Project Improvement Manager

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen in the West Midlands Cancer Alliance (WMCA) to join this dynamic, high profile, busy team, and support in the delivery of the National Cancer Programme priorities within the NHS Long-Term Plan. As a Project Improvement Manager, you will work as part of a dynamic team that provides support and expertise to help the Integrated Care Systems (ICS's), West Midlands Cancer Alliance and NHS England direct commissioners deliver their plans.

As a Project Improvement Manager, you will work with the Senior Project Manager in supporting the implementation of transformation plans. You will support the Senior Project Manager and the wider team to ensure that the projects are planned and managed effectively, assisting in their successful delivery. The West Midlands Cancer Alliance team is hosted at Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust working across the wider West Midlands footprint.

Please note, depending on the volume of applications received, this vacancy may close earlier than the date specified.

Main duties of the job

Contributing to the development of the team's business plan, and reporting on progress, risk and issue management.

Liaise with stakeholders at national, regional and locality level to support operational performance and pathway improvement.

Project management and day to day running of one or more large projects, applying a standard methodology consistent across the WMCA transformation programme.

To monitor progress of the projects against agreed plans, facilitating the production of monthly reporting.

Contribute to performance improvement, taking a lead for identified areas.

Provide coordination of and participate in relevant working groups and provide project advice, expertise and support where requested.

Provide relevant and timely specialist advice and guidance on own portfolio.

Work with members of the Team to investigate the causes of any variance from plan and proactively contribute to the implementation of

Management of a risk and issues tracking mechanism and the resolution and escalation

About us

There are approximately 2 million people in the UK are living with or affected by cancer, and there are over 360,000 new diagnoses every year. Are you passionate about improving the lives of people with cancer? Working as part of the national NHS Cancer Programme, that's exactly what you will do.

The West Midlands Cancer Alliance (WMCA) is one of twenty-one Cancer Alliances across England, one of the largest Alliances in the country. WMCA covers a large geographical area of 6 counties: Birmingham and Solihull, Coventry and Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire, Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, The Black Country and Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent. The West Midlands Cancer Alliance team is hosted at Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust working across the wider West Midlands footprint. This role requires regular travel across the Midlands and the team meet face to face in Central Birmingham once a fortnight.

Cancer Alliances were set-up to deliver the collective ambitions identified by the National Cancer Taskforce, with the aim of increasing survival rates across the area and the experience of those living with and beyond cancer, ensuring that we address inequalities and improve patient experience wherever possible. We do this by bringing together all the organisations which commission, provide, and contribute to cancer services across our area to enable quality improvement and better outcomes for patients through effective and coordinated partnership working.