Job summary
The Infrastructure Lifecycle Management Team is responsible for ensuring that the Trusts IT infrastructure is continuously refreshed, modernised and is supportable by the appropriate 3rd party vendors. We are looking to build a team to utilise and implement methodologies and plans to facilitate the delivery of the lifecycle change programme. Furthermore to build professional relationships, implement change and provide subject matter expertise to avoid operational and Cyber impact where changes are made to the infrastructure.
Main duties of the job
The role of the Project Manager is to support the Infrastructure Lifecycle Management Programme. This includes supporting the maintenance and refresh of network and voice services, provide assistance where required to the Server refresh project, and to ensure key project documentation is accurately recorded and maintained. The successful candidate will manage a mixture of medium to large sized projects concurrently so the ability to manage time and resources is essential.
Desirable skills and experience;
Prince 2 qualified
Experienced with Microsoft Project or Project for the Web
Excellent communication skills
High standard of maintaining project documentation information accurately and efficiently
Experienced with presenting Change to a Project Change Control Board
Experience of managing medium to large sized projects
NHS experience
Good understanding of network infrastructure
Good understanding of voice services
Good understanding of Server/application environment including both on premise and cloud hosted services Thorough understanding of the full project lifecycle
Good experience of managing network refresh or upgrades
Good experience of managing voice service refresh or upgrades
Good experience of managing Server OS upgrades /application upgrades / server decommissioning
Experience of managing 3rd party suppliers
Experience of managing staff
Experience of budget management
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *IT degree or equivalent industry qualification and relevant experience in an IT related job.
Desirable
- *Ongoing education and learning to Post Graduate Diploma Level (D)
Experience
Essential
- *Relevant experience within an IT environment including actual experience of project management which includes a period in an NHS environment. (E)
- *Experience of managing a multi-disciplinary project team (E)
- *Full project life cycle experience in medium and large IT projects, with strong skills in the planning and
- *implementation phases (E)
- *Delivering projects on time and to budget (E)
- *Writing and presenting IT business cases E)
- *A good understanding of project risk and issue management (E)
- *Presenting internally and externally, and at all levels (E)
- *A good understanding of NHS strategies and plans and how they affect delivery of IT within Trusts (E)
Desirable
- *A good general understanding and knowledge of medium/large IT systems design, databases, operating systems, interfacing and functionality. (D)
- *A good understanding and working knowledge of data networking concepts, desktop, and server technology, with particular reference to Microsoft products. (D)
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Demonstrate leadership skills (E)
- Good understanding of IT issues and its application within the NHS (E)
- *Confident and motivated (E)
- *Strong team player and able to work independently (E)
- *Highly motivated, confident and enthusiastic self-starter (E)
- *Flexible and quick to respond to changing situations (E)
- *Able to meet tight deadlines (E)
Desirable
- *Have an understanding of current issues relating to the NHS. (D)
- *Have an energetic approach, and the ability to inspire confidence (D)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *IT degree or equivalent industry qualification and relevant experience in an IT related job.
Desirable
- *Ongoing education and learning to Post Graduate Diploma Level (D)
Experience
Essential
- *Relevant experience within an IT environment including actual experience of project management which includes a period in an NHS environment. (E)
- *Experience of managing a multi-disciplinary project team (E)
- *Full project life cycle experience in medium and large IT projects, with strong skills in the planning and
- *implementation phases (E)
- *Delivering projects on time and to budget (E)
- *Writing and presenting IT business cases E)
- *A good understanding of project risk and issue management (E)
- *Presenting internally and externally, and at all levels (E)
- *A good understanding of NHS strategies and plans and how they affect delivery of IT within Trusts (E)
Desirable
- *A good general understanding and knowledge of medium/large IT systems design, databases, operating systems, interfacing and functionality. (D)
- *A good understanding and working knowledge of data networking concepts, desktop, and server technology, with particular reference to Microsoft products. (D)
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Demonstrate leadership skills (E)
- Good understanding of IT issues and its application within the NHS (E)
- *Confident and motivated (E)
- *Strong team player and able to work independently (E)
- *Highly motivated, confident and enthusiastic self-starter (E)
- *Flexible and quick to respond to changing situations (E)
- *Able to meet tight deadlines (E)
Desirable
- *Have an understanding of current issues relating to the NHS. (D)
- *Have an energetic approach, and the ability to inspire confidence (D)
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
