Project Improvement Manager

Job Summary

An opportunity has arisen in the West Midlands Cancer Alliance (WMCA) to join this dynamic, high profile, busy team, and support in the delivery of the National Cancer Programme priorities within the NHS Long-Term Plan. As a Project Improvement Manager, you will work as part of a dynamic team that provides support and expertise to help the Integrated Care Systems (ICS's), West Midlands Cancer Alliance and NHS England direct commissioners deliver their plans.

As a Project Improvement Manager, you will work with the Senior Project Manager in supporting the implementation of transformation plans. You will support the Senior Project Manager and the wider team to ensure that the projects are planned and managed effectively, assisting in their successful delivery. The West Midlands Cancer Alliance team is hosted at Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust working across the wider West Midlands footprint.

Please note, depending on the volume of applications received, this vacancy may close earlier than the date specified.

Main duties of the job

1. Contributing to the development of the team's business plan, and reporting on progress, risk and issue management.
2. Liaise with stakeholders at national, regional and locality level to support operational performance and pathway improvement.
3. Project management and day to day running of one or more large projects, applying a standard methodology consistent across the WMCA transformation programme.
4. To monitor progress of the projects against agreed plans, facilitating the production of monthly reporting.
5. Contribute to performance improvement, taking a lead for identified areas.
6. Provide coordination of and participate in relevant working groups and provide project advice, expertise and support where requested.
7. Provide relevant and timely specialist advice and guidance on own portfolio.
8. Work with members of the Team to investigate the causes of any variance from plan and proactively contribute to the implementation of solutions.
9. Management of a risk and issues tracking mechanism and the resolution and escalation.

About Us

There are approximately 2 million people in the UK are living with or affected by cancer, and there are over 360,000 new diagnoses every year. Are you passionate about improving the lives of people with cancer? Working as part of the national NHS Cancer Programme, that's exactly what you will do.

The West Midlands Cancer Alliance (WMCA) is one of twenty-one Cancer Alliances across England, one of the largest Alliances in the country. WMCA covers a large geographical area of 6 counties: Birmingham and Solihull, Coventry and Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire, Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, The Black Country and Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent. The West Midlands Cancer Alliance team is hosted at Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust working across the wider West Midlands footprint. This role requires regular travel across the Midlands and the team meet face to face in Central Birmingham once a fortnight.

Cancer Alliances were set-up to deliver the collective ambitions identified by the National Cancer Taskforce, with the aim of increasing survival rates across the area and the experience of those living with and beyond cancer, ensuring that we address inequalities and improve patient experience wherever possible. We do this by bringing together all the organisations which commission, provide, and contribute to cancer services across our area to enable quality improvement and better outcomes for patients through effective and coordinated partnership working.

Date posted

18 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

225-WMCA-6997793

Job locations

23 Stephenson Street

Birmingham

B2 4BJ

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description/Person Specification for a full detail of role and main responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications Essential

• Educated to post-graduate degree level in relevant e.g Management Studies subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
• Further training or significant experience in project management, financial management or supporting change management processes.

Experience Essential

• Demonstrated experience of coordinating projects in complex and challenging environments.
• Knowledge of NHS organisations and structures and how this impacts on cross-organisational project delivery.
• Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques, and tools, such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Project.
• Ability to facilitate and encourage collaborative working to improve services where there may be resistance to change.

Knowledge Essential

• Knowledge of NHS organisations and structures and how this impacts on cross-organisational project delivery.

Analytical and Planning Skills Essential

• Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
• Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.
• Ability to analyse complex issues and draw from multiple sources.

Values and Behaviours Essential

• Looks to improve what they do, look for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation.
• Thinks about how their work can help and support clinicians and frontline staff deliver better outcomes for patients.
• Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.

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.

Additional information 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.

Employer details

Employer name

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Address

23 Stephenson Street

Birmingham

B2 4BJ

Employer's website

https://www.royalwolverhampton.nhs.uk/