Project Co-ordinator
- NHS England
- Leeds, Yorkshire
- 26/07/2026
Full time
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Job Description
You can search for job vacancies at NHS England using the search below or by visitingNHS Jobs .
We are 1.3 million strong
We are from all walks of life
We are the NHS
And you could be too.
The NHS offers many different roles, in different settings, with different ways of working, within hundreds of organisations.
This creates a unique opportunity for people who want a varied, flexible and challenging career within a world-class culture.
You can search for job vacancies at NHS England using the search below or by visitingNHS Jobs .
If you're not sure what you're looking for, you can explore over 350 careers, compare specific opportunities and take the find a career quiz on theHealth Careers website .
Anyone working in any part of the NHS should feel part of a team where we bring out the very best in one another - inspiring each and every person and unleashing potential.
Site Any NHSE office Town Any NHSE office Salary £39,959 - £48,117 Per annum (exclusive of HCAS) Salary period Yearly Closing 05/08/:59
We support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you and your colleagues. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement, whether that's a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern.
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Band 6 Project Coordinator to support delivery of the NHS Secure Boundary service within Cyber Operations. Secure Boundary is a national cyber service that helps protect NHS systems and patient data, operating at scale across a multi-supplier delivery model.
The post holder will provide practical project and programme coordination, helping the team to plan, track and manage activity across a complex live service. This will include supporting governance, maintaining accurate project records, coordinating meetings and actions, tracking risks and issues, and helping ensure delivery remains organised and controlled.
A key part of the role will be supporting the Secure Boundary value add catalogue, which enables NHS organisations to adopt the core service at no cost while purchasing additional capabilities where needed. The catalogue is important to service uptake and value for money, helping reduce the risk of organisations buying separate local solutions. The role will support demand tracking, stakeholder engagement, supplier coordination and financial processes so that the programme can deliver its objectives in line with the approved business case.
Main duties of the job
As a Project Coordinator the post holder will support the effective planning, coordination and delivery of programme objectives. They will maintain project plans, trackers and reporting arrangements, supporting the team to manage milestones, dependencies, risks, issues and actions across onboarding, transition and delivery.
The role will act as a key point of coordination for the Secure Boundary value add catalogue, supporting engagement, demand tracking and critically finance business processes. This will include organising meetings and workshops, updates, taking minutes, following up actions and ensuring information is captured accurately.
The post holder will support business and financial management activity linked to catalogue delivery, including tracking demand, spend, approvals, purchase orders and invoice progress where required. They will work closely with programme, finance, infrastructure delivery and supplier teams to ensure expenditure is properly justified, authorised, monitored and aligned to value for money objectives.
They will communicate with internal and external stakeholders, support the preparation of briefings for the programme in relation to organisational requirements. As well as maintain accurate project records and help identify delivery challenges early. The role will be critical in protecting programme control, supporting service uptake and helping Secure Boundary deliver its intended benefits for NHS organisations and the wider system.
Working for our organisation
NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.
Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms - enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.
In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.
If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR).This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information about the role and responsibilities.
Please ensure your supporting statement includes demonstratable evidence and specific examples on how you meet the criteria for each of the key skills specified. This will be used in both the shortlisting and interview processes
Important: Please be aware there are residency requirements you need to meet:
All NHS England Cyber Security personnel must hold Security Clearance level as a minimum. To meet National Security Vetting requirements, SC clearances require 5 years continuous UK residency. In certain cases, this can be reduced to three years continuous UK residency, with additional overseas checks for the previous two years. Candidates who were posted abroad for service with HM Government, Armed Forces or within a UK government role - will still be considered.
Please make sure you meet these requirements before applying for this role. You don't need to have SC already, however, failure to achieve the requirements for SC after offer will result in the job offer being withdrawn. For further advice please check
Person specification
Knowledge and Experience
We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes.
We strive to ensure our people feel trusted, valued and empowered. When you join us, we want you to grow and excel, and we offer many opportunities for you to do that.
We welcome your talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
We ensure all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process. This includes considering reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability and/or who are neuro-divergent.
We welcome applications from disabled candidates. If you meet all the essential criteria, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Your application is your opportunity to demonstrate how you meet the requirements of the role. While we appreciate you may have had some support with your application (for example, using AI technology or guidance from a trusted individual), it's important all the information you provide in it reflects your own knowledge, skills and experience and we trust that you apply on that basis.
If you're applying for this role on a secondment basis, please get agreement from your current line manager before you apply.
We don't accept applications via recruitment agencies, and we cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.
To comply with the HM Government Functional Standard GovS 007, and specifically the Personnel Security Standards 2024, individuals employed or contracted by NHS England may be required to undertake a Baseline Personnel Security Standards check, dependent on the role.
. click apply for full job details
We are 1.3 million strong
We are from all walks of life
We are the NHS
And you could be too.
