Job summary
Are you an experienced Programme Manager looking for a new challenge and keen to make a difference? Are you interested in working for an organisation that is working to achieve a healthier future for Wales?
If so, the Primary Care Division in Public Health Wales is looking for a Programme Manager to join a dynamic public health team, with a key role in delivering plans for the prevention of type 2 diabetes at an all-Wales level.
You will have experience of managing national level programmes and can successfully deliver objectives in complex environments.
Main duties of the job
Lead the development, management and delivery of a programme of co-ordinated activity across Wales, designed to implement and evaluate a diabetes prevention intervention, ensuring that programme aims are met.
Work with key stakeholders internally and externally to ensure knowledge and awareness of the diabetes prevention programme, and to promote achievement of the desired outcomes.
Have overall responsibility and accountability for the programme's resource management, including application of resources to meet priorities and objectives.
Monitor and manage performance within the programme, taking corrective action or intervention as necessary.
About us
We are Public Health Wales - the national public health organisation for Wales. Our purpose is 'working together for a healthier Wales'. We exist to help all people in Wales live longer, healthier lives. With our partners, we aim to increase healthy life expectancy, improve health and well-being, and reduce inequalities for everyone in Wales, now and for future generations.
Together, our teams work to prevent disease, protect health, and provide leadership, specialist services and public health expertise. We are the main source of public health information, research and innovation in Wales. Never more has public health been so important as we come through the Coronavirus pandemic, face the challenges of the cost-of-living crisis and tackle and prevent the harmful effects of climate change.
Our organisation is guided by our Values, 'Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference'. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values equality, diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications which represent the rich diversity of the communities we serve and from those wishing to work part time or on a job share basis.
To find out more about working for us and the benefits we offer please visithttps://phw.nhs.wales/careers/
For guidance on the application process, please visithttps://phw.nhs.wales/working-for-us/applicant-information-and-guidance/
Job description
Job responsibilities
Leading and directing effective development and delivery of key activity, ensuring stakeholder commitment to and evaluation of the intervention proposed and delivered.
This includes specific responsibility for:
Ensuring an appropriate programme management framework is in place.
Providing leadership guidance to the health board teams agreeing deliverables, milestones and timescales for specific activity within the programme ensuring there is progress delivered in line with a programme plan.
Preparing programme reports, project initiation documents (or equivalent) and business cases as required.
Identifying and understanding the needs of stakeholders, both internally and externally for each aspect of delivery including programme governance, programme delivery, and programme evaluation. Dialogue must promote problem solving, team working and risk-sharing.
Facilitating close partnership working with all the key stakeholders to lead, promote and share good practice.
Deploying the programmes resources to meet strategic priorities and objectives.
Identifying and managing the programme risks and ensuring adequate controls and actions are in place.
Ensuring the development of quality and process controls essential to the application of quality, safety and clinical governance across the programme.
Establishing formal reporting arrangements. Monitoring and managing performance within the programme, initiating corrective action where appropriate.
Where barriers exist to the implementation of the diabetes prevention intervention, the postholder may be required to challenge the workforce, senior service managers and clinicians.
This will require highly developed communication and inter-personal skills and may involve situations requiring the effective management of conflict.
Contributing to the development of further obesity strategy, effective governance and risk management.
The postholder will have a high degree of autonomy in the delivery of these responsibilities, being held accountable for successful delivery to agreed standards, within Trust policies.
Acting as an ambassador for Public Health Wales and NHS Wales; representing Public Health Wales on partnerships and external bodies, as agreed and appropriate.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click "Apply now" to view on Trac. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Leading and directing effective development and delivery of key activity, ensuring stakeholder commitment to and evaluation of the intervention proposed and delivered.
This includes specific responsibility for:
Ensuring an appropriate programme management framework is in place.
Providing leadership guidance to the health board teams agreeing deliverables, milestones and timescales for specific activity within the programme ensuring there is progress delivered in line with a programme plan.
Preparing programme reports, project initiation documents (or equivalent) and business cases as required.
Identifying and understanding the needs of stakeholders, both internally and externally for each aspect of delivery including programme governance, programme delivery, and programme evaluation. Dialogue must promote problem solving, team working and risk-sharing.
Facilitating close partnership working with all the key stakeholders to lead, promote and share good practice.
Deploying the programmes resources to meet strategic priorities and objectives.
Identifying and managing the programme risks and ensuring adequate controls and actions are in place.
Ensuring the development of quality and process controls essential to the application of quality, safety and clinical governance across the programme.
Establishing formal reporting arrangements. Monitoring and managing performance within the programme, initiating corrective action where appropriate.
Where barriers exist to the implementation of the diabetes prevention intervention, the postholder may be required to challenge the workforce, senior service managers and clinicians.
This will require highly developed communication and inter-personal skills and may involve situations requiring the effective management of conflict.
Contributing to the development of further obesity strategy, effective governance and risk management.
The postholder will have a high degree of autonomy in the delivery of these responsibilities, being held accountable for successful delivery to agreed standards, within Trust policies.
