Job summary
INTERNAL ONLY TO NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (NCIC) EMPLOYEES ONLY
Project Officer: 37.5hr - fixed term to 31/05/26
Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of people in Cumbria? Do you enjoy working with people and supporting them to transform the way they work?
An exciting opportunity exists within our Digital Programmes team, liaising with our health partners, including acute hospitals, community services and GP practices. The Project Officer will be a key member of the team driving a transformational IT modernisation programme, supporting:
- maintenance of project documents and data
- user groups
- project coordination
If you have strong administration and organisation skills, other skills can be learnt in post. You may have transferable skills from other roles outside project management and will be supported in the role and with your development by our team of project management professionals. Training opportunities include project management principles, risk and issue management, process mapping, benefits management and communications.
You will benefit from a great annual leave scheme, flexible working, excellent development opportunities and access to NHS discounts. For an informal chat, email DigitalHealthcare@ncic.nhs.uk to request a call with a Senior Project Manager.
Main duties of the job
This role involves assisting programme and project managers on one or more digital programmes / projects. This assistance may include:
- Support the development and maintenance of project documents and data collection systems
- Gather, interpret and present information
- Help introduce user-led design to projects
- Work with user groups
- Provide project coordination
- Administration of project / programme meetings
- Providing support to users
About us
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':
- Being a clinically led organisation
- Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
- A positive patient experience every time
- A great place to work
- Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
CERTIFICATE OF SPONSORSHIP
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit theUK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
Disclosure and Barring Service:
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.
The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.
Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.
NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:
27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
Flexible working Scheme
NHS Discounts*
Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*
Excellent opportunities for development*
Competitive NHS Pension scheme
Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
*Subject to eligibility
Important Information
Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
CERTIFICATE OF SPONSORSHIP
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit theUK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
Disclosure and Barring Service:
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.
The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.
Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.
NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:
27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
Flexible working Scheme
NHS Discounts*
Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*
Excellent opportunities for development*
Competitive NHS Pension scheme
Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
*Subject to eligibility
Important Information
Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Diploma level or equivalent or be able to demonstrate an equivalent level of knowledge
Desirable
- MS Office
- PRINCE2 Foundation
- Evidence of continuous personal development
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Basic understanding of formal project management methodologies and tools
- Principles of Risk & issue management
- Principles of Budgeting
- Principles of Benefits Management
- Principles of planning and resource management
- Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of delivering tasks to quality, time and budget requirements
- Options appraisal
- Preparation and maintenance of schedules for activities and events for a change initiative, taking into account dependencies and resource requirements
- Obtaining estimates for the cost of activities, events and overheads
- Developing internal documents and contributing to policies
Desirable
- Team development & leadership
- Service improvement tools and methodologies
- Healthcare Finance
- Specifying requirements
- Contract management
- Estimation methods for scheduling
- Quality management processes; metrics for processes and quality standards
- Development of stakeholder management and communications plans
- Information Governance & Cyber Security requirements
- Working as part of a project team in the NHS and/or IT
- Working on a project using a PRINCE2-based framework
- Working as part of a team operating in a matrix management environment
- Interfacing with other disciplines such as legal, finance and HR on the development of requirements for projects
- Managing conflict
- Monitoring financial performance against a budget
- Process mapping
- Contributing to the development of business cases for projects
- Researching, assessing and prioritising stakeholder requirements
Skills & Aptitudes
Essential
- Takes responsibility for own learning, development and behaviour - actively seeks to develop and demonstrate own competence
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills including facilitation, obtaining, providing and presenting information
- Methodical
- Organised
- Analytical
- The ability to find ways of solving or pre-empting problems
- Ability to think clearly, reach decisions, prioritise and recommend appropriate action through the assessment of relevant information
Desirable
- Ability to clear communicate and reinforce to team members and stakeholders the vision, values and objectives of a project
Other requirements
Essential
- Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines
- Ability to travel independently across West North and East Cumbria on a regular basis and occasionally nationally
- Promote equality and value diversity
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Diploma level or equivalent or be able to demonstrate an equivalent level of knowledge
Desirable
- MS Office
- PRINCE2 Foundation
- Evidence of continuous personal development
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Basic understanding of formal project management methodologies and tools
- Principles of Risk & issue management
- Principles of Budgeting
- Principles of Benefits Management
- Principles of planning and resource management
- Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of delivering tasks to quality, time and budget requirements
- Options appraisal
- Preparation and maintenance of schedules for activities and events for a change initiative, taking into account dependencies and resource requirements
- Obtaining estimates for the cost of activities, events and overheads
- Developing internal documents and contributing to policies
Desirable
- Team development & leadership
- Service improvement tools and methodologies
- Healthcare Finance
- Specifying requirements
- Contract management
- Estimation methods for scheduling
- Quality management processes; metrics for processes and quality standards
- Development of stakeholder management and communications plans
- Information Governance & Cyber Security requirements
- Working as part of a project team in the NHS and/or IT
- Working on a project using a PRINCE2-based framework
- Working as part of a team operating in a matrix management environment
- Interfacing with other disciplines such as legal, finance and HR on the development of requirements for projects
- Managing conflict
- Monitoring financial performance against a budget
- Process mapping
- Contributing to the development of business cases for projects
- Researching, assessing and prioritising stakeholder requirements
Skills & Aptitudes
Essential
- Takes responsibility for own learning, development and behaviour - actively seeks to develop and demonstrate own competence
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills including facilitation, obtaining, providing and presenting information
- Methodical
- Organised
- Analytical
- The ability to find ways of solving or pre-empting problems
- Ability to think clearly, reach decisions, prioritise and recommend appropriate action through the assessment of relevant information
Desirable
- Ability to clear communicate and reinforce to team members and stakeholders the vision, values and objectives of a project
Other requirements
Essential
- Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines
- Ability to travel independently across West North and East Cumbria on a regular basis and occasionally nationally
- Promote equality and value diversity
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.
Employer details
Employer name
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Maglona House
69 Kingstown Broadway, Kingstown Industrial Estate
Carlisle
CA3 0HA
Employer's website
https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
