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Salary: £46,822
Location: London, Leeds, Agile (with some travel required)

The vacancy

The NHS Alliance’s ICB Network is the only independent, national network bringing together the senior leaders of England's integrated care boards. The Network convenes ICB leaders across a range of forums to support teams in their roles, as well as through activities that support ICBs to evolve as strategic commissioners. Shaped by members, the Network helps leaders to exchange ideas, share experiences and challenges, and provide peer support.

We are looking for a policy and delivery manager to play a pivotal role in the success of the Network. You will work to ensure that the policy and project work of the ICB Network is high quality, relevant to national policy and member priorities and draws on insight from our membership. You will manage and deliver work within the network and work in partnership with central teams and other networks to inform and support work across The NHS Alliance.

Key priorities include:

• Designing and implement targeted influencing approaches to shape national and local policy
• Acting as a recognised lead on strategic commissioning and wider issues impacting ICB members
• Developing clear, insightful briefings, reports and recommendations tailored to different audiences.
• Planning and convening network forums
• Managing effective relationships with members, system leaders, policymakers and partners
• Contributing to the planning, coordination and delivery of central and network activity,
• Supporting the NHS Alliance’s financial sustainability through ongoing member recruitment and renewal and maintaining relationships with funding partners.
• Providing effective line management

Application deadline: 7th July 2026 (11.59pm)

Interviews: 21st July 2026

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Salary: £46,822
Location: London, Leeds, Agile (with some travel required)

The vacancy

As a Policy and Delivery Manager you will: 

• Support the NHS Alliance’s Mental Health Network, which represents NHS‑funded mental health and learning disability services, to shape the future of mental health care across England.
• Lead key policy areas, develop evidence‑based positions and respond to emerging issues.
• Work closely with senior leaders across the NHS, government and partner organisations to influence national policy. 
• Deliver policy projects, produce high‑quality outputs and lead member forums, ensuring our work reflects the priorities of frontline services.

Application deadline: 7th July 2026 (11.59pm)

Interviews: 22nd and 23rd July 2026

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Salary: £46,822
Location: London, Leeds, Agile (with some travel required)

Application deadline: 9th July 2026 (11.59pm)

Interviews: TBC

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Salary: £63,175 (plus £4,000 London living allowance where applicable)
Location: Agile working with London/Leeds base

Application deadline: 10th July 2026 (11.59pm)

Interviews: W/C 20th July 2026

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Salary: £46,822 per annum (plus £4,000 London weighting if applicable)
Location: Agile working with Leeds or London base

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Salary: £34,083 per annum (plus £4,000 London weighting allowance if applicable)
Location: Agile working with Leeds or London base

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Salary: £46,822
Location: London, Leeds, Agile 

The vacancy

This role sits in our policy and analysis team, which works to influence and analyse policy on issues that are relevant to the whole NHS and all sectors of our membership. The Policy Manager plays a crucial delivery role in developing and advocating The NHS Alliance's policy objectives.

The Policy Manager will help to analyse policy developments and manage projects to influence and translate government policy on behalf of our members. This role requires experience and expertise in: policy development and influencing, health sector insight, communication, stakeholder engagement and project management.

They will also be expected to help identify opportunities for commercial partnerships and to help 
manage commercial partnerships with external organisations who invest in and support our policy offer to members.

As part of a policy function spanning The NHS Alliance’s central policy and network teams, this postholder is expected to contribute their expertise to work being carried out across the organisation, and to actively seek out input from others to ensure all policy work supports common objectives.

The post-holder will therefore be required to collaborate across teams and with external partners to deliver impactful policy outcomes.

Key priorities include:

• Develop and delivers member-informed influencing plans, producing credible recommendations for national policymakers and responding quickly to emerging issues.
• Monitor and analyse policy developments, briefing internal and external stakeholders to promote NHS Alliance positions and provide insight.
• Ensure policy alignment and coherence – contribute to policy work across The NHS Alliance, ensuring outputs are consistent with wider organisational priorities and positions.  
• Deliver projects and defined programmes – scope, plan and manage key projects. 
• Manage strategic relationships – develop and maintain relationships with members, partners and stakeholders, facilitating collaboration and joint policy or delivery initiatives. 
• Support organisational sustainability and growth – contribute to membership recruitment and retention, business planning and the development of commercial and contract opportunities and income streams.
• Management – this role may have responsibility for line managing junior roles and supporting their professional development. The role should contribute to a high-performing, collaborative 
  team culture.   

