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IM&T Projects & Developments
Programme Manager
36 Hours
1.0 WTE – 12 month FTC
Band 8a
Location – Hybrid/Huntlyburn Terrace, BGH
NHS Borders are continuously delivering a varied portfolio of IT programmes. Many of these projects and programmes are linked to upgrades and enhancements to our critical PAS solutions and Primary Care Systems.
The ideal candidates will be experienced IT Programme Manager or Senior IT Project Manager with a proven track record of successfully delivering Microsoft 365 or IT Infrastructure projects. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of eight years project and programme management experience.
Essential Skills and experience required for this role.
- A minimum of two years previous experience of managing large scale IT Programmes.
- A minimum of eight years’ experience of IT Project Management and complex IT Systems upgrades and implementations.
- Demonstrable experience of successfully delivering IT Infrastructure projects
- Experience of managing large multi-disciplinary technical projects and programme teams.
- Good relationship building skills
- Clear and confident communicator builds rapport quickly.
- Extensive experience of programme and project management; project planning, management, Project and programme financial management, effort estimation, and decision analysis skills; exceptional focus on delivery (proactive monitoring and remedial action).
- Clear evidence of budget management skills and financial processes and governance within programme and project delivery.
Desirable Experience and qualifications
- Formal Project/Programme Management qualifications such as APM PMQ, PMP, MSP, PgMP.
- Strong supplier management experience
- Public sector experience
We are seeking a highly experienced, motivated, and enthusiastic individual with strong technical delivery experience, who can hit the ground running and quickly take full ownership of critical programmes, overseeing multiple technical workstreams.
This is an excellent opportunity to join an establish NHS IT Team, working on a wide range of interesting and innovative local and national IT Infrastructure programmes and projects within the Scottish Borders.
The successful candidate can work a hybrid pattern with time split between onsite and home working.
PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early.
As from 1st April 2026 the Agenda for Change full-time working week will be reducing from 37 to 36 hours per week. Part time hours will be reduced pro-rata. However, there will be a corresponding increase in the hourly rate so that pay will not be affected.
Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes.
To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.
As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here.
For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found here.
It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.
