Senior Project Manager

In April 2023, NHS England, NHS Digital, and Health Education England merged to create a new, single organisation to lead the NHS in England. This new NHS England is designed to create a simpler, smaller, high performing organisation that leads the NHS more effectively and is a better place to work. Speaking with one voice to the service.

Digital Workplace Services A Digital Workplace is the name given to today's virtual, modern version of traditional workplaces. The Digital Workplace experience provides personalised, role-based services as well as the data, applications, and collaboration tools required for employees to work securely with each other from anywhere, on any device, at any time.

Our aim is to enable teams across the NHS to connect to information, expertise and knowledge to help them be more productive and to support decision making.

Digital Workplace Services will adopt a simple, user-centric approach adoption of technology and digital tools, systems and services across the new NHS England and the wider system.

The teams are divided into three core areas providing technical and service management expertise:

• Web team
• Corporate IT
• Services are delivered to internal customers and NHS organisations.

Please note this job vacancy is based in either Wellington Place, Leeds LS1 4AP, Wellington House, London SE1 8UG & Hexagon House EX2 5SE.

Main duties of the job

• Managing the set-up and delivery of projects, working with colleagues and subject matter experts on the strategic planning, scoping, design and the delivery.
• Plan, develop and evaluate methods and processes for gathering, analysing, interpreting and presenting data and information.
• Works within organisation and national guidance, interpreting national guidance relevant to the project and acting as a subject matter specialist within the specific project area.
• Develop standardised operation processes and procedures for projects, and work with senior team members to develop project management policies that apply across NHS England.
• Deliver significant projects for NHS England that support system transformation and deliver transformation across the new operating model.
• Manage the whole lifecycle of a project, reporting on progress and managing risks and issues, escalating where necessary to the project board.
• Support organisational change and the uptake of initiatives that support excellence.
• Ensure benefits are identified, understood, measured, tracked and owned.
• Demonstrate flexibility and support new programmes and projects where necessary.
• Interrogate and analyse, sometimes highly complex, information to support the delivery of clear project reporting and project outcomes.

About us

The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:

• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care.
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

NHS England holds a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you'll usually need to be paid the 'standard' salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the 'going rate' for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.

Job responsibilities

We value the different experiences our people bring to their work. We're working to create an environment where everyone can make a full contribution no matter their background, identity, or circumstances.

Which means, we encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities.

You can find further details about the role, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description, Assignment Brief and other supporting documents.

Person Specification

Knowledge/Experience

• Experience as a Project manager for a large corporation or similar experience within the NHS.
• Knowledge of Project management software such as MS Projects or similar.
• Experience of working in portfolio and/or programme management environment delivering applications.

Skills

• Investigation of operational problems and opportunities and of identifying effective business solutions through process improvements.
• Reviewing documents and statements of work for compliance with legislation and organisational / government policy.

Qualifications

• Educated to Masters level in a relevant area of academic practice or equivalent experience working at a commensurate band / level.

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.

£53,755 to £60,504 a year (exclusive of London weighting)