Job summary
We are looking for an exceptional Senior Project Manager of Capital Delivery to join our Estates team at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. This opportunity is based at Princess Royal University Hospital.
Our Capital Delivery Senior Project Managers will be responsible for comprehensive management of large and intricate projects, including establishing beneficial partnerships and service enhancement strategies. It also focuses on developing innovative healthcare management models, overseeing project work streams, and providing support to senior managers, clinicians, partners, and directors. The position emphasizes the importance of implementing evaluation measures and metrics for impact assessment and milestone attainment, while also assuming a leadership role in project management, resource identification, and support provision.
By joining our team, you will play a pivotal role in delivering significant capital construction projects as part of the overall Capital, Facilities & Estates team within our esteemed trust during a time of exciting development.
PLEASE MAKE YOUR APPLICATION VIA HUNTER AGENCY - PETER DEWBERRY - PDewbery@hunter-healthcare.com
- A statement setting out why you are suitable for the role (no more than two pages).
- Your CV [no more than three pages please].
- A completed equality and diversity monitoring form. [attached]
Main duties of the job
The post-holder is responsible for providing overall management of large scale and complex projects.
The post holder will be responsible for leading the establishment of effective partnerships and service improvement plans, supporting and developing new and innovative models of healthcare management and delivery.
The post holder will develop and oversee the direction and delivery of all 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.
The role is expected to provide leadership directly and indirectly for project management and support and identity resources needed to enable project delivery.
The post holder will work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to ensure effective management of interdependencies and delivery of objectives
It is expected that the specific projects managed by the post holder will change over time as the portfolio of work changes.
About us
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Project Management
- Lead the production of project plans that deliver agreed milestones and objectives.
- Develop business cases, including feasibility studies, outline business cases (OBC), 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 to the project board.
Financial management
- Ensure that project related business plans are underpinned by detailed and robust financial plans through budget planning and negotiation of appropriate budgets.
- 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.
- Actively monitor expenditure against budget and address problems at an early stage.
- Lead the commissioning and procurement of products, equipment, services, systems and facilities, as required for the delivery of the project.
Staff and stakeholder management
- 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.
- Use negotiation, persuasion and motivational skills to gain support for the programme across the breadth of stakeholders, including commissioners, patients and providers.
- Ensure that delivery plans are developed and regularly updated for all projects. Ensure that effective communication continues throughout the life of the project.
Information management
- Develop, implement, monitor and evaluate project information management systems, ensuring they are fit for purpose to a range of audiences.
- Manage project team to develop, refine and implement project data collection systems that will provide accurate and timely data, including quantitative and qualitative data.
People Management and Performance
- Lead, coach and manage the performance of the team in line with good people management practices. Ensuring excellence is recognised and underperformance is addressed.
- Participate in regular performance appraisal meetings and ensure each member of the team has a clear set of objectives and development plans.
- Ensure the team is compliance with all statutory, mandatory training together with any professional training requirements, ensuring they are up to date and fully compliant.
- Manage team absences including sickness in line with Trust policy ensuring the appropriate return to work meetings occur, e-roster is updated and productivity is at keep to the highest possible level.
- Identify and fill any vacancies that arise within the team in line with the Trusts recruitment policy and process.
Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (KCH) is one of the countrys largest and busiest teaching hospitals, primarily serving the London Boroughs of Southwark, Lambeth, Lewisham, and Bromley, with a population of well over 1 million people and acting as a referral centre for millions more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Project Management
- Lead the production of project plans that deliver agreed milestones and objectives.
- Develop business cases, including feasibility studies, outline business cases (OBC), 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 to the project board.
Financial management
- Ensure that project related business plans are underpinned by detailed and robust financial plans through budget planning and negotiation of appropriate budgets.
- 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.
- Actively monitor expenditure against budget and address problems at an early stage.
- Lead the commissioning and procurement of products, equipment, services, systems and facilities, as required for the delivery of the project.
Staff and stakeholder management
- 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.
- Use negotiation, persuasion and motivational skills to gain support for the programme across the breadth of stakeholders, including commissioners, patients and providers.
- Ensure that delivery plans are developed and regularly updated for all projects. Ensure that effective communication continues throughout the life of the project.
Information management
- Develop, implement, monitor and evaluate project information management systems, ensuring they are fit for purpose to a range of audiences.
- Manage project team to develop, refine and implement project data collection systems that will provide accurate and timely data, including quantitative and qualitative data.
People Management and Performance
- Lead, coach and manage the performance of the team in line with good people management practices. Ensuring excellence is recognised and underperformance is addressed.
- Participate in regular performance appraisal meetings and ensure each member of the team has a clear set of objectives and development plans.
- Ensure the team is compliance with all statutory, mandatory training together with any professional training requirements, ensuring they are up to date and fully compliant.
- Manage team absences including sickness in line with Trust policy ensuring the appropriate return to work meetings occur, e-roster is updated and productivity is at keep to the highest possible level.
- Identify and fill any vacancies that arise within the team in line with the Trusts recruitment policy and process.
Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (KCH) is one of the countrys largest and busiest teaching hospitals, primarily serving the London Boroughs of Southwark, Lambeth, Lewisham, and Bromley, with a population of well over 1 million people and acting as a referral centre for millions more.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Education
Essential
- Relevant Masters, equivalent professional qualification or equivalent experience.
- Formal qualification in Project management (PRINCE 2) to practitioner level or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of leading successful project and / or operational performance and improvement; including business case preparation, service initiation / commissioning, contract negotiation, and the development and monitoring of output and outcome measures.
- Extensive project management experience in large complex organisations, including design, development, implementation and management of change in a multiple stakeholder environment.
Skills
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of operations and / or project management methodologies and techniques.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Education
Essential
- Relevant Masters, equivalent professional qualification or equivalent experience.
- Formal qualification in Project management (PRINCE 2) to practitioner level or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of leading successful project and / or operational performance and improvement; including business case preparation, service initiation / commissioning, contract negotiation, and the development and monitoring of output and outcome measures.
- Extensive project management experience in large complex organisations, including design, development, implementation and management of change in a multiple stakeholder environment.
Skills
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of operations and / or project management methodologies and techniques.
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).
