East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Project Manager

The closing date is 07 September 2025

Job summary

We're looking for a driven and proactive individual to take the lead on three transformative projects within ESNEFT:

Tendring 100 Project:

A partnership-led initiative launched in late 2024 by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust in collaboration with Colchester Institute, Career Track, Tendring District Council, Essex County Council, and Healthwatch Essex.

Our ambition is to create 100 new apprenticeship opportunities across the Tendring District Council area, targeting local residents and aiming to drive economic growth and improve health equity

Colchester Apprenticeships Project:

A locally delivered initiative supported by the UK Government's Shared Prosperity Fund. Our ambition is to create 25 new apprenticeship opportunities across identified Colchester area, targeting local residents and aiming to drive economic growth and improve health equity.

King's Trust initiative:

An employment project aimed at supporting employment pathways for young people & those facing barriers to employment.

This fixed term role is a fantastic opportunity, you'll be at the heart of delivering impactful change whilst working alongside senior leaders.

In this role, you'll not only gain hands-on experience in planning, delivering, and evaluating projects. You will also have the chance to line manage team members and develop your leadership skills in a supportive environment.

(We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications)

Main duties of the job

Consistent provision of higher level comprehensive project management and administrative support.
Undertake the management of projects
Responsible for a defined area of work
Manage, prioritise, plan and organise own time and co-ordinate that of your team and external partners if appropriate, using extensive knowledge, skills and experience.
Provide leadership that encourages high performance from other staff within your team, externalpartners with the aim of maintaining optimum efficiency within the projects you are working on.
Train and provide support/line management to enable other team members and partners to deliver against project objectives.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Date posted

27 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

7 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR638-25

Job locations

Colchester / Ipswich

CO4 5JL

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

GCSE grade 5/C or equivalent in English and Maths
Project management qualification or equivalent experience
Relevant experience to degree level

Experience

Essential

Previous project management experience
Working collaboratively as part of a team
Experience of communicating with a range of people both within and external to the organisation
Experience of dealing with non-routine administrative matters
Excellent communication and problem solving skills
Highly effective written skills
Ability to work under pressure and deadlines

Desirable

Experience of working within the Apprenticeship industry
Experience of working with members of the public
Supervision/co-ordination of other team members

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Confidentiality and Data Protection
Project Management Understanding of employability and training programmes, including apprenticeships
Knowledge of relevant work area and specialist terminology
Data management and reporting methodologies
Microsoft word/excel and power point
Ability to work flexibly to meet the demands of the service

Desirable

Knowledge of Apprenticeship levy utilisation
Good working knowledge of NHS careers and how to access further information

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

GCSE grade 5/C or equivalent in English and Maths
Project management qualification or equivalent experience
Relevant experience to degree level

Experience

Essential

Previous project management experience
Working collaboratively as part of a team
Experience of communicating with a range of people both within and external to the organisation
Experience of dealing with non-routine administrative matters
Excellent communication and problem solving skills
Highly effective written skills
Ability to work under pressure and deadlines

Desirable

Experience of working within the Apprenticeship industry
Experience of working with members of the public
Supervision/co-ordination of other team members

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Confidentiality and Data Protection
Project Management Understanding of employability and training programmes, including apprenticeships
Knowledge of relevant work area and specialist terminology
Data management and reporting methodologies
Microsoft word/excel and power point
Ability to work flexibly to meet the demands of the service

Desirable

Knowledge of Apprenticeship levy utilisation
Good working knowledge of NHS careers and how to access further 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.

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester / Ipswich

CO4 5JL

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester / Ipswich

CO4 5JL

Employer's website

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