The NHS offers many different roles, in different settings, with different ways of working, within hundreds of organisations.
This creates a unique opportunity for people who want a varied, flexible and challenging career within a world-class culture.
You can search for job vacancies at NHS England using the search below or by visitingNHS Jobs .
If you're not sure what you're looking for, you can explore over 350 careers, compare specific opportunities and take the find a career quiz on theHealth Careers website .
Anyone working in any part of the NHS should feel part of a team where we bring out the very best in one another - inspiring each and every person and unleashing potential.
Site Any NHSE office Town Any NHSE office Salary £39,959 - £48,117 Per annum (exclusive of HCAS) Salary period Yearly Closing 05/08/:59
We support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you and your colleagues. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement, whether that's a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern.
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Band 6 Project Coordinator to support delivery of the NHS Secure Boundary service within Cyber Operations. Secure Boundary is a national cyber service that helps protect NHS systems and patient data, operating at scale across a multi-supplier delivery model.
The post holder will provide practical project and programme coordination, helping the team to plan, track and manage activity across a complex live service. This will include supporting governance, maintaining accurate project records, coordinating meetings and actions, tracking risks and issues, and helping ensure delivery remains organised and controlled.
A key part of the role will be supporting the Secure Boundary value add catalogue, which enables NHS organisations to adopt the core service at no cost while purchasing additional capabilities where needed. The catalogue is important to service uptake and value for money, helping reduce the risk of organisations buying separate local solutions. The role will support demand tracking, stakeholder engagement, supplier coordination and financial processes so that the programme can deliver its objectives in line with the approved business case.
Main duties of the job
As a Project Coordinator the post holder will support the effective planning, coordination and delivery of programme objectives. They will maintain project plans, trackers and reporting arrangements, supporting the team to manage milestones, dependencies, risks, issues and actions across onboarding, transition and delivery.
The role will act as a key point of coordination for the Secure Boundary value add catalogue, supporting engagement, demand tracking and critically finance business processes. This will include organising meetings and workshops, updates, taking minutes, following up actions and ensuring information is captured accurately.
The post holder will support business and financial management activity linked to catalogue delivery, including tracking demand, spend, approvals, purchase orders and invoice progress where required. They will work closely with programme, finance, infrastructure delivery and supplier teams to ensure expenditure is properly justified, authorised, monitored and aligned to value for money objectives.
They will communicate with internal and external stakeholders, support the preparation of briefings for the programme in relation to organisational requirements. As well as maintain accurate project records and help identify delivery challenges early. The role will be critical in protecting programme control, supporting service uptake and helping Secure Boundary deliver its intended benefits for NHS organisations and the wider system.
Working for our organisation
NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.
Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms - enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.
In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.
If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR).This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information about the role and responsibilities.
Please ensure your supporting statement includes demonstratable evidence and specific examples on how you meet the criteria for each of the key skills specified. This will be used in both the shortlisting and interview processes
Important: Please be aware there are residency requirements you need to meet:
All NHS England Cyber Security personnel must hold Security Clearance level as a minimum. To meet National Security Vetting requirements, SC clearances require 5 years continuous UK residency. In certain cases, this can be reduced to three years continuous UK residency, with additional overseas checks for the previous two years. Candidates who were posted abroad for service with HM Government, Armed Forces or within a UK government role - will still be considered.
Please make sure you meet these requirements before applying for this role. You don't need to have SC already, however, failure to achieve the requirements for SC after offer will result in the job offer being withdrawn. For further advice please check
Person specification
Knowledge and Experience
- Experience in supporting project/programmes.
- Experience of building productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Experience in planning, preparing, monitoring and reporting of project plans to progress.
- Able to work on own initiative, organising and prioritising own and others workloads to changing and often tight deadlines.
- Able to deal with challenging people and to cope with confidential and sensitive information.
- Ability to change ways of working to aid cooperation within and between teams in order to achieve results.
- Further training or significant experience to post-graduate diploma level in project management.
We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes.
We strive to ensure our people feel trusted, valued and empowered. When you join us, we want you to grow and excel, and we offer many opportunities for you to do that.
We welcome your talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
We ensure all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process. This includes considering reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability and/or who are neuro-divergent.
We welcome applications from disabled candidates. If you meet all the essential criteria, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Your application is your opportunity to demonstrate how you meet the requirements of the role. While we appreciate you may have had some support with your application (for example, using AI technology or guidance from a trusted individual), it's important all the information you provide in it reflects your own knowledge, skills and experience and we trust that you apply on that basis.
If you're applying for this role on a secondment basis, please get agreement from your current line manager before you apply.
We don't accept applications via recruitment agencies, and we cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.
To comply with the HM Government Functional Standard GovS 007, and specifically the Personnel Security Standards 2024, individuals employed or contracted by NHS England may be required to undertake a Baseline Personnel Security Standards check, dependent on the role.
. click apply for full job details
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