Application deadline: 15th July 2026 (11.59pm)

Interviews: 27th July 2026

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Salary: £26,043
Location: Agile working, with Cardiff office base

Vacancy

This role provides high quality administrative and programme support to the NHS Wales Leadership National Programme, coordinated by the Welsh NHS 
Confederation. You will work as part of a small team to support the delivery of the Executive Peer Groups and national engagement activity, helping to ensure 
programmes run smoothly and efficiently.

Reporting to the Membership Engagement Manager (Programme Team Lead), you will support the coordination and day-to-day administration of the programme. This includes, organising meetings, maintaining programme documentation, coordination communications, responding to queries, liaising with a wide range of stakeholders and providing administrative support across programme activities.

This role is integral to the successful delivery of Executive Peer Groups and the wider Membership Engagement Team. It requires a proactive, organised approach, strong attention to detail and the ability to build positive working relationships, while supporting cross organisation workstreams.

Travel across Wales may be required on occasion to support meetings and events.

Responsibilities:

• Act as a first point of contact for programme-related queries, ensuring they are 
  dealt with in a professional and timely manner.
• Provide day-to-day administrative and coordination support across the 
  programme portfolio to ensure activities are delivered effectively and on time.
• Provide comprehensive administrative support to Executive Peer Group Chairs, 
  including scheduling meetings, distributing agendas, preparing meeting papers, 
  taking accurate minutes, maintaining action logs, and following up on agreed 
  actions.
• Coordinate meeting logistics, including booking venues or virtual meetings, 
  managing attendee lists and circulating meeting documentation.
• Build and maintain positive working relationships with Executive Peer Group 
  Chairs, members and stakeholders across NHS Wales.
• Proactively contribute membership insight to the wider Welsh NHS 
  Confederation team, including for the Annual Conference and events 
  programme and communications and influencing programme.
• Undertake regular updating and maintenance of records as well as distribution 
  lists.
• Responsible for enabling work to be delivered to agreed deadlines and 
  highlighting to the Membership Engagement Manager any challenges to 
  delivery in a timely manner.
• Managing the Engagement Teams shared mailbox, responding to inquiries, 
  coordinating communications and ensuring emails are actioned or directed to 
  the appropriate colleague.  
• Any other duties considered appropriate
  
  

Application deadline: 20th July 2026 (11.59pm)

Interviews: 5th/6th August 2026

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Salary: £63,175 (plus £4,000 London living allowance where applicable)
Location: Agile working with London/Leeds base

Application deadline:  TBC (we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a high number of suitable applications are received) 

Interviews: 5th August 2026

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Entitlement

Our holiday year runs from 1 April to 31 March. All employees are entitled to 30 days holiday per annum, this is pro rated for part time employees.

Office closure days

Up to 4 days of your annual leave will be used to close down the office between Christmas and New Year.

In February each year we offer staff the opportunity to buy or sell up to one working week’s leave, terms and conditions apply.

This benefit is available to all permanent and fixed term employees.

The benefit is four times annual salary.

Our pay structure will be included in your welcome pack sent with your contract of employment. Salaries are paid monthly on the 25th of the month. If the 25th falls on a weekend or bank holiday, you will be paid on the preceding Friday.

Payroll giving is a flexible scheme which allows anyone who pays UK income tax to give regularly and on a tax-free basis to the charities and good causes of their choice. We are registered with the Charities Trust who administer the scheme for us.

We offer a group stakeholder pension plan administered by Scottish Widows. You will be automatically enrolled onto the scheme after 60 days of employment with us if you meet the criteria. We will contribute 6 per cent of basic pay providing that you contribute 3 per cent of your basic pay.

If you are currently a member of the NHS Pension Scheme and have not had a break in contributions for more than 12 months, you can continue with that scheme for up to five years from joining the organisation.

More information can also be found on the NHS Pensions website.

Counselling support is offered through our occupational health service subject to criteria.

