Job summary
**INTERNAL MPFT APPLICANTS ONLY**
Independently manage a range of projects and provide projectsupport to large/complex projects to deliver change and serviceimprovements across Psychological Services to ultimately benefitthe service users and staff.
Engaging effectively with Care Groups and corporate team leads toensure effective delivery of programmes and projects.
Support the development of bids/tenders and implementation of newservice developments.
Main duties of the job
- The post holder will manage the planning and execution of multiple projects.
- The post holder will independently manage a range of projects (subject to a level of complexity appropriate to the role) and will, on occasion provide project support to large/complex projects whilst supporting Senior Project Managers
- The post holder will work closely with Project Managers and Business Leads to support Care Groups and Corporate Teams to deliver positive and sustainable change for service users and staff through effective delivery of projects and initiatives
- The post holder will support the Project Managers/Owners on developing project documentation, including identifying project scope, milestones and priority
- A key part of the role will be to build positive relationships through good excellent communication and engagement with Stakeholders
Ensure projects remain on track by management of project actions and through the identification (and mitigation) of risks and issues
About us
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
- Supporting your career development and progression
- Excellent NHS Pension scheme
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Options for flexible working
- Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
- If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
- Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
- Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, milage paid at business rates
- Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
- Free car parking at all trust sites
- Free flu vaccinations every year
- Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for further details on the roles and responsibilities for this post
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for further details on the roles and responsibilities for this post
Person Specification
Experience, Skills Knowledge and Tasks and Person Specicification
Essential
- Degree level qualification appropriate to post or equivalent project management experience
- Project Management qualification, i.e., Prince2/Agile/MSP
- Evidence of commitment to continuing personal development
- Experience of managing a project to successful delivery
- Significant experience of supporting project teams within a project or programme
- Experience of developing and utilising effective professional networks and engaging and managing multiple stakeholders to ensure project outcomes are delivered
- Experience of applying programme or project management practices, tools and techniques and using effective quality, risk and issue management and planning strategies
- Experience in the identification of project requirements, design, and evaluation of outputs
- Experience of tracking risks, issues and benefits and reporting these to the programme or project team
- Experience in monitoring and reporting on project or programme progress in a variety of ways including standard reporting tools
- Experience of building strong relationship with staff across professional boundaries
- Experience of supporting the development of bids/tenders
- Experience of updating and developing policies/practices/systems within own area
- Experience of facilitating events
- Understanding and experience of psychological professions projects
- Experience of project implementation between NHS and Educational Providers such as Universities
- Comprehensive skills in the use of Microsoft Office applications including MS Project, Powerpoint, Word, Excel
- Knowledge of project management tools and techniques
- Knowledge and understanding of programme and project management structures and governance
- Knowledge of quality improvement methodologies
- Knowledge and understanding of programme and project management structures and governance
- Knowledge of quality improvement methodologies
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively collaborate with colleagues, working across organisational and professional boundaries
- Able to contribute and work effectively as a member of at team
- High standard of verbal and written communication and presentation skills
- Ability to produce documents and reports with attention to accuracy, detail and present at key groups
- Ability to challenge, negotiate, persuade, influence and facilitate effective interaction with key stakeholders and suppliers, whilst maintaining a professional and positive relationship
- Able to establish credibility with a wide range of clinical staff, managers and subject matter experts
- Ability to manage customer and colleague expectations appropriately
- Ability to make informed decisions
- Ability to plan and organise a broad range of complex activities
- Ability to collect, analyse and manipulate information and data and present it clearly and precisely, including investigating and documenting issues and solutions, as part of compiling high quality reports for senior managers
- Strong understanding of document management controls and processes and experience of maintaining libraries of documentation
- Ability to keep accurate and up to date project documentation to report progress and assurance
- Ability to plan and prioritise own workload whilst maintaining consistency and quality within tight deadlines
- Ability to effectively co-ordinate and plan multiple projects
- Ability to effectively prioritise tasks and reprioritise to meet conflicting demands
- Knowledge of psychological professions education commissioning (e.g. NHSE/HEE processes)
