1943 - Deputy Head of PMO

12 months fixed term / secondment opportunity to cover maternity leave

Are you a dynamic individual who is looking to progress in a PMO career? An exciting opportunity has arisen to work in the Portfolio Management Office (PMO) at Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking for an enthusiastic Deputy Head of PMO to join our team who are currently working in a hybrid manner.

The PMO has an extensive agenda supporting the Strategic Programme of work and associated Trust Objectives, Efficiency and Productivity Programme, Service Improvement, Business Planning and Investment Portfolio. This post will provide day to day line management of the Portfolio Management Office team and Deputy to the Associate Director of Strategy and Planning. This role will drive forward the development of our core PMO priorities along with providing direction and support to the team to deliver the programmes and projects in line with the Trust strategic direction.

The PMO team work closely with our Clinical Business Unit and Corporate Teams to support delivery of the Trust Strategy and associated change programmes to deliver our mission to provide the best possible care for the people of Barnsley and beyond at all stages of their life. The role is extremely diverse and offers the right candidate the opportunity to be involved in shaping the Hospitals long-term future.

Main duties of the job

This is a key role within the Portfolio Management Office, providing day to day line management, leadership and support to the project managers and project support office team. This role will ensure the delivery of programmes outlined within the PMO portfolio. Key responsibilities include:

1. Day to day line management of the PMO team
2. Oversight and delivery of the PMO portfolio including Efficiency and Productivity Programme, Investment Portfolio Programme, Strategy and Trust Objectives, GIRFT programme, Business Planning.
3. Oversight of Strategic Change projects delivered by the PMO team ensuring appropriate resource allocation.
4. Oversight of governance and project documentation completion, providing a Project Assurance role to project managers
5. Ensure key escalation processes are in place for challenges with the delivery of projects/programmes
6. Be the key point of contact for change requests and investment case requests
7. Leading on the delivery of major transformational change programmes, collaboratively working with a range of clinical and admin stakeholders
8. Staff development and departmental development
9. Direct any allocated staff, ensuring they are clear about what is required of them and supervising their work so that they are effective.
10. Undertake appraisal and team development in addition to progressing any disciplinary or capability issues.

About us

Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close a position early.

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing Trust achieving a Good rating in our most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) assessment and achieving significant progress in the delivery of our strategic objectives. We are proud of the commitment of our staff to ensuring a strong and sustainable future for this organisation which is highly valued by our local communities.

There has never been a better time to join Barnsley Hospital. It is moving at pace and a 'we can do this' attitude is evident right through the organisation, where staff are engaged for change and committed to being part of the journey to sustainability and growth.

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity and fair treatment to all applicants regardless of race, nationality, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, mental or physical disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, age or offending history.

The cost of the DBS (criminal records check) for Band 6 and above roles only will be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction.

Job responsibilities

Job Description for Deputy Head of PMO

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Experience

• Extensive experience of planning and managing major projects in a senior project management or programme position
• Experience of managing major change and shaping future vision
• Experience of service development
• Experience of effective partnership working with other organisations at a senior level
• Experience of managing multiple parties including third party suppliers
• Experience of managing dependencies and interfaces between projects
• Experience of achieving ambitious targets and of implementing innovative solutions designed to improve services within financial constraints
• Experience of planning and managing budgets and resource allocation
• Experience of risk management
• Experience of MS Project

Qualifications

• Educated to Masters Degree level
• PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent professional project management qualification

Trust Values

• In around 100 words please describe what Equality & Diversity means to you and why they are important.
• In around 100 words please describe what motivates you to do a good job.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to facilitate diverse groups of stakeholders
• Strong negotiation, persuasion and influencing skills
• Strong strategic planning, visionary and business case skills
• Ability to develop strategic plans and translate them into action
• Strong manager with demonstrable experience of being able to deliver cultural change
• Excellent presentation skills, written and verbal
• Excellent change management skills, facilitating clinicians, service users and carers in delivering new ways of working that improve the quality of patient care
• Sound analytical skills able to grasp critical issues and distil them into clear and manageable priorities, communicating highly complex information to diverse audiences
• Ability to manage upwards

Knowledge and Awareness

• In-depth professional knowledge of programme and project management
• A general understanding of IT system environments i.e. operating systems, networking, applications and databases
• In-depth knowledge of IT applications

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.