Programme Manager, Wellcome
6 Months Fixed Term Contract
£76.7k
More information about location
3-5 days a week in office (Euston, London)
Global charitable foundation for science research
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Global charitable foundation for science research
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
£76.7k
More information about location
3-5 days a week in office (Euston, London)
1001+ employees
Company mission
Wellcome's mission is to support science to solve the urgent health challenges facing everyone.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for an experienced Programme Manager well-versed in understanding an organisation’s mission and strategic priorities, with comprehensive expertise in various project and programme management approaches, tools, and risk management
- Experience of delivering key projects/pieces of work to a high standard within tight deadlines, with a key alignment to the organisation’s mission of key strategic priorities and how role relates to these and the ability to work on multiple pieces of work across stakeholder groups as well as being able t work in a matrix setup
- Experience as a Programme Manager, experience in the use of project and programme management methodologies e.g. Agile, Prince2, proficient with programme planning and management tools with comprehensive programme management experience including managing complex programmes and experienced with risk management
- The ability to demonstrate experience of sharing learning within a Programme Management cohort with a strong planning, communication and presentation skills, and is proficient in project quality management
- Experience with coordinating competing priorities and multiple stakeholders and able to influence directly and indirectly in a matrix organization as well as experienced in planning and problem solving with programme management and delivery teams
- Communicates in a highly effective manner across a wide variety of mediums to create positive outcomes for all stakeholders and resolves complex conflicts and disputes elegantly, politically and to the satisfaction of all parties
- Meticulous attention to detail including the ability to think in an analytical way with the ability to adapt well to change over the scope of a programme
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Programme Manager, Climate & Health to join our team in the CEO’s Office to support the delivery of our Climate & Health portfolio
- The role reports to the Head of Strategy Integration, Climate & Health. As a member of the Strategy Integration team in the CEO’s office, you will be enhancing programme and project management quality and capability at Wellcome while supporting the delivery of strategic initiatives across the organisation (primarily the Climate & Health portfolio)
- 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
- This role will ensure efficient and effective programme management by supporting programme leads in goal setting and planning, driving integration with the wider Solutions programme, and fostering an environment conducive to successful delivery and continuous improvement
- Support development of influence, engagement or research goals and outcomes and work with programme leads to develop and maintain a plan of work to achieve these; ensure integration of influence, engagement or research programme into whole portfolio, and support the team to collaborate effectively and focus on what is most important within the overall programme
- Facilitate group sessions for programme teams, including retrospectives, planning meetings and project kick-offs; Work to remove barriers to teams’ work and provide enablers for this, including:
- Manage the development and delivery of programme-level milestones with work stream leads across the business area
- Lead budget management and people planning and allocation for the team, including resource matrixed from elsewhere in Wellcome and manage and track key risks, priorities, escalating programme-level risks before they become issues, and ensuring that these risks are being addressed by the business area and Wellcome management. As well as coordinate internal communication plans and products as needed and support programme decision-making in line with delegation of authority, and managing the secretariat/administration of any Advisory or other groups for team’s work
- Share appropriate project and programme management, skills, approaches and best practice. And ensure alignment with corporate governance including preparation of programme documentation, including all necessary reports (for example; finance, delivery plans, risk registers, Executive Committee and Board of Governors’ papers)
- Contribute to a diverse and inclusive culture across the organisation, collaborating across departments
Application process
- Closing date: Wednesday, 12 February 2025
- Interview dates: 03/03, 04/03 and 05/03
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The Wellcome Trust was originally founded in 1936 to fund medical research and has since grown into the UK’s largest private scientific research fund, and one of the wealthiest charities in the world. Disbursing over £1 billion in funds a year, it has provided funding to numerous medical research projects in its focus areas of mental health, climate & health and infectious diseases. These include the Cancer Genome Project and the Ebola Emergency Initiative.
Wellcome's recent decision to divest itself of its shares in fossil fuels has also relieved it of a persistent source of controversy, as this was potentially hindering the credibility of its climate change research. Wellcome has since partnered with the World Economic Forum to collect data on how climate change is affecting health worldwide.
The company is also moving to adjust to a more global role. The majority of its funding has historically been allocated to UK firms, but as climate change and infectious diseases know no borders, neither does research into solutions to these problems. ln 2019 it established an office in Berlin to strengthen its scientific links in the EU and to allow it to more easily fund important research outside of the UK.
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Company benefits
- Holiday – 25 days’ holiday a year plus bank holidays (and we usually close between Christmas and New Year)
- Pension (defined contribution plan) – you contribute at least 3% and we pay in 15% of your salary
- Income protection – to maintain your income if you have a prolonged illness or disability
- Life assurance – four to six times your basic salary if you’re a member of our pension plan
- Interest-free travel season ticket loan
- Private medical insurance – we pay the cover, you pay the tax (and you can pay to add dependants)
- Gym and fitness classes – free membership to on-site gym and subsidised fitness classes and treatments
- Employee assistance programme – free, independent 24/7 help and advice for work-related issues as well as problems affecting your home life
- Mental health support – our network of mental health first aiders can be a first point of contact, or help while you're receiving professional help
- Health assessments (free and voluntary) – after you’ve been here for one year, then every two years after that
- Occupational health – annual eye tests and flu jabs, as well as job-related vaccinations
- Flexible working – we make every effort to support flexible working, including flexible working hours and remote working (we respect people's different working preferences and the need for a healthy work-life balance)
- Flexi-leave scheme – you can buy or sell up to five days of your holiday entitlement a year
- Staff social club – a range of sports teams and fun events throughout the year
- Volunteering – we give you up to four days' paid leave a year to contribute to our local community
- Give As You Earn – allows you to make tax-free donations to the charities you care about
- Cycle-to-work scheme – we offer at least 25% discount on bikes and cycling equipment and we have secure cycle storage, lockers and showers
- Subsidised restaurant and cafe
- Wellcome Collection discounts – 20% off food, drink and gifts from our cafe, restaurant and shop
- Discounts through Perkbox – shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, phone insurance and gift cards
Company values
- We make it count
- We act boldly
- We stretch ourselves
- We pull together
Company HQ
London, UK
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Leadership
Jeremy Farrar
(Director, not founder)Has been Director of the Wellcome Trust since 2013. Before that was Director of Oxford Clinical Research Unit, working on research and clinical trials for diseases in Vietnam.
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