Programme Manager

Job summary

The successful applicant will be joining a diverse team of professionals in Digital Data & Technology Services (DDTS) who are working in a busy, rewarding, and challenging environment. DDTS has a large portfolio of complex, sometimes high-risk projects and programmes and the role is critical in managing inputs and relationships with key parts of the business through the full lifecycle. You will join the organisation at a time of challenge but also great excitement, taking decisions and implementing changes which will further improve the life-saving services we provide. You will drive change through your programme & project management skills and be part of proactive team that will make a real contribution. Working within the DDTS directorate, youll have the opportunity to engage with a diverse range of people to drive performance and change.

Main duties of the job

In this role you will be responsible for managing projects and programmes from inception through to completion. You will ensure timely and successful project conclusions and delivery of capability for achieving business benefits. Your responsibilities will include:

• Planning, supporting, and monitoring the progress of the project or programme
• Managing internal resources and external suppliers and consultants
• Ensuring that project or programme deliverables are tightly linked to the achievement of strategic initiatives for the business unit.
• Responsible for the planning, structuring, leading, and overseeing implementation of the project or programme, and escalation of issues relating to delivery or scope.
• Ensuring adherence to programme and/or project objectives. Participate in the development and improvement of the NHSBT Portfolio, Programme and Project Management tools and methods.

The role does have a requirement to travel and spend time away from base, which can involve working irregular hours and overnight stays when required, with prior notice.

About us

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, youll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need. Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do. By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever. You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification for the full personal attributes we require for the role. You will need to demonstrate these throughout the recruitment process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• A degree in an appropriate discipline (e.g. business, management, information systems) and post-graduate level specialist qualification or demonstrable equivalent experience in one of the above specialist areas or similar
• Practitioner Certificate in PRINCE 2 or equivalent qualification
• Demonstrates commitment to own continued professional development (CPD)

Experience

Essential

• Extensive, practical knowledge of benefits delivery by the formal management of strategic business programmes.
• Extensive experience of formal management of complex programmes/projects, including the use of formal project management tools for the full life-cycle of large scale, complex programmes/projects in a real-world environment
• Extensive experience of creating outline business cases and programme / project briefs for communication at Board / Executive level.
• Experience of working with information technology using Microsoft Office packages (Project, Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams and PowerPoint)