Job summary
An opportunity has arisen to join the Programme Management Office at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, where you will play a key role in supporting colleagues to transform and improve services.
We are interested in receiving applications from individuals with a passion for PMO working, in a complex and fast-paced healthcare provider environment.
If you are excited by the challenge of leading a PMO function, to deliver world class healthcare for patients, and support the organisation to meet its strategic objectives, we look forward to hearing from you.
Main duties of the job
As Head of PMO, you will be responsible for providing a PMO service through formal leadership of the PMO team, and maintaining relationships across both the host Service Transformation team and the wider organisation. You will be expected to deliver PMO's operational functions alongside development of the PMO in order to ensure that its offer meets the needs of its stakeholders. The role will oversee the effective co-ordination, governance and visibility of priority portfolios, notably to deliver against the Improvement and Financial Sustainability agendas, and monitor interdependencies between these.
You will need a thorough understanding of programme and project management and be able to challenge robustly but with a flexible approach to delivery. Alongside this technical expertise, you will need excellent interpersonal skills, in order to deliver your agenda through collaboration with others. You will need a strategic mindset, while maintaining oversight of an operational team.
As a senior leader, you will have a high level of autonomy, self-drive, and will be able to manage multiple priorities and provide direction. You will need to demonstrate effective leadership skills, and have the resilience to deliver in a complex organisation. You will champion improvement and model the integrity, patient focused and value for money behaviours essential to deliver sustainable change.
About us
Here at Bolton our patients are at the heart of everything we do. We ensure our patients receive the highest quality of Care and are guided by our trust Values.
The aims of this Trust are to improve the health of and provide the best possible care to the population in which we serve and ensure that our staff has joy and pride in their work. We are striving to recruit a workforce that reflects the communities in which we serve. We value our staff and can offer excellent opportunities for further training and development. We are keen to reflect our local population and therefore applications from all sectors of the community are welcomed.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the role please see the attached job description and person specification.
If you have any further questions regarding this role, please do not hesitate to contact us via the information below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the role please see the attached job description and person specification.
If you have any further questions regarding this role, please do not hesitate to contact us via the information below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters degree level
- Project management qualification e.g. Prince 2, Managing Successful Projects of equivalent
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development relevant to the role
Desirable
- P30 or PMO Essentials Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant, demonstrable experience in a number of disciplines including financial management, performance management, information systems reporting and staff management
- Demonstrable leadership PMO in a role utilising project management methodologies.
- Experience in applying PMO best practices and implementing continuous improvement reviews.
- Experience of supporting change delivery in a fast paced environment
Desirable
- Experience of leading PMO services in an NHS or equivalent setting
- Experience of change delivery in an NHS or equivalent environment
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters degree level
- Project management qualification e.g. Prince 2, Managing Successful Projects of equivalent
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development relevant to the role
Desirable
- P30 or PMO Essentials Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant, demonstrable experience in a number of disciplines including financial management, performance management, information systems reporting and staff management
- Demonstrable leadership PMO in a role utilising project management methodologies.
- Experience in applying PMO best practices and implementing continuous improvement reviews.
- Experience of supporting change delivery in a fast paced environment
Desirable
- Experience of leading PMO services in an NHS or equivalent setting
- Experience of change delivery in an NHS or equivalent environment
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).
