Benefits Manager

Job Summary

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is a unique organisation that works to save and improve lives every day.

We are seeking an experienced Benefits Manager to lead value realisation for the Donor &​ Session Programme (DASP) within NHS Blood and Transplant. In broad terms DASP is about improving how NHSBT turns donor willingness and available appointment capacity into successful donations.

This role is focused on ensuring that programme change delivers measurable, evidenced benefits for donors, services and patients. Working across DASP and its interdependent projects and programmes, you will define, quantify, track and assure benefits, ensuring a clear line of sight from programme outputs through to operational outcomes and strategic impact.

You will act as the programme’s expert on benefits realisation — working closely with Programme, Change, Finance and operational colleagues to ensure benefits are robustly defined, economically sound, and embedded into business-as-usual performance. While you will align with wider organisational frameworks, your primary focus is the successful delivery and demonstration of value for DASP.

Main duties of the job

Benefits

As Benefits Manager, the role leads the definition, delivery, and tracking of programme benefits across the transformation programme. It ensures benefits align with NHSBT’s strategic objectives, are clearly measured, and maximise value. The post holder will:

• Lead the development and implementation of benefits management, setting the standards, strategic plan and culture for benefits realisation for the transformation programme that is align to the corporate wide investment view.
• Oversee the identification, planning, tracking, and reporting of benefits to realisation ensuring robust alignment with business cases and organisational priorities and supporting the programme Board in making evidence-based decisions.
• Provide expert leadership and assurance on benefits management, working collaboratively with Project and Programme Managers, including benefit owners, to ensure benefits are delivered, risks are managed, and mitigations are in place.
• Develop and maintain a coordinated benefits tracking system for consistent benefits tracking and reporting throughout the project and programme lifecycle, ensuring transparency and accountability, reporting data central for a corporate wide view.
• Facilitate workshops and stakeholder engagement to map, validate, and secure agreement on benefits, building strong networks internally and externally to champion best practice and continuous improvement, working alongside change manager and benefit owners.
• Support the preparation and updating of the benefits sections of business cases, leveraging specialist input as required, and ensuring benefits are embedded in change and implementation plans working with benefit owners and finance business partners.
• The Benefits Manager will play a critical role in ensuring that NHSBT’s investments in change deliver measurable, sustainable outcomes, and will act as a visible advocate for benefits management excellence across the organisation and for the transformational programme.

You may be required to travel and spend time away from base, and this may involve working irregular hours and overnight stays when required, with prior notice

About You

Experience and Knowledge

• Proven track record of delivering benefits from large-scale change programmes.
• Experience in business case development and benefits mapping.
• Demonstrated ability to manage risks and issues related to benefits realisation.
• Strong stakeholder engagement experience across multiple levels.
• Extensive experience in a senior benefits management role, preferably within the NHS or a large, complex public sector organisation.
• Proven track record of designing and implementing comprehensive benefit realisation plans, frameworks, and tracking systems.
• Experience in quantifying and tracking financial benefits to inform budget setting and investment decisions.
• Experience in facilitating workshops and working with stakeholders to identify, own, and maximise benefits.

Qualifications And Training

• Masters or equivalent experience in a relevant discipline (e.g., Business, Project Management, Change Management).
• APMG Managing Benefits Practitioner certification.
• PRINCE2 or MSP qualification.

About Us

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, you’ll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need.

Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do. By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work – and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever.

You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

What We Offer

• Hybrid working arrangements – because NHSBT works nationally, we’re able to offer hybrid working options that give you more flexibility to balance work with life.
• Flexible working options – we promote flexible working where the role allows. We’re happy to discuss what flexibility might look like for you.
• Generous annual leave - 27 days annual leave (pro rata for part-time) plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years’ service and to 33 days after 10 years.
• Inclusive pension scheme - the NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefit scheme (not dependent on investment returns). Further details and outline of benefits can be found at: http://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/information\-about\-nhs\-pensions‎
• Supportive learning culture - we’ve fostered a culture of continuous learning where colleagues are well-led, engaged, and encouraged to grow. We support you in reaching your full potential, both in your current role and future career. Our Thrive program embodies our commitment to learning and development, offering a wide range of activities to support your personal and professional growth. It’s open to everyone at NHSBT, ensuring you have the resources to succeed and shine in your role.
• Health and wellbeing support – we offer confidential services including occupational health, employee assistance programme, and wellbeing resources. Our support is available to all colleagues and we endeavour to provide tailored workplace adjustments where possible.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applications from disabled candidates. We will talk with you to explore any adjustments that may help you during the recruitment process.

You can find more information about accessibility, our culture, and how we support applicants on the NHSBT Careers website:

• Read about our application process
• Learn more about our culture at NHSBT

To learn more, please see the job description and person specification. These can be accessed via the link below, or by clicking ‘Apply’ if you are viewing this advert on another site.

Next steps

This vacancy will close at 23:59 on 12 July 2026.

The assessment process for this role may likely include an assessment task and an interview. The interviews are anticipated to be held w/c 20 July 2026– subject to confirmation.

For informal enquiries please contact Daniel Madzikanda - Lead Recruiter via email at daniel.madzikanda@nhsbt.nhs.uk.