Digital Health and Care Wales

Project Manager -INTERNAL TO NHS WALES

The closing date is 02 November 2025

Job summary

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY NHS WALES

THIS POST IS FIXED SECONDMENT FOR 29 MONTHS DUE TOPROJECT WORK. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR THE SECONDMENT POSITION, YOU MUST OBTAIN PERMISSION FROM YOUR CURRENT LINE MANAGER PRIOR TO APPLYING FOR THIS POST.

A Project Manager leads and manages moderate to complex projects that are medium to large in size, with potential political sensitivity or technical complexity. Projects may involve diverse stakeholders and require tailored procedures or methodologies. Responsibilities may span multiple projects simultaneously.

Main duties of the job

  • Lead project teams, with line management responsibilities as required.
  • Set a professional example and work to ethical standards.
  • Assign tasks and responsibilities considering individual/team capabilities.
  • Support the creation and refinement of business cases.
  • Design project structures and methodologies appropriate to each stage.
  • Develop and maintain project plans, organise a broad range of complex activities, and manage dependencies.

Adopt and enforce rigorous scope, quality, and change management practices.

Analyse performance, capacity and demand data, assess projects, identifying areas for collaborative working

About us

Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) is part of the NHS Wales family and has an important role in changing the way health and care services are delivered through technology and data. The organisation supports frontline staff with modern systems and access to important information about their patients, while empowering the people of Wales to manage their own health through digital NHS Wales services.

Working for DHCW offers lots of employee benefits, including flexible working, a competitive salary, 28 days of annual leave plus Bank Holidays and opportunities for career development. We are committed to recognising and celebrating our staff as the most valuable part of our organisation.

Join our game changing, life-saving team and start making a real difference to health and care services in Wales.

Details

Date posted

22 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£48,527 to £55,532 a year per annum

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

025-AC257-1025

Job locations

Hybrid Working

To be decided at interview

CF11 9AD


Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Project Manager, you will:

  • Lead and manage project teams, deputising as necessary.
  • Oversee project delivery, ensuring objectives are met within agreed time, cost, and quality constraints.
  • Contribute to project governance and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver outputs and realize benefits.
  • Allocate and develop resources across projects.

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Project Manager, you will:

  • Lead and manage project teams, deputising as necessary.
  • Oversee project delivery, ensuring objectives are met within agreed time, cost, and quality constraints.
  • Contribute to project governance and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver outputs and realize benefits.
  • Allocate and develop resources across projects.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Relevant professional registration in Project Management such as PM Chartered Project Professional or PRINCE2 Registered Practitioner)
  • Knowledge gained through practical experience of working at this level, across the range of work procedures and practices.

Desirable

  • Knowledge of the NHS Wales or the health sector

Experience

Essential

  • Have working knowledge and experience of successfully leading and managing moderate to complex transformation projects, or leading and managing programmes that have been in a specialist or work stream strand lead role within a programme.
  • Has a working knowledge of working withing frameworks and methodologies to ensure compliance with quality and operational standards, with the ability to plan, develop, maintain and apply quality management processes and to ensure the adherence to those standards throughout the project delivery lifecycle.
  • Proficient in assurance processes, with the ability to establish, plan and manage programme controls, implementing reviews at appropriate points during all stages of the programme life cycle to provide evaluations of programme governance, compliance, and progress against time, cost, quality, compliance and ongoing viability.

Skills and Aptitude

Essential

  • Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills taking into account the needs of situations, priorities, constraints, known risks, and the availability of necessary information and resources.
  • Resilience and adaptability in uncertain environments.
  • Change management skills to plan, lead and effect positive cultural and operational change, securing commitment and buy-in and promoting a positive long-term vision.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Relevant professional registration in Project Management such as PM Chartered Project Professional or PRINCE2 Registered Practitioner)
  • Knowledge gained through practical experience of working at this level, across the range of work procedures and practices.

Desirable

  • Knowledge of the NHS Wales or the health sector

Experience

Essential

  • Have working knowledge and experience of successfully leading and managing moderate to complex transformation projects, or leading and managing programmes that have been in a specialist or work stream strand lead role within a programme.
  • Has a working knowledge of working withing frameworks and methodologies to ensure compliance with quality and operational standards, with the ability to plan, develop, maintain and apply quality management processes and to ensure the adherence to those standards throughout the project delivery lifecycle.
  • Proficient in assurance processes, with the ability to establish, plan and manage programme controls, implementing reviews at appropriate points during all stages of the programme life cycle to provide evaluations of programme governance, compliance, and progress against time, cost, quality, compliance and ongoing viability.

Skills and Aptitude

Essential

  • Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills taking into account the needs of situations, priorities, constraints, known risks, and the availability of necessary information and resources.
  • Resilience and adaptability in uncertain environments.
  • Change management skills to plan, lead and effect positive cultural and operational change, securing commitment and buy-in and promoting a positive long-term vision.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Digital Health and Care Wales

Address

Hybrid Working

To be decided at interview

CF11 9AD


Employer's website

https://nwis.nhs.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Digital Health and Care Wales

Address

Hybrid Working

To be decided at interview

CF11 9AD


Employer's website

https://nwis.nhs.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Lead Delivery Manager

Omoloyin Adeloye

omoloyin.adeloye@wales.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

22 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£48,527 to £55,532 a year per annum

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

025-AC257-1025

Job locations

Hybrid Working

To be decided at interview

CF11 9AD


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