmes in a range of networks across the region.

You will be working with the evaluation team, as well as colleagues across the wider HINWC Team. You will deliver evaluations from small, local interventions to large, national complex and high-profile programmes

Drive and support the planning, management and delivery of key projects across the North West Coast, including the development of project plans with appropriate phasing timescales and milestones.

Designing and leading mixed method evaluation projects in a healthcare setting, including: managing access to relevant datasets; identifying metrics; process and impact evaluation; deploying implementation science methodologies to evaluate complex programmes and understand the barriers and facilitators to spread.

Develop clear programme plans and develop systems for tracking and reporting against these in order to ensure robust financial management and enable accurate reports to be provided.

Build a network and seek out new opportunities for collaboration and income generation. Contribute to bid proposals and scope new up project opportunities.

Act as an expert resource to HINWC, regional NHS and any of the structures with which it is associated, by maintaining a high level of current, evidence-based knowledge relevant to the post holder's areas of work interest.

HINWC evaluate innovation, and innovative programmes and pathways, demonstrating their impact and understanding their limitations to accelerate spread and adoption. Our work is conducted in real world healthcare settings and not in controlled research environments, and as such we are looking for an individual with the creativity and flexibility to respond to the challenges this can bring. Whilst it's not essential to have experience of the full range of approaches and methodologies we can deploy in a fast-paced innovation environment, a solid understanding of evaluation techniques is necessary.

The post holder will work closely with the Head of Programmes to manage a diverse portfolio of evaluation programmes. Excellent programme management, report writing and communication skills are as important as your analytic and evaluation skills. The ability to collaborate to establish partnerships is a key requirement. You must demonstrate the ability to cut through the complexity of delivering at scale, engaging and delivering to ensure that innovation is embedded into transformational redesign across the region.

HINWC is one of 15 Health Innovation Networks commissioned by NHS England (NHSE) and the Office for Life Sciences (OLS) to accelerate the spread of innovations, across healthcare in England. The HINWC website contains more details about the organisation and its geography (www.healthinnovationnwc.nhs.uk) which includes the 2 Integrated Care Systems of Cheshire and Merseyside; and Lancashire and South Cumbria.

The work of HINWC progresses the 'Innovation, Health and Wealth' agenda and has been established to ensure that innovations benefit the health of individuals, communities, regions and the nation. Health Innovation Networks are a critical structure for aligning the NHS, academia and industry, and work as 'system integrators' across these domains.

Our vision at HINWC is to be the key innovation partner for both our Integrated Care Systems and we have three strategic goals:

1. Develop cultures that promote equity and allow innovation to thrive;

2. Stimulate economic growth and create jobs in the health and life sciences sector;

3. Increase the spread and adoption of innovations through collaboration.

Our core values drive both how we work together and how we work with our stakeholders, these are