Nonprofit & Charity Part-time

Influencing Project Manager (Volunteering for Health) Fixed Term Contract until Sept 2027

Nhs Charities Together

Posted

Feb 28, 2026

Location

Remote

Type

Part-time

Compensation

$8839495 - $8839500

Mission

What you will drive

  • Work collaboratively and strategically with a wide range of stakeholders including our member charities, NHS Trusts, VCSE organisations, funders, and government officials.
  • Develop compelling narratives and high impact campaigns that resonate with diverse audiences and mobilise stakeholders at every level.
  • To identify and leverage cross-sector themes and opportunities to scale impact across health, social care, and the voluntary sector, underpinned by robust horizon scanning and a commitment to innovative, non-traditional problem solving.
  • Support the programme to maximise its impact and reach through bringing partners and stakeholders together.
  • Convene and engage stakeholders, including member charities, NHS trusts and employees, funders and evaluators, to co-produce plans collaboratively.
  • Manage stakeholder relationships, ensuring effective communication and engagement.
  • Provide support to funded partnerships, enabling their development and to become high performing.
  • Represent the organisation externally, acting as a champion for NHS Charities Together and NHS charities.
  • Form professional and beneficial relationships with internal and external stakeholders – including at a senior level, representing the department internally and externally, and bringing policy knowledge to bear to support their influencing in line with our strategic goals.
  • Building and maintaining a stakeholder database to reflect the opportunities for system change at local, regional and national level.
  • Create plans with clear objectives, time lines, milestones and budgets, ensuring that projects and campaigns are financially sustainable and cover our costs.
  • Lead processes to capture and synthesise information, and insight to support the development and design of approaches.
  • Proactively build knowledge and understanding in volunteering and healthcare to support wider organisational learnings in these domains.
  • Deliver engaging and thought-provoking communication and influencing plans to elevate our funded partnerships.
  • Oversee workstream governance, risk management, and reporting processes, maintaining strong administration and compliance throughout.
  • Regularly review and monitor impact against our strategic goals.
  • Support internal resource planning to ensure efficient staffing and best use of our team.
  • Manage project resources and staff effectively, fostering a collaborative team culture and supporting and developing team members to perform.
  • Provide line management and support to staff as required.
  • Work in a way to embed learning and insight capture into business as usual.
  • Commission and manage external consultants where appropriate, ensuring quality and alignment with project aims.
  • Lead learning events, and convene stakeholders to support the capture of insight.
  • Support in the development of insight and related policy positions in relation to initiatives being managed, working closely with policy colleagues to identify system gaps and potential solutions.
  • Ensure projects contribute to learning, including supporting the dissemination of what works and how to scale successful approaches.