Project Manager

Job summary

This vacancy is open to employees of Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust only.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work alongside a team of programme and project managers in the delivery of a challenging programme of work across the Strategy portfolio (Strategic Planning and Strategy & Transformation).

About us

Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this.

The single corporate service is delivered across both organisations. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.

Job responsibilities

The Project Manager will convene and manage project teams and provide project management support to the operational and business leads within Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust to enable the delivery of transformation and change initiatives.To Project manage the delivery of work assigned by the Directors, Trusts Executives and Trust Leadership Teams, and those acting on their behalf in line with the standard Programme Management framework to support improvements using various change management techniques.The post holder will support performance improvement across both organisations as required.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Essential
• - First degree and evidence of further study or equivalent experience
• - Post Graduate Diploma or demonstrable equivalent professional development

Desirable

• Desirable
• - A recognised Project Management qualification

Experience

Essential

• Essential
• - Experience of hands-on project management, service development, transformation and change management, and/or business planning
• - A high level of experience of all standard
• - MS Office applications (including O365 and Teams)
• - Experience of assisting in the planning of organisation-wide change activities
• - Evidence of supporting the successful Implementation of change
• - Experience of working in a team where cross-pollination of skills is essential
• - Experience of operating in an environment of conflicting priorities and managing the trade- offs and compromises that result
• - Able to present with confidence to a variety of audiences

Desirable

• Desirable
• - Experience of using project management software
• - Experience of complex change programmes