Sands exists to save babies’ lives and ensure that anyone affected by pregnancy or baby loss receives the support and care they need.
We are looking for an experienced project officer to lead the next phase of embedding the National Bereavement Care Pathways for Pregnancy and Baby Loss across England.
This pathway addresses the inequality of bereaved care offer to, and experienced by parents when a baby dies – see www.nbcpathway.org.uk for more information.
This is a new and high-profile role which will involve working strategically to oversee the ongoing development and delivery of the NBCP to ensure that everyone has equal access to excellent bereavement care after pregnancy loss and baby death.
The post-holder will lead on the monitoring, evaluation and communication of the impact of the NBCP programme and bereavement care standards. Additionally, the role is responsible for creating and maintaining strong working relationships and communication channels with bereavement leads in NHS hospitals, including the establishment of regional working groups to improve local co-ordination and collaboration.
With demonstrable experience of supporting or managing successful projects including reporting and monitoring of outputs, you will be able to develop high-quality resources which remain responsive to the changing needs of external stakeholder. Additionally, you will be able to demonstrate an excellent knowledge of NHS structures and organisation.
You will be able to establish and maintain productive relationships with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders, working in a collaborative and inclusive way.
An excellent communicator, you will be able to absorb and understand complex issues and communicate them effectively to public and professional audiences.
You will have a highly organised approach with the ability to cope with demanding situations and work to tight deadlines.
To apply:
Please submit your CV, together with a supporting statement that demonstrates how you meet the criteria in the person specification to recruitment@sands.org.uk.
Please also complete the Diversity and Equality Monitoring Form and send this with your application.
CVs and supporting statements should be sent as attachments to an email in either Word or PDF format. The title of the attachments should be your first name, surname and either CV or supporting statement e.g. “NAME CV”
Closing date for applications: 5pm 14 May 2025
Interview date: 29 May 2025
As we have limited staff resources we are unable to provide candidates with feedback about their applications. Interviews will be held online.
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