Job summary
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We have around 25,000 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
We are pleased to offer a six-month fixed term opportunity for a Senior Diversity Project Manager. This role has been created to deliver three key projects as part our, GSTT Charity funded, Anti-Racism programme of work. The three projects in scope include:
- An end to end review of the GSTT recruitment process through the lens of bias and candidate experience
- To take forward a review of the Just Culture Restorative approach and integrating this approach in a range of HR policies and processes
- To scope the research required to baseline the current reputation of the Trust as the 'Employer of Choice' within Lambeth, Southwark and other London Boroughs. Leading into the development of an attraction strategy.
This post will be based in the People Directorate reporting on a day to day basis to the Deputy Chief People Officer, but responsible to the Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
We will be looking to interview week commencing 13th November 2023
Main duties of the job
- The post holder will develop and lead the direction and delivery of the project work streams, and support and enable senior managers, clinicians, partners and directors.
- A key aspect of the role will be to ensure appropriate evaluation and metrics are in place to support impact monitoring and milestone achievement of the above projects.
- The role is expected to provide leadership directly and indirectly for project management and support and identity resources needed to enable project delivery where necessary.
- The post holder will work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to ensure effective management of interdependencies and delivery of objectives
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best-known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high-quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of the role responsibilities please see the attached Job Description/Person Specifications, briefly summarised as follows:
- Lead or support the production of project plans that deliver agreed milestones and objectives.
- Lead project management training and model practices to both internal staff members and external stakeholders and partners.
- Develop business cases, including feasibility studies, outline business cases and detailed scheme designs.
- Provide project management leadership and expertise to the individuals in the project team and ensure that the leads have clear responsibilities, priorities and timescales and track delivery.
- Design, facilitate and effectively lead project management meetings with stakeholders; ensuring breadth in participation and a focus on action planning
- Develop and maintain effective project reporting
- Proactively mitigate risk across all project activity and assurance informing and relevant organisations of effective risk management plans.
- Determine and allocate staff and other resources for assigned projects, monitoring work allocation and re-allocating as necessary to ensure successful delivery to time, cost and quality
- Plan and implement appropriate evaluation and audit of projects within the post-holders portfolio.
- Manage a delegated budget for own area of work to ensure best value for money, including signing off invoices, monitoring expenditure and providing budgetary reports.
- Lead the commissioning and procurement of products, equipment, services, systems and facilities, as required for the delivery of the project.
- Manage engagement plans for project(s) to proactively ensure that positive and effective relations are developed and maintained between members of the team, all clients and key internal and external stakeholders throughout the project.
- Manage strategies to achieve acceptance, consensus and alignment of views, both formally and informally from senior managers and clinicians.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of the role responsibilities please see the attached Job Description/Person Specifications, briefly summarised as follows:
- Lead or support the production of project plans that deliver agreed milestones and objectives.
- Lead project management training and model practices to both internal staff members and external stakeholders and partners.
- Develop business cases, including feasibility studies, outline business cases and detailed scheme designs.
- Provide project management leadership and expertise to the individuals in the project team and ensure that the leads have clear responsibilities, priorities and timescales and track delivery.
- Design, facilitate and effectively lead project management meetings with stakeholders; ensuring breadth in participation and a focus on action planning
- Develop and maintain effective project reporting
- Proactively mitigate risk across all project activity and assurance informing and relevant organisations of effective risk management plans.
- Determine and allocate staff and other resources for assigned projects, monitoring work allocation and re-allocating as necessary to ensure successful delivery to time, cost and quality
- Plan and implement appropriate evaluation and audit of projects within the post-holders portfolio.
- Manage a delegated budget for own area of work to ensure best value for money, including signing off invoices, monitoring expenditure and providing budgetary reports.
- Lead the commissioning and procurement of products, equipment, services, systems and facilities, as required for the delivery of the project.
- Manage engagement plans for project(s) to proactively ensure that positive and effective relations are developed and maintained between members of the team, all clients and key internal and external stakeholders throughout the project.
- Manage strategies to achieve acceptance, consensus and alignment of views, both formally and informally from senior managers and clinicians.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Education
Essential
- Relevant Masters, equivalent professional qualification or equivalent experience.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of operational HR, and working in a centralised HR team delivering services to a business area or across the Trust.
- Evidence of leading successful project and / or operational performance and improvement
- Project management experience in large complex organisations, including development, implementation and management of change
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent understanding and track record of successful change and project management.
- Highly effective people and project management skills.
- Ability to find innovative ways of solving or pre-empting problems.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Education
Essential
- Relevant Masters, equivalent professional qualification or equivalent experience.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of operational HR, and working in a centralised HR team delivering services to a business area or across the Trust.
- Evidence of leading successful project and / or operational performance and improvement
- Project management experience in large complex organisations, including development, implementation and management of change
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent understanding and track record of successful change and project management.
- Highly effective people and project management skills.
- Ability to find innovative ways of solving or pre-empting problems.
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).
