Job summary
Yorkshire Ambulance Trust is implementing a major capital and change programme which will see a number of our larger urban stations redeveloped or replaced with new facilities incorporating enhanced vehicle fleet maintenance, training and staff welfare accommodation. The Hub & Spoke Transformation Programme is a key strategy for the Trust and aligns with Lord Carter's review, the Naylor Review and NHS E&I Improvement led Ambulance Improvement Programme.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to support the Hub & Spoke Transformation Team in the role of Senior Project Manager. The post holder will work autonomously with contractors on builds/projects they have been allocated to. They will work within broad guidelines and policies to ensure blueprints come to life by way of buildings and processes to support the Trust's aspiration for a hub and spoke model across the whole YAS footprint. The postholder is a technical specialist and is able to advise the programme / organisation on how builds can come to fruition, depending on the specialist requirements, and nature of the build i.e. size, complexity and geographical area.
Note: there will be a requirement to visit sites across the whole of Yorkshire regularly as part of the role.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of Hub and Spoke transformational projects including the delivery of all milestones and the management of the significant interdependences across subsidiary workstreams operating within agreed financial constraints and over consecutive financial years.
Duties will include:
- Form effective working relationships with a wide range of internal and external technical experts as necessary to ensure the successful delivery of the overall project. This requires advising building contractors and specialists on the Trust's requirements, hence they will work within policies but will be required to interpret these, depending on the size, complexity and geographical area i.e. transport networks, building/land regulations.
- Manage the project's budget on behalf of the Programme Manager, monitoring the costs against delivered outcomes and realised benefits as the project and programme progresses.
- Responsible for ensuring all project risks are actively managed throughout the project and, in particular, all significant risks are identified and mitigations and contingencies reported and put in place.
- Responsible for the delivery of all outputs to the required quality, cost and timescale in order to generate the benefits required to ensure programme/project success.
About us
Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities.
We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live.
We employ more than 5,800 staff, who together with over 1,100 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service.
Our values:Compassion, One Team, Integrity, Innovation, Empowerment, Resilienceare at the heart of all we do.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please ensure you read and understand the attached Job Description, Person Specification and Job Risk Profile to self-assess your suitability before completing your application. Completion of the Supporting Information section within your application is essential and include all relevant experience, knowledge and role related qualities to support your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please ensure you read and understand the attached Job Description, Person Specification and Job Risk Profile to self-assess your suitability before completing your application. Completion of the Supporting Information section within your application is essential and include all relevant experience, knowledge and role related qualities to support your application.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of managing complex multi standard programmes and 2-3 year duration projects to a high degree of accuracy, effectiveness and operating to tight financial timescales when required
- Extensive experience of successfully introducing from conception, managing through implementation and monitoring and sustaining operational change
Skills / Competencies
Essential
- Excellent analytical and critical reasoning skills with the ability to make effective judgements involving complex situations which require the analysis comparison of a range of options and effective problem solving
- Significant capability to analyse and interpret complex/operational/clinical information to assess risk, identify issues and anticipate problems
Personal / Other
Essential
- Ability to build productive working relationships with colleagues at all levels of YAS
Qualifications / Knowledge
Essential
- Educated to masters level in relevant subject area or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area. For the purposes of this job description equivalent experience would be significant programme and project management experience in a similar sized and complex organisation, successfully providing the necessary drive, leadership and direction
- Possess highly developed specialist knowledge across a range of programme and project procedures underpinned by theory and experience
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of managing complex multi standard programmes and 2-3 year duration projects to a high degree of accuracy, effectiveness and operating to tight financial timescales when required
- Extensive experience of successfully introducing from conception, managing through implementation and monitoring and sustaining operational change
Skills / Competencies
Essential
- Excellent analytical and critical reasoning skills with the ability to make effective judgements involving complex situations which require the analysis comparison of a range of options and effective problem solving
- Significant capability to analyse and interpret complex/operational/clinical information to assess risk, identify issues and anticipate problems
Personal / Other
Essential
- Ability to build productive working relationships with colleagues at all levels of YAS
Qualifications / Knowledge
Essential
- Educated to masters level in relevant subject area or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area. For the purposes of this job description equivalent experience would be significant programme and project management experience in a similar sized and complex organisation, successfully providing the necessary drive, leadership and direction
- Possess highly developed specialist knowledge across a range of programme and project procedures underpinned by theory and experience
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).
