Strategic Engagement Adviser and Programme Policy Adviser

In the Department of Health and Social Care, we are proud of our purpose - to enable everyone to live more independent, healthier lives for longer. To achieve this, and create a great place to work, we have four values: we are inclusive, we constantly improve, we challenge, and we are agile. If this sounds like an environment you would like to work in, we would love to hear from you.

The New Hospital Programme (NHP) is the programme team set up with NHS England to deliver new hospitals. As a major priority for government and ministers, the Programme's new and innovative approach to hospital design, construction and delivery is changing the way health infrastructure is delivered for the NHS.

The Strategic Engagement, Policy, and Funding Team within the NHP plays a key role in supporting the Programme to build new hospitals by ensuring that the approach to delivery reflects and continues to deliver against ministerial, departmental, and wider government strategy. The team also actively supports delivery by seeking opportunities to create value and support for the Programme amongst stakeholders and beyond.

In the Strategic Engagement Adviser role, you will take a strategic overarching view of NHP policy and act as a bridge between the NHP, DHSC, the delivery team in NHS England, and the wider Department. You will be central in representing the Programme and its strategic ambitions and provide quality advice to senior leadership in the NHP, DHSC and Ministers. You will work on a variety of core business, such as parliamentary business, briefings and correspondence, and also have the opportunity to work on cross-cutting workstreams and bespoke strategic projects that will seek to address barriers and opportunities to help the Programme deliver new hospitals for future generations.

In the Programme Policy Adviser role, you will become a subject matter expert on hospital schemes within your portfolio working closely with DHSC and cross-government colleagues and NHS England on core Programme themes. You will be central in representing the Programme and providing quality advice to senior leadership in the NHP, DHSC and Ministers on specific schemes in the Programme. You will work on a variety of core business, such as parliamentary business, briefings and correspondence whilst supporting on scheme-specific policy work to ensure key stakeholders are fully engaged and updated on progress. You will also have the opportunity to lead on policy development for individual schemes or issues that span across more than one to deliver new hospitals for future generations.

These roles could be for you if you like to see high-level discussions on a newly developing major government programme, solve complex problems to deliver key Ministerial priorities and enjoy seeing the wider context in which the Programme operates. This is an exciting time to be joining the Programme as it develops its plans, matures, and progresses to deliver hospital schemes across the country.