A membership organisation are looking for a Programme Manager to manage and develop the organisation's quality Improvement and national clinical audit programmes as well as research/evaluation projects.

Key Responsibilities:
-Manage the project staff.
-Develop and deliver project plans to ensure that individual projects meet their objectives and deadlines.
-Manage all aspects of projects, which may include:
-developing sampling methods
-developing methods and tools to enable measurement of performance against standards
-overseeing the analysis and presentation of qualitative and quantitative data from participating services and clinicians to ensure that participants receive high-quality reports
-working with steering groups and other key stakeholders on the strategic direction of the projects
-producing local and national reports about the performance of services
-planning and delivering events e.g. learning events, quality improvement workshops
-Manage promotion and marketing to maximise participation in the projects.
-Report regularly regarding the performance of the project.
-Quality assure the projects against agreed standards and business plans, including for the timeliness and quality of reports and meeting of deadlines.
-Manage the project budgets and accounts and provide monthly finance projections.
-Prepare papers for presentation at conferences and in journals.
-Liaise with other professional organisations and attend meetings external
-Meet regularly with the other audit project teams at cluster meetings and managers' meetings.

Skills and Experience required:
-Interest in pursuing a career in clinical audit or quality improvement in health or social care, in particular mental health.
-Experience of working with public sector services
-Experience of managing a team
-Experience of report writing and editing
-Budget management experience
-Excellent written and verbal communication skills
-Good Knowledge of MS Office, email and internet.
-Good knowledge of Excel and graphical presentation
-Experience of managing large electronic databases and controlling data quality