Programme Coordinator

Programme Coordinator

Liverpool or London 

Liverpool £27,962 | London £30,962

Working hours – full time (35 hours a week) - you’ll agree your working pattern with your manager (core working hours are 10:00 - 16:00).

Location – Liverpool or London, hybrid homeworking (minimum 6 days a month in office)

This role will be working in our Care, Quality and Improvement Directorate. CQID supports the RCP’s strategic aim to improve health and care. Utilising a variety of methods to drive improvements in activity and influence the quality of clinical practice via ambitious work programmes that are delivered by constituent teams.

As Programme Coordinator you will be joining the Accreditation Unit (AU), that manages accreditation programmes in a number of clinical services.

The Accreditation Unit helps clinical services improve quality and safety by highlighting strengths, pinpointing areas for growth, and promoting ongoing development. The successful candidate will primarily focus on projects to engage with liver services through the Improving Quality in Liver Services (known as IQILS) accreditation programme. The candidate will also support the wider Accreditation Unit with the delivery of work to support improving patient care. As Programme Coordinator the key responsibilities will be:

• Organising accreditation assessment activities, ensuring a high-quality, user centric service is delivered, and the accreditation process is followed to programme standards


• Independently manage sub-projects as directed by the Project Manager on behalf of the programme or wider Accreditation Unit. Liaising with the Project Manager to identify opportunities and risks


• Planning and coordinating training events, meetings and workshops, including presenting to audiences in an engaging and professional manner and preparing quality written materials


• Working with a wide range of stakeholders to appreciate their needs and ensure that a high-quality programme is provided, which develops services across the UK and Ireland


• Take responsibility for a variety of communication activity including social media campaigns, curated engagement blogs to raise the profile of the programme and encourage participation.

How we’ll measure your success

• Delivery of high-quality projects within agreed timescales


• Receiving positive feedback from customers, service users, and stakeholders


• Assisting the wider team to deliver projects and supporting departmental objectives


• Delivery of your own objectives (which you’ll agree with your manager) – and your contribution to our values.

Key selection criteria

• Experience of coordinating activities or events for complex work programmes


• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and an ability to establish relationships and communicate effectively with stakeholders from a wide variety of backgrounds


• Experience of maintaining and updating project documentation such as project plans and reports


• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands, with the ability to reprioritise work


• Experience of meeting and workshop management, including planning, organising, hosting and note taking.

Our values

At the RCP we live our values everyday to ensure we create a workplace which is inclusive and respectful.

We understand that everybody plays a part and that by working to our values, we are creating an environment which best helps deliver on our mission: providing the best healthcare. 

Closing date: 30 April 2026

Interviewing date: TBC, May 2026

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.