RAAC Programme Director

Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced senior leader to join the Northern Care Alliance (NCA) as Programme Director for the RAAC Programme. This new role is central to delivering our Trust-wide response to Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) and ensuring the long-term safety, resilience and sustainability of our estate.

The Trust is part of the national RAAC Programme and the NCA has been prioritised for full RAAC replacement by 2035, recognising the significant structural and safety challenges associated with RAAC in our existing buildings. You will lead this ambitious, complex programme, ensuring safe RAAC removal while maintaining service continuity. The programme is a key enabler of our Clinical, Estates, Digital and Green strategies.

You will provide strategic, operational and programme leadership across one of our largest capital transformation portfolios. You will shape the programme vision, drive performance, manage risk and foster a positive culture within the programme team. Working closely with clinical, operational and estates colleagues, you will ensure the programme delivers improved patient care, enhanced environments and long-term organisational benefits.

As a senior member of the Capital, Estates and Facilities leadership team, you will be accountable for the RAAC decant strategy, programme delivery and stakeholder engagement. This is a role of significant scale, influence and purpose.

You will lead the Trust s RAAC Programme, driving the day-to-day delivery of a major and complex redevelopment that enhances safety, sustainability and long-term resilience across our estate. Central to this role is setting the programme s direction and pace, establishing clear priorities, defining success measures and ensuring strong governance so that all elements are delivered to the required time, cost and quality standards.

You will manage, motivate and develop the RAAC Programme Team, creating a collaborative, high-performing environment where innovation, proactive problem-solving and continuous improvement thrive. Working closely with colleagues across the Trust, NHS England s RAAC Programme, local system partners and external advisors, you will build strong and productive relationships that maximise opportunities and ensure alignment across all stakeholders.

A key part of the role is providing senior leadership, assurance and expert insight to the Trust Board and Executive Team. You will deliver clear, confident programme updates, identify emerging issues, and recommend evidence-based actions to maintain progress. You will also oversee the programme s finances, ensuring accurate planning, forecasting, reporting and compliance with Standing Financial Instructions, while championing high-quality delivery through effective risk management, assurance processes and data-led decision-making.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values
- care
, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Date posted: 12 March 2026

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