National Programme Manager

Introduction and background

Founded in 2011, the Maternal Mental Health Alliance (MMHA) is a UK-wide charity and network of over 130 member organisations, parents, and clinicians dedicated to ensuring all women, birthing people, babies and families impacted by perinatal mental health problems have access to high-quality, compassionate care and support.

The MMHA has recently been awarded a 5-year grant by the National Lottery Community Fund to tackle maternal mental health inequities through community action.

The Maternal Mental Health Councils project will develop, test and replicate a model of community-based decision-making, support and service provision that is led by women with lived experience. The aim is to achieve system change locally and nationally to improve the mental health of marginalised women and is the next phase of the MMHA s programme to tackle maternal mental health inequities across the UK.

With this funding, we are pleased to be recruiting for an exciting new National Programme Manager role to lead this important work and be an integral part of creating change for families across the UK.

Main responsibilities

Project delivery

• Deliver all key elements of the MMH Council project, in four localities, covering four different populations, implementing a model of community action led by women with lived experience
• Set up, convene, and facilitate the project governance board
• Research, identify and engage with local community and service organisations, and recruit and liaise with local core partner organisations
• Seek out, develop relationships, and work with other stakeholders, including healthcare professionals, voluntary and community organisations, commissioners, local authority staff, politicians, employers, and others with a shared commitment to achieving the objectives of the project
• With local partners, to recruit lived experience chairs and co-ordinators to lead the MMHA Councils
• Link with other organisations, groups, partnerships and local systems-change initiatives such as Integrated Care Boards, Health and Wellbeing Boards, and Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnerships
• Set up a national advisory group consisting of a range of representatives from partner organisations
• Identify and share learnings from the project to support wider MMHA campaigning
• Work with evaluation partners to build impact frameworks and support outcomes measurement
• Deliver events across the UK to disseminate learning and impact systems change

Project management

• Ensure the project is managed clearly and proportionately, with key decisions and activities documented
• Monitor delivery against agreed outcomes
• Maintain project plans and other relevant documentation, including risk registers
• Write reports, for external and external use, including for MMHA trustees and the Community Fund
• Capture notes and learning from key events and activities, including the MMH Councils, project governance board, and national advisory group
• Undertake administrative tasks to support the delivery of the project.

People and relationships

• Support and enable women with lived experience to become and remain leaders of this work
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to deliver the project.

Reporting, finance and compliance

• Ensure financial agreements and robust systems are in place with partners
• Manage day-to-day budgets, ensuring the project remains within the agreed expenditure
• Ensure an effective process so that project stakeholders, including women with lived experience, are promptly reimbursed for any costs incurred

Download the job pack for a list of the skills and experience we're looking for.

How to apply

The application process is outlined in the job pack.

• Deadline: 10am, Tuesday 4th February 2025
• First interviews: online, Wednesday 12th February 2025.