Project Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

Work with the Strategy and Partnerships Team across both LPT and NHFT to ensure delivery of agreed projects and programmes of work including Bids and Tenders.

Work with colleagues to ensure a cohesive approach to identifying and monitoring bid development, transformation and improvement programmes within Strategy and Partnerships.

Work with directorates/teams to ensure full clinical engagement, ownership and implementation of transformation and improvement and in the development of new Bids and Tenders.

Contribute to increasing project management capability and capacity within the Trust by providing a range of support to a range of staff/colleagues; including facilitating and delivering designated Leadership matters training, such as: Bids and Tenders, PMO Project Management and Leading Successful Change.

To work together with staff within the team, some of which you may line manage, to develop and grow the team ethos.

Contribute to the development and delivery of the Group strategy and develop positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders to implement the strategy.

Contribute to strategic development of Group transformation programmes, developing Group wide policies, procedures and governance arrangements where appropriate.

Be a role model for positive change management behaviours.

Ensure any change management programmes are focused on the needs of the target audients, to deliver positive outcomes.

Develop a partnership approach through the delivery of bids and tenders, projects and programmes.

Seek and create opportunities to receive feedback and take proactive action for improvement.

Lead projects/programmes including Bids and Tenders as necessary to ensure plans are robust and sufficiently detailed to provide the assurance that delivery will result in desired improvements, developments and benefits.

Responsible for contribution to the development of policies and implementation of projects that will have a significant impact on the business processes of the organization(s).

Responsible for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of a range of information in relation to projects/programmes.

Responsible for ensuring transformation and service improvement projects/programmes are in line with the Group strategy, corporate objectives and contribute to the delivery of the transformation and CIP programmes and support the achievement of KPIs.

Responsible for ensuring that the relevant impact assessments and other project documentation is completed at the relevant stages of projects/programmes (following the NHFT/LPT PMO Framework).

Ensure project plans are in line with the overall strategic direction of the Group.

Ensure full implementation of these plans through effective performance management arrangements.

Responsible for the line management of designated staff within the team.

Act as a champion for project/programme management and transformational change.

Lead on change programmes and Bids and Tenders on behalf of Strategy and Partnerships, providing training and advice to senior managers and directorate leads as required.

Lead on broader areas of service improvement and transformation on behalf of Strategy and Partnerships, ensuring that change management resulting from service improvement and transformation is delivered

Responsible for the delivery of a range of transformation, improvement and service development projects/programmes across the Group in partnership with corporate, operational and clinical teams as required by Strategy and Partnerships.

Identify new opportunities for efficiencies and productivity, leading on plans for the delivery of these.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

• Excellent standard of English - written, spoken and grammar
• Knowledge of how NHS providers are commissioned to deliver services.
• Significant experience of project and/or contract management.
• Project management qualification such as PRINCE2 or MSP
• Evidence of recent and on-going C.P.D. / Learning.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Knowledge of project management methodologies.

Experience

Essential

• Negotiating and influencing change by working with diverse professional groups and organisations
• Good facilitation skills
• Experience of coordinating and leading meetings.
• Experience of working with managers and leaders from across organisations.
• Proven track record and significant experience of successful partnership working.
• Significant experience of project and/or contract management.
• Prioritisation skills with ability to manage multiple projects

Skills

Essential

• Able to clearly communicate complex information verbally, in writing and electronically in appropriate formats.
• Good facilitation skills
• Proven team worker with ability to motivate others
• Negotiating and influencing change by working with diverse professional groups and organisations
• Highly developed presentation skills
• Communicate with empathy in potentially demanding and challenging situations.
• To work unsupervised in an autonomous manner

Behaviours and values

Essential

• Able to demonstrate positive leadership qualities time as part of an empowered team.
• Approachable and accessible to service users & colleagues.
• Reliable and consistent in approach, demonstrating empathy and an open communication style.
• Ability to accept challenge and to challenge others in a constructive and considered manner.
• Ability to travel between venues and the use of you own car for work purposes
• Flexible, enthusiastic and committed
• Communicate with empathy in potentially demanding and challenging situations.

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

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

St Marys Hospital

London Road

Kettering

NN15 7PW

Employer's website

https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)