Acting as an ambassador for Public Health Wales and NHS Wales; representing Public Health Wales on partnerships and external bodies, as agreed and appropriate.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click "Apply now" to view on Trac. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent level of work experience
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable
- MBA, Finance Qualification or Service Improvement and modernisation or project management qualification e.g. EQFM, Lean, TQM, IQT and PRINCE 2, MSP etc
Personal qualities
Essential
- Committed to a culture of continuous improvement and development - underpinned by open communications and team working
- Sets expectations and role models effective leadership behaviour
- Strong commitment to public health principles and adding public health values to corporate agendas
- Capacity to manage demanding workloads and perseverance combined with a flexible approach and ability to manage wide range of unrelated projects and issues on a daily basis
- Strong personal commitment to working collaboratively and ability to build effective relationships with people of all capabilities and attitudes
- Commitment to team-working, and respect and consideration for the skills of others, values diversity and individual contribution
- Self-motivated, pro-active and passionate about delivery
- High standards of professional probity
- Motivates and encourages people to strive for service and personal improvement
Experience
Essential
- Significant relevant experience in project or change management, working with multi-disciplinary teams and building effective relationships
- Experience in preparing, producing and negotiating complex business and service development plans
- Experience of building professional and technical capability and capacity in teams
- Experience in facilitating and managing complex change and leading across complex systems
Desirable
- Experience of working within health services
- Experience of other sectors such as private, voluntary or independent sector
- Experience of implementing quality strategies
Skills
Essential
- Strong evidence of leadership and change management skills, able to create an environment in which others can succeed
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organisation and with external organisations, through a wide range of channels - oral, written and digital
- Effective relationship building and influencing skills when dealing with multiple stakeholders and sensitive political agendas
- Skilled at dealing with the public and patient interest groups
- Ability to respond appropriately in unplanned and unforeseen circumstances
- Effective interpersonal, motivational and influencing skills
- Sensible negotiator with practical expectation of what can be achieved
- Ability to assimilate and make sense of complex or conflicting data and different perspectives
- Ability to design, develop, interpret and implement policies
- Ability to make best use of diverse talents, technology and resources to deliver results
Desirable
- Ability to communicate through the medium of the Welsh language
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of leadership techniques and systems leadership thinking
- Full understanding of and commitment to addressing impacts on the wider determinants of health
- Full understanding of and commitment to delivery of improved health through mainstream NHS activities
- Understanding of health and local government cultures, structures and policies and social and political environments
- Knowledge of methods of developing clinical quality assurance, quality improvement and evidence based clinical and/or public health practice
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent level of work experience
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable
- MBA, Finance Qualification or Service Improvement and modernisation or project management qualification e.g. EQFM, Lean, TQM, IQT and PRINCE 2, MSP etc
Personal qualities
Essential
- Committed to a culture of continuous improvement and development - underpinned by open communications and team working
- Sets expectations and role models effective leadership behaviour
- Strong commitment to public health principles and adding public health values to corporate agendas
- Capacity to manage demanding workloads and perseverance combined with a flexible approach and ability to manage wide range of unrelated projects and issues on a daily basis
- Strong personal commitment to working collaboratively and ability to build effective relationships with people of all capabilities and attitudes
- Commitment to team-working, and respect and consideration for the skills of others, values diversity and individual contribution
- Self-motivated, pro-active and passionate about delivery
- High standards of professional probity
- Motivates and encourages people to strive for service and personal improvement
Experience
Essential
- Significant relevant experience in project or change management, working with multi-disciplinary teams and building effective relationships
- Experience in preparing, producing and negotiating complex business and service development plans
- Experience of building professional and technical capability and capacity in teams
- Experience in facilitating and managing complex change and leading across complex systems
Desirable
- Experience of working within health services
- Experience of other sectors such as private, voluntary or independent sector
- Experience of implementing quality strategies
Skills
Essential
- Strong evidence of leadership and change management skills, able to create an environment in which others can succeed
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organisation and with external organisations, through a wide range of channels - oral, written and digital
- Effective relationship building and influencing skills when dealing with multiple stakeholders and sensitive political agendas
- Skilled at dealing with the public and patient interest groups
- Ability to respond appropriately in unplanned and unforeseen circumstances
- Effective interpersonal, motivational and influencing skills
- Sensible negotiator with practical expectation of what can be achieved
- Ability to assimilate and make sense of complex or conflicting data and different perspectives
- Ability to design, develop, interpret and implement policies
- Ability to make best use of diverse talents, technology and resources to deliver results
Desirable
- Ability to communicate through the medium of the Welsh language
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of leadership techniques and systems leadership thinking
- Full understanding of and commitment to addressing impacts on the wider determinants of health
- Full understanding of and commitment to delivery of improved health through mainstream NHS activities
- Understanding of health and local government cultures, structures and policies and social and political environments
- Knowledge of methods of developing clinical quality assurance, quality improvement and evidence based clinical and/or public health practice
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).
