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Project Manager - Young Futures Hub Development \n\n • Location: East London\n, • Salary: £50,000 - £57,000 per annum\n, • 18 month Fixed-Term Contract\n, • 4 days per week - Tuesday to Friday \n\n We're currently recruiting for a Project Manager on behalf of our public sector client based in East London. The organisation has secured government funding through the national youth strategy to establish two innovative Young Futures Hubs across the borough. \n This is a rare opportunity to lead the development of a high-profile programme designed to improve young people's mental health and wellbeing, increase access to opportunities, and help reduce youth crime. Working within a hub-and-spoke model, you will bring together council services, voluntary sector organisations, community partners and young people themselves to create thriving spaces that genuinely meet local needs. \n We're looking for an ambitious and dynamic Project Manager who wants more than just programme delivery. This is an opportunity to build something new, shape the vision, and leave a lasting legacy for young people across the borough. \n About the Role \n As Project Manager, you will take significant ownership of designing and delivering the Young Futures Hub programme from the ground up. Working closely with stakeholders across the council, voluntary sector and local communities, you will drive the programme forward and ensure successful implementation within the requirements of government grant funding. \n This role combines strategic programme leadership with hands-on engagement. One day you could be presenting progress to senior leaders and elected members, and the next facilitating workshops with young people to ensure their voices are at the heart of service design. \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Lead the development and delivery of two Young Futures Hubs across the borough.\n, • Create detailed implementation plans, programme documentation and project briefings.\n, • Coordinate consultation and engagement activities with young people, community groups and voluntary sector partners.\n, • Develop innovative approaches to reach and engage seldom-heard and hard-to-reach young people.\n, • Support co-production and co-design activities, ensuring young people's voices influence service development and hub identity.\n, • Build and maintain effective relationships across a wide range of stakeholders.\n, • Produce high-quality reports, presentations and communications for senior audiences.\n, • Ensure delivery aligns with government funding requirements, governance arrangements and reporting obligations.\n, • Engage confidently with senior council officers, elected members and external partners.\n\n About You \n We are looking for an experienced project or programme professional who combines excellent delivery skills with a genuine passion for working with young people and communities. \n You will have: \n\n • Proven experience managing complex projects or programmes.\n, • Experience working with children and young people.\n, • Strong stakeholder engagement and partnership-building skills.\n, • Experience leading consultation, engagement or co-production activities.\n, • Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to produce concise and impactful reports.\n, • The ability to work effectively with audiences ranging from young people and community organisations to senior executives and politicians.\n, • Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.\n, • Political awareness and an understanding of working within complex public-sector environments.\n\n Desirable Experience \n\n • Delivery of government-funded programmes or projects.\n, • Knowledge of the voluntary and community sector.\n, • Experience within youth services, SEND, parent engagement, community development, public health, or related programmes.\n\n Working Arrangements \n\n • A minimum of three days per week on site in East London.\n, • Flexibility to attend on site four days per week when required by the programme.\n, • Occasional evening engagement sessions may be needed to maximise participation from young people.\n, • Flexible working arrangements available to support these activities.\n\n Why Join? \n This is not a typical Project Manager position. You'll have the opportunity to shape and influence a brand-new programme from inception, working across multiple sectors to make a tangible difference to the lives of young people. \n In return, you'll benefit from: \n\n • The opportunity to lead a flagship programme with borough-wide impact.\n, • Significant autonomy and influence over programme design and delivery.\n, • Exposure to senior leaders, elected members and strategic partners.\n, • Extensive learning and development opportunities.\n, • Strong partnership working across the council and voluntary sector.\n, • Potential future opportunities arising from the wider three-year funded programme.\n\n Additional Information \n The wider programme is funded for three years. Whilst this role is offered initially as an 18-month fixed-term contract, there may be future opportunities beyond the initial term, subject to funding and organisational requirements. \n An Enhanced DBS check for both children and adults will be required for the successful candidate. \n Apply Now \n If you're a skilled programme professional who thrives on partnership working, meaningful community engagement and delivering lasting outcomes for young people, we'd love to hear from you. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer. \n By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Adecco. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement explains how we will use your information - please copy and paste the following link in to your browser

Main area Ophthalmology Grade Locum Consultant Contract Locum: 12 months (FTC) Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (40 Hours per week) Job ref 213-MED-DH-8153920-A Employer King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Queen Mary's Hospital Town Sidcup Salary £113,565 - £150,569 Per annum excluding London Zone Allowance Salary period Yearly Closing 08/11/2026 23:59 King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£2.1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley. We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements. We wish to appoint a 12-month, fixed term Consultant Ophthalmologist, specialising in Oculoplastics, Lacrimal and Orbits, to cover a career break. The post will be based cross-site at Kings’ College Hospital's Queen Mary's Hospital site, in Sidcup. However, the post has the potential to support any of King's sites as appropriate. The individual will be required to play an active role in the general workload of the department while having a significant commitment to teaching and training of junior staff (medical and non-medical). The post holder will work within the multi–disciplinary teams providing and further developing elective and emergency care for ophthalmology patients within the general and subspecialty services, focusing on the provision and development of the glaucoma service to King’s patients. The remit of this post is to provide specialist Consultant leadership, expertise and support to King’s Oculoplastics service. The post holder will develop and provide outpatient and surgical services for Oculoplastics, Lacrimal and Orbital patients from complex to routine. There will be commitment to the lid treatment and minor operations