Project Officer (XN06)

Job Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Project Officer role to join the Organisational Development & Culture Centre of Excellence within the HR function at LTHT, contributing to the delivery and achievement of our strategic people priorities and specialising in the areas of organisational transformation, development, inclusive culture, and employee engagement.

As a member of the OD&C team, you will take a lead in the management, production, and co-ordination of the metrics within the department which provide a valuable resource to manage the work undertaken across the Centre of Excellence, including Induction, Appraisal, Mandatory Training, Apprenticeships, Learning and Organisational Development. Your role will support the governance structure of meetings, include minute taking, working alongside colleagues to ensure that all work is carried out effectively, efficiently and in compliance with trust policies, procedures, good practice guidance.

Main duties of the job

You will provide effective project support to enable the outcomes of the OD&C strategic direction to be realised, managing competing priorities and ensuring consistency of approach with a key focus on delivery and quality.

The Project Officer role will work across the OD&C teams supporting the production and management of our data and information analysis that helps shape our future delivery plans, including mandatory and priority requirements, Apprenticeship and Learning and Development activity. You will work with a range of stakeholders including function leads, HR colleagues and subject matter experts.

To succeed in this role, you will possess the following skills and experience:

• Communicating and engaging with stakeholders effectively, at all levels
• Experience of contributing towards governance structures, including minute taking, action tracker management, agenda setting.
• Experience in creating and implementing improvement projects and new ways of working
• Ability in the analysis, interpretation and presentation of data
• Ability to plan, allocate, review, and evaluate your own workload
• Ability and experience of adapting and reacting within a changing and fast paced environment.

About Us

Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust provides care and treatment to over a million patients: employing over 23,000 employees. We have the ambition to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. Through supporting and developing our people, we aim to achieve a consistent, high performing and sustainable workforce, with the Leeds Way values at the heart of everything we do.

Our Organisational Development and Culture Centre of Excellence brings together a range of specialisms that deliver a joined-up service across the whole organisation from corporate induction, appraisals, training solutions, inclusion and positive action, apprenticeships and employability, leadership and personal development, coaching, OD consultancy, and employee voice and engagement.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Date posted

17 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9298-HMR-0102

Job locations

St. James's University Hospital
Beckett Street
Leeds
LS9 7TF

Job Description

Job responsibilities

• The Project Officer role will work across the OD&C teams supporting the production and management of our data and information analysis that helps shape our future delivery plans, including mandatory and priority requirements and Apprenticeship activity. You will work with a range of stakeholders including function leads, HR colleagues and subject matter experts.
• Contributing to the priority projects across OD&C with the planning, delivery, and evaluation.
• Take a lead in process mapping and service improvement across OD&C and provide project support to priority areas.
• Responsible for the capturing, recording and presenting information required.
• Manage meetings, workshops, workgroups and board meetings including: agenda planning and preparation, attendance, contributing to and minuting and managing the forward plan.
• Analyse, interpret and present complex business data.

Person Specification

Qualifications Essential

• Management or Business focussed degree or equivalent gained by experience and training
• Project Management (Prince2) or equivalent work experience

Skills & behaviours Essential

• Competent/advanced on all MS office applications
• Ability to take a solution-oriented perspective
• Ability to plan, allocate, review and evaluate your own workload.
• Strong communication skills

Experience Essential

• Experience of supporting a variety of projects or a number of workstreams within a major project relating to transformation and service improvement.
• Experience of working in a fast-paced environment or a changing workplace using structured processes, documentation and protocol.
• Experience of working effectively with others to deliver projects including those who may have competing priorities to negotiate the best way forward.
• Experience of governance structures, including minute taking, action tracker management, agenda setting.
• Experience of presenting complex information to internal and external groups in an understandable way

Desirable

• Experience of facilitating groups either face to face or virtually.

Employer details

Employer name
Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Address
St. James's University Hospital
Beckett Street
Leeds
LS9 7TF
Employer's website
https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/