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Job Title: PPM Methodology & Assurance Specialist Function: Strategy & Change Hybrid Worker: Expectation is two days per week on site at our Nottingham/ Alfreton/ Sheffield/ Wakefield office Contract type: permanent Salary: Offered on a starting salary of £56,476 with the potential to increase to £66,443 over the course of three years. Closing Date: Tuesday, 10th November 2026
NHS Supply Chain currently has an opportunity for a to join our team during an exciting period of transformation, working to make it easier for the NHS to put patients first.
This role exists to provide independent, objective oversight of the project portfolio, ensuring that every initiative is set up for success and adheres to established governance standards. You are there to bridge the gap between "doing projects" and "doing projects correctly," providing senior leadership with the confidence that investments are being managed effectively.
Every day you will …
Project Methodology - Ensures projects operate with clarity and control by maintaining and improving the organisations PPM methodology and tooling to enable consistent, high-quality delivery across programmes. Drives PPM Best Practice and consistent delivery performance by ensuring teams follow best practice and operate to agreed standards. Integrated Assurance Planning: Develops and manages a rolling schedule of assurance activities to ensure high-priority projects receive the right level of scrutiny at the right time. Assurance Reporting and Review - Drafts project assurance reports and presentations, including key information, commentary, and recommendations to support the review process and enable stakeholders to evaluate progress and agree on change. Continuous Improvement: Identifies recurring themes or systemic delivery issues and implements process improvements to raise the organisation's project maturity. Improves decision-making and risk visibility by leading assurance activities that highlight the true status and surface issues early for management action. Accelerates governance and reporting efficiency by optimising project tooling (PPM and IT tools) that streamline workflows, enhance automation, and provide reliable insights.
What can we offer you? We want to reward you for your passion, enthusiasm, and hard work so we offer much more than a competitive salary:
Hybrid working opportunities, giving you the flexibility to work collaboratively in the office and remotely. We recognise our employees' hard work and contributions with annual bonus schemes, long service, and colleague recognition awards. 27 days holiday plus bank holidays We are dedicated to your development, through in-house training, support, and access to external qualifications to maximise your potential. A focus on your well-being offering 1 day of paid well-being leave and free access to the 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme Generous pension scheme (with us contributing 12% when you contribute 6%) Access to our Flexible Benefits Scheme, where you can choose from a variety of benefits such as Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, Dental Insurance, and additional pension contributions that suit you. 2 days of paid volunteering leave allowing you to give back to your community. Access to many discounts from the Blue Light Card to NHS Discounts.
NHS Supply Chain, who are we? Our role is to support the NHS to save lives and improve health. We are a part of the NHS family, and our role is to source, deliver and supply healthcare products, services and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations across England and Wales.
We serve every NHS Trust and operate a national network of distribution centres, managing relationships with more than a thousand suppliers and delivering more than 8,000,000 orders each year to more than 17,000 locations. Doing all of this on behalf of the NHS gives NHS staff more time to focus on their main priority of providing excellent patient care.
What skills will help you thrive in this role?
Strong experience applying frameworks such as MoP, MSP, PRINCE2, and Agile/Hybrid to create consistent, scalable ways of working across diverse delivery teams. Ability to perform trend analysis, financial tracking, and "critical friend" reviews of complex project data.
Strong communication skills to challenge senior project stakeholders constructively without damaging relationships.
Experience in conducting formal audits, peer reviews, and gateway assessments. Expertise using data and technology to track, manage, and govern project components in real time, improving visibility and assurance across the portfolio. Experience designing, optimising, and managing project tooling, enabling automation, reliable reporting, and streamlined governance processes across projects and programmes. Expert ability to positively influence and support stakeholders, providing clear guidance, coaching, and practical tools that build capability and create consistent, confident delivery across the organisation. Experienced approach, maintaining composure in high-pressure environments and navigating complex organisational dynamics with diplomacy and professionalism.
Our Inclusive Commitment At NHS Supply Chain, we are committed to building an inclusive environment where difference is not only valued, but celebrated, giving everyone the opportunity to thrive in their career. Developing our people is key to our success, so if this role sounds like the right next step in your career but your experience doesn’t match perfectly with the job advert, we encourage you to still apply.
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