Programmatic Excellence Lead

Salary: £ 89,500

Closing date: Wednesday, 18 February 2025

Contract type: Permanent

The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation. We improve health for everyone by funding science, leading policy and advocacy campaigns, and building partnerships.

We plan to spend £16bn over the next ten years, funding new discoveries in life, health, and wellbeing, and taking on three global health challenges: mental health, infectious disease and climate and health.

These challenges need the bold science we support, but they won't be solved by science alone.

We are looking for a Programmatic Excellence Lead to join our team in the CEO's Office.

Where in Wellcome will I be working?

The role reports to the Associate Director (AD), Strategy . You will be enhancing programme and project management quality and capability at Wellcome while supporting the delivery of strategic initiatives across the organisation.

The CEO Office is a central nexus for ensuring the organisation's resources, processes, and activities are aligned to deliver Wellcome's mission and strategy. It has a crucial role in developing Wellcome's strategy, related programmes and initiatives, and monitoring organisational impact.

What will I be doing?

You will be responsible for developing a programme management centre of excellence for consistent, high-quality delivery, implementing project management tools, providing professional development for staff, fostering a culture of learning and inclusivity, adhering to Wellcome's governance and values, and adapting roles to support Wellcome's mission.

As a Programmatic Excellence Lead, you will :

• Develop and maintain a programme management centre of excellence, to ensure consistent, efficient, and high-quality delivery across Strategic Programmes and specific Cross-Wellcome initiatives.

• Develop and support roll out of tools for programme and project management across Wellcome.

• Provide professional development training and opportunities for programme management staff to build programmatic and MEL capacity.

• Foster a culture of learning and continuous improvement to ensure adaptation and agility within the team.

• Contribute to a diverse and inclusive culture across the organisation, collaborating across departments.

Is this job for me?

We are looking for a motivated individual with strong leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills, possessing significant knowledge of programme management best practices, capable of managing multiple projects across various stakeholders with a clear link to Wellcome's mission.

We are looking for someone who has:

• Knowledge and significant experience of programme and project management best practice standards, and how to tailor them to different environments with a clear the ability to learn about Wellcome's mission of key strategic priorities

• Experience of delivering key projects/pieces of work to a high standard within tight deadlines as well as ability to work on multiple pieces of work across stakeholder groups.

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build strong relationships with a wide range of stakeholders at all levels.

• Experience in developing and implementing capacity-building initiatives to enhance organisational skills and capabilities

• Strong leadership and facilitation skills, as well as strong analytical, strategic thinking and problem-solving

• The ability to use innovative approaches and experimentation with new tools and technologies to enhance impact.

To apply please upload your current CV and complete our short application

Interview dates: w/c 10 and 17 of March

You can view the full job description on our website

You can read more about the benefits we offer our employees on our website

Our Hybrid Way of Working

We understand that our colleagues have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to build a flexible working environment, in which people can perform at their best.

At Wellcome we have a hybrid way of working which is 3 days in our Euston Road offices (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) with the remaining 2 days working either remotely or in the office.

Diversity and Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do

Diversity and Inclusion is a priority at Wellcome. We are committed to cultivating a fair and inclusive environment, where everyone can be themselves and thrive. We are happy to discuss flexible working options for all roles. We work to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition. Please visit our website for more information on adjustments and accessibility, or contact us at .