ACCEND Project Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Operational

To deliver the requirements listed above; engage and liaise with key stakeholder, in particular: o To support the delivery of day to day activities and projects o To drive delivery of a range of business initiatives and projects o To support the identification and sharing of best practice in employee engagement o To operate in a highly political and sensitive environment o Support the portfolio of initiatives in demonstrating value for money for the current spend through tracking, managing and delivering agreed benefits.

Project Management

Lead in the delivery of project plans, allocating tasks as appropriate, identifying risks, issues and dependencies, considering best practice and current options and ultimately making decisions in the best interest of the project. Develop a comprehensive and cohesive plan for the transition period which is consistent with the overall project timetable, meets the strategic direction of the team and minimises unnecessary disruption to stakeholders involved in the process and is operationally sound. Pro-actively manage stakeholders, respond to and resolve conflict between different stakeholders when this arises through facilitation or other appropriate mechanisms. Be responsible for a high standard of work supporting the delivery of projects on time, to quality standards and in a cost effective manner. Maintain the project initiation document and associated plans with regular team meetings to monitor progress and resources. Ensure the flexibility of the project if required to meet conflicting/changing requirements. Responsible for the planning and organisation of numerous events/meetings. Ensuring communication tools are used to their maximum value for circulating the minutes, agenda and presentations in a timely manner. Demonstrate effective stakeholder management across different departments and at all levels. Support other project managers as and when required. Take into account the impact of any change the projects will have on the business and oversee handover of any products to ensure full ownership and buy-in within the business Advocate the projects at senior and executive levels and ensure active engagement and sponsorship within NHS as a whole. Ensure that the projects maintain business focus, have clear authority and that the context, including risks, are actively managed in alignment with the strategic priorities of NHS.

Financial and Physical Resources

Act in a way that is compliant with Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions in the discharge of budget management responsibilities. Responsible for ensuring adherence to the budget, ongoing monitoring of expenditure against budget and ensuring the appropriate documentation is available for scrutiny. Identify products, equipment, services and facilities for assigned activities, achieving stakeholder buy-in as required. Placing orders and signing invoices, keeping mindful of budget limitations. Responsible for making recommendations, providing advice and able to prepare strategic reports/briefings for the Head of Department, Steering/Reference Groups and others as required.

Staff Management

Directly, responsible for day to day work assigned. Forge close positive working relationships, in order to support an effective matrix approach to achieve NHS objectives. To support, motivate and develop staff within the team to ensure that they are able to deliver the new responsibilities of the NHS strategy.

Information Management

Drafting reports summarising status on issues, appraising outcomes, and providing progress reports for the Head of Department. Collate as required, qualitative and quantitative information and lead appropriate analysis to develop robust business cases and contribute to project ‘products’. Analyse, interpret and present data to highlight issues, risks and support decision making.

Policy and Service Development

Responsible for proposing and drafting changes, implementation and interpretation to policies, guidelines and service level agreements (SLA’s) which may impact service. Proposes changes to own function making recommendations for other service delivery. The post holder will need to maintain a good knowledge of emerging policies from government departments for example pensions, change management, constitution. This will assist in the thinking and definition of the strategy discussions for the Network and stakeholders

. Research and Development

Plan, develop and evaluate methods and processes for gathering, analysing, interpreting and presenting data and information Deliver projects to comply with key performance indicators. Co-ordinating Research & Development initiatives, delegating as appropriate.

Planning and Organisation

Contribute to the strategic planning of Team projects, identifying interdependencies across projects/functions, potential impacts on wider organisation, resource requirements and building in contingency and adjustments as necessary. Contribute to the development of performance and governance strategies and the development and implementation of improvement programmes, in accordance with relevant priorities. Contribute to short, medium and long term business plans, achieving quality outcomes.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at
• a senior level in specialist area.
• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
• Member of relevant professional body

Experience

Essential

• Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or
• contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and
• controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to
• large and influential groups
• Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and
• change.
• Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing
• performance of the individuals.
• Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality
• of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day
• working practices, but also in relation to management systems
• Experience of identifying and interpreting National policy.

Desirable

• Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools
• such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects

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

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Address

The Princess Alexandra Hospital

Harlow

Essex

CM20 1QX

Employer's website

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