service with involvement in development, training and supervision. In addition, the post may involve performing high volume cataract surgery. The post holder will contribute to the strategic development of the Oculoplastics service across all King’s sites in collaboration with the other King’s specialists and there are regular meetings of a cross-site subspecialty group to facilitate this. The timetable advertised, whilst indicative, is a fair representation of the needs of the service at this current time; however, reasonable adjustments will be considered. If there any aspects of the advertised job plan / timetable that you wish to discuss, please feel free to contact Danielle Moore, () or Bill Hartigan (). The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. Transforming Healthcare is the vision at the heart of the King’s Strategy – 2026 to 2031. Together, we are pursuing six strategic ambitions: delivering high-quality patient care; being a great place to work; leading pioneering research, innovation and education; building strong and successful partnerships; providing timely and efficient care; and ensuring long-term financial sustainability. Achieving these ambitions will require all of us to work as one Team King’s, united by a shared commitment to our values of being caring, collaborative, inclusive and innovative. By living these values every day, we will transform healthcare for our patients, our communities and each other We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people. King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible. • Together with the other Ophthalmologists, to provide a service for Ophthalmology patients across all sites. This includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the department, • Shared responsibility with the other Consultants for providing 24 hour, 7 day a week cover for the Unit on a rota basis. Responsible also for covering colleagues’ periods of annual leave and short-term sickness, • Provide clinical supervision of junior staff (medical and non-medical) as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues, • Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to CPD and clinical governance initiatives, • Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Divisional management team, • Contribute to departmental research interests in accordance with the Trust’s R&D framework, • Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, clinical governance programs and learning from Deaths, • Take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the department’s/ Division’s Business Plan. This may include assisting with discussions regarding service plans and developments with internal and external agencies., • l activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s), • Exercise professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty. This will include fostering and developing projects focused towards these ends and ensuring that the momentum of post-qualification professional education and other appropriate training is maintained, • Work in conjunction with clinical and other professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced. This may include involvement in the appraisal process for peers and/or junior colleagues, • Undertake Divisional management duties as agreed with the Divisional/departmental Manager/Clinical Director, • Be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene, • Prepare for and undertake the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence-based practice and maintaining patient safety., • FRCOphth / MRCOphth or equivalent, • CCT in Ophthalmology or equivalent ophthalmic training (or be within 6 months of CCT date), • Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MS, MD or PhD), • Full Registration with GMC and name on Specialist Register or be within 6 months of entry, • Wide experience in all aspects of Ophthalmology, culminating in award of Certificate of Completion of Training by GMC, or award of Certificate of Eligibility for Specialty Registration (CESR) by GMC., • Fellowship in Oculoplastics or equivalent, • Competence in performing all types of oculoplastic surgery, including (but not limited to) Entropian/Ectropian repairs, Ptosis repairs, DCR, evisceration/enucleation procedures, • Competence in performing high volume and complex cataract surgery, • Experience in day-to-day organisation of Ophthalmology services in a busy Teaching Hospital, • Familiar with current structure of UK National Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes, • Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams, • Management course and/or qualification, • Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit. Must have undertaken and completed audit projects., • Audit Publications, • Experience of clinical research, • Publication of relevant review articles or case reports., • Able to demonstrate an understanding of King’s Values, • Commitment to uphold Kings Values, • Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation., • Teaching skills course/qualification IMPORTANT • Check your email account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you, • If you delete the job from any of your accounts, you may be prevented from accessing further communications, • To enquire about your application or inform us of any changes in your circumstances, please contact the named person on this advert, • Please provide email addresses for referees where possible, • Please review the documentation on our recruitment microsite, particularly the Trust’s criminal records checking policy, • All staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and for ensuring they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role., • Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. On occasion, we might close a vacancy early due to a high number of applications being received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment. AI tools like chatbots and virtual assistants can support you as you complete your application. For example, they can check for spelling or grammar errors, or help you to decide what to include. They shouldn’t however replace your own responses or be used to write the application for you. Relying too much on AI can negatively impact your chances of success because automatically generated answers: • might not be specific or relevant enough to address the criteria in the recruitment profile, • often seem generic and not personalised enough – an AI response won’t show your unique voice and perspective, • could misrepresent information about you, such as your qualifications, skills and experience We monitor applications for any behaviour that could create an unfair advantage, and we check all references carefully. You are likely to be tested on your experience at interview, so be honest and make sure all the information in your application is correct. King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Annual Reports and Other Corporate Publications King's Health Partners Academic Health Science Centre Website King's College Hospital is part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC), a pioneering collaboration between King's College London, and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts. You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. Name Eoin O'Sullivan Job title Clinical Director / Consultant Email address eoin.o' Additional information Dani Moore General Manager Email: Mr Bill Hartigan Medical Staffing Manager (Ophthalmology) Email: #J-18808-Ljbffr