Desirable
- Quality Improvement training or qualification
- Experience in the NHS
- Line management experience
- Experience of coaching staff members and teams
- Experience of business planning
- Application of lean/quality improvement principles
- An understanding of NHS systems, applications and processes
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Passionate about improving the services we provide for service users
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Motivated to deliver change to services
- Ability to engage and motivate others
- Adaptable and flexible in approach to suit the needs of the work being undertaken
- Desire to continue to develop professionally and personally
- Resilient and calm under pressure
- Creative and innovative when it comes to problem solving
- Thorough attention to detail with high standard of accuracy and a systematic approach to tasks
- Confident to challenge established practices
- Positive approach
- Confident with a high level of drive, enthusiasm and commitment
- Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour
- Ability to travel across a geographical area
Person Specification
Experience, Skills Knowledge and Tasks and Person Specicification
Essential
- Degree level qualification appropriate to post or equivalent project management experience
- Project Management qualification, i.e., Prince2/Agile/MSP
- Evidence of commitment to continuing personal development
- Experience of managing a project to successful delivery
- Significant experience of supporting project teams within a project or programme
- Experience of developing and utilising effective professional networks and engaging and managing multiple stakeholders to ensure project outcomes are delivered
- Experience of applying programme or project management practices, tools and techniques and using effective quality, risk and issue management and planning strategies
- Experience in the identification of project requirements, design, and evaluation of outputs
- Experience of tracking risks, issues and benefits and reporting these to the programme or project team
- Experience in monitoring and reporting on project or programme progress in a variety of ways including standard reporting tools
- Experience of building strong relationship with staff across professional boundaries
- Experience of supporting the development of bids/tenders
- Experience of updating and developing policies/practices/systems within own area
- Experience of facilitating events
- Understanding and experience of psychological professions projects
- Experience of project implementation between NHS and Educational Providers such as Universities
- Comprehensive skills in the use of Microsoft Office applications including MS Project, Powerpoint, Word, Excel
- Knowledge of project management tools and techniques
- Knowledge and understanding of programme and project management structures and governance
- Knowledge of quality improvement methodologies
- Knowledge and understanding of programme and project management structures and governance
- Knowledge of quality improvement methodologies
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively collaborate with colleagues, working across organisational and professional boundaries
- Able to contribute and work effectively as a member of at team
- High standard of verbal and written communication and presentation skills
- Ability to produce documents and reports with attention to accuracy, detail and present at key groups
- Ability to challenge, negotiate, persuade, influence and facilitate effective interaction with key stakeholders and suppliers, whilst maintaining a professional and positive relationship
- Able to establish credibility with a wide range of clinical staff, managers and subject matter experts
- Ability to manage customer and colleague expectations appropriately
- Ability to make informed decisions
- Ability to plan and organise a broad range of complex activities
- Ability to collect, analyse and manipulate information and data and present it clearly and precisely, including investigating and documenting issues and solutions, as part of compiling high quality reports for senior managers
- Strong understanding of document management controls and processes and experience of maintaining libraries of documentation
- Ability to keep accurate and up to date project documentation to report progress and assurance
- Ability to plan and prioritise own workload whilst maintaining consistency and quality within tight deadlines
- Ability to effectively co-ordinate and plan multiple projects
- Ability to effectively prioritise tasks and reprioritise to meet conflicting demands
- Knowledge of psychological professions education commissioning (e.g. NHSE/HEE processes)
Desirable
- Quality Improvement training or qualification
- Experience in the NHS
- Line management experience
- Experience of coaching staff members and teams
- Experience of business planning
- Application of lean/quality improvement principles
- An understanding of NHS systems, applications and processes
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Passionate about improving the services we provide for service users
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Motivated to deliver change to services
- Ability to engage and motivate others
- Adaptable and flexible in approach to suit the needs of the work being undertaken
- Desire to continue to develop professionally and personally
- Resilient and calm under pressure
- Creative and innovative when it comes to problem solving
- Thorough attention to detail with high standard of accuracy and a systematic approach to tasks
- Confident to challenge established practices
- Positive approach
- Confident with a high level of drive, enthusiasm and commitment
- Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour
- Ability to travel across a geographical area
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).