We recognise that volunteering benefits our communities, staff and the organisation. Our employees value the opportunity to carry out volunteering activities and as an employer we want to support them to do so.

Our Employer supported volunteering policy allows staff up to two days paid leave per year (pro rata for part time staff) to undertake volunteering activities.

We will cover the cost of your annual eye test and should you require glasses specifically for VDU use we will contribute a maximum of £50 towards these.

Any costs towards eye tests and glasses can be claimed back through the expenses procedure.

Claims must be supported by a receipt and, if claiming for glasses, by an opticians certificate stating VDU use.

All staff are entitled to a flu jab around October/November. We have a clinic set up within the Leeds and London offices.

If you are unable to attend the clinics you can go elsewhere and claim the cost back through the expenses policy.

We all need life outside of work so wherever possible we make sure your workload allows for a healthy balance.

Whether you have a growing family, want to volunteer or support your community or just have something you want to make time for, we will support you however we can.

As an organisation, we have signed up to mindful employer plus. This gives all our employees and managers access to a free telephone support line.

MyGymDiscounts is our fitness benefit that offers you huge savings on gym memberships at over 3,600 locations across the UK and Ireland, digital fitness subscriptions and multi-activity memberships!

As an employee of The NHS Alliance, you can enjoy discounts of up to 25% off at all the big chains, like Nuffield Health, David Lloyd, Better and Virgin Active, the lower-cost operators like PureGym and The Gym Group, as well as many local leisure centres. 

We are committed to ensuring all staff’s health and wellbeing are supported, which is why we have an independent occupational health provider as one of our support services.

Occupational health can provide advice and guidance on supporting staff and managers with any health-related matters.

Maternity/paternity/adoption and share parental leave

We offer enhanced pay for those eligible. 

Childcare choices

For advice on the tax free childcare scheme please visit Childcare Choices

Financial support

For information about child benefits, financial support and tax credits visit .gov website.

Our flexi-scheme aims to provide staff with an opportunity to work flexibly in order to achieve their work-life balance. Your line manager will explain the scheme in more details during your induction.

It is our view that the promotion of flexible working arrangements increases staff motivation, performance and productivity, reduces stress and encourages staff retention by enabling employees to balance their work life with their other priorities.

Access to a huge range of NHS discounts and healthcare staff benefits, from money saving deals and vouchers, including travel and holiday deals, top hotel discounts, relaxing airport lounge and airport parking discounts, mouth-watering restaurant deals, money off fashion fixes, through to deals on mobile phones and utilities. 

In order to encourage more commuting by bike, the government has created a tax break that gives you significant savings on a bike.

By making monthly payments from your salary allowing you to take advantage of income tax, national insurance and generally VAT savings –usually between 41 per cent to 50 per cent off suggested retail prices.

Terms and conditions apply to the scheme.

Employees based in Yorkshire have access to a locally run green and sustainable travel initiative. This scheme gives staff a 15 per cent discount off the cost of their season tickets when purchased through this scheme. 

We offer an interest free loan which employees can take out for the cost effective purchasing of annual travel tickets. The repayments will be deducted on a monthly basis from your salary.

As well as a route into first time employment, apprenticeships can be also be offered to existing staff.

Our employees are key to our success. That’s why we encourage them to develop so they can move forward, find new challenges and opportunities, achieve their personal goals and get the most out of their career.

We like promoting our own and encourage internal growth, but not just upwards. We want you to have the chance to move into broader roles and into different areas if you’d like to expand your experience.

You’ll receive on-the-job training to help get you up to speed as quickly as possible, as well as having regular check-ins with your manager, where you’ll be able to discuss your long-term goals and aspirations.

Mentoring is a great way of learning from your peers. If you feel you would benefit from a mentor talk to your manager.

Starting a new job is an exciting time – but it can also be a bit daunting. That’s why when you join us you’ll receive a full induction to help you feel right at home.

With teams of expert in communications, events, commercials, policy and all areas of finance, HR, workforce strategy and engagement, there is a huge amount of internal expertise available to you. If you are doing something for the first time and need help it is highly likely that someone working nearby who can help.

Staff who wish to pursue a formal qualification relating to their role may be able to receive financial support at the discretion of their senior manager.