FFFAP Programme Coordinator

Job title: Programme Coordinator, Falls and Fragility Fracture Audit Programme (FFFAP)

Contract type: Full time (35 hours per week), fixed term until 30 June 2026

Salary: Grade 4, £27,142- £30, 441. Appointments for this role will generally be made at £27,142, depending on skills and experience. Please note, for internal applicants the salary will be reflected by pay and award policy

Working arrangements: Standard working hours between 9am – 5pm, Monday to Friday. We offer hybrid working, with a minimum of 6 days per month in the office.

The Royal College of Physicians is recruiting two programme coordinators to assist the Falls and Fragility Fracture Audit Programme (FFFAP) to deliver a programme of work auditing the care that patients with fragility fractures and inpatient falls receive in hospital.

Purpose and scope

The programme coordinator will be responsible for organising and delivering key aspects of projects or workstreams within the wider programme work, under the direction of the project manager, and working as part of the wider audit programme team.

The coordinator will ensure that the audit programme’s meetings and events, communications activities, helpdesk, reporting and quality improvement work are coordinated effectively; and that assistance of the wider team and general administrative work is delivered to a high standard.

Key tasks

• Communicate effectively and appropriately with a range of stakeholders and customers through the helpdesk
• Engage a range of stakeholders through communication activities, for example collating newsletter content
• Support the smooth running of webinars and online conferences by collating slides, welcoming delegates and taking notes

• The regular review and updating of the programme’s website and intranet pages and other social media platforms
• Your contribution to and support of our values

About you

• Experience of working in or with the NHS, or a similar complex organisation, in an administrative/co-ordination role
• Ability to grasp new ideas and information and incorporate them into expected outcomes
• Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal, and an ability to establish and maintain relationships remotely and communicate effectively with people from a wide variety of backgrounds
• Ability to summarise and analyse information from large documents and meetings to assist in disseminating information to wider stakeholder groups
• Experience of virtual, hybrid and in person meetings and workshop management including: planning, organisation, hosting and minute/note taking.

For more information about the role please view the job description and person specification .  

Our benefits

Working at the RCP comes with lots of benefits designed to ensure that you feel valued and supported in your role. The benefits we offer include:

• 27 days holiday per annum, plus bank holidays
• hybrid working
• group personal pension plan with 7% employer contribution
• interest-free season ticket loan 
• life assurance
• annual pay award  
• flexible working hours
• employee assistance programme – 24/7 advice and support for any work-related issues as well as any problems affecting your home life
• occupational health team – includes employment and work-related health assessments, health checks and work station assessments
• cycle to work scheme 
• corporate eye care scheme
• professional training and development opportunities 
• enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• staff discounts platform – including discounts on cinema tickets and a range of high street brands

About the RCP and where you will work

The Royal College of Physicians is a rewarding and friendly place to work with an incredible history, dating back to our foundation in 1518. We are a professional membership body for physicians – doctors who work in hospitals – with over 40,000 members in the UK and around the world working to improve patient care and reduce illness. Our activities focus on educating, improving and influencing for better health and care.

We work from two main sites – The Spine, a new state-of-the-art building at the heart of the Knowledge Centre in Liverpool, and an iconic Grade I-listed building overlooking beautiful Regent’s Park in central London. These two posts based at the Spine. The Spine has achieved the rare distinction of earning platinum certification in the WELL Building Standard, the premier building standard that focuses on enhancing people’s health and wellbeing through the buildings where we live, work and play. The Spine has earned the rating based on ten categories of building performance — air, water, nourishment, light, movement, thermal comfort, sound, materials, mind and community.

How to apply

To apply, please submit your CV and a supporting statement (no longer than one page) outlining how your skills and experience meet the job description. Please note that applications received without a supporting statement will not be shortlisted.

If you have any queries about the application process or the role, please email [email protected] . If you wish to have an informal discussion about the role, please contact Ninma Sheshi at [email protected] or Elizabeth Fagan at [email protected]

Closing date: 24 May

Shortlisted candidates will be notified by: 29 May

Interview date: W/C 3 June (conducted online via Microsoft Teams)

The RCP positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy and maternity.

The RCP is all about our people – our members, staff, volunteers and leaders. We educate, influence and collaborate to improve health and healthcare for everyone and know we can only do this by being inclusive, encouraging and celebrating diverse perspectives. Welcoming into our community people who represent the 21st-century medical workforce and the diverse population of patients we serve is a priority for us.