Project Manager 

Job Type: Temporary

Sector: Healthcare 

Duration: Ongoing role with no end date given at this stage

Location: Norwich  

Remote Working: Hybrid but must be able to travel to site, this is to be discussed with the client  

Band: 7

Pay Rates: 

£19.50-£22.50 paye per hour

£21.50-£25.50 paye inclusive of holiday pay per hour

£24.50-£29.00 umbrella per hour

All of the rates are depending on skill and experience. 

Working Days and Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm

Job Summary 

• The PMO Manager role is a full time position, accountable to the Chief Operating Officer and supports the Trust’s Programme Management Office (PMO).
• The role of the PMO is to provide the structure, process and critical challenge for CIPs and to report on progress, key issues and risks to enable key decisions and actions to be taken in a timely manner.
• The role will enable the organisation to identify and deliver their annual Cost Improvement Programme (CIP), and project management of the Trust’s major service developments and reconfigurations.
• The post holder will have the ability to set up and provide on-going management of robust programme/project controls, methodologies and reporting measures as appropriate to the scale and complexity of the work. This will include change control, scope management, forecasting, budgeting and cost management, quality assurance, risk/opportunities and issues management.
• The post holder will require the ability to create and amend appropriate programme/project reporting so progress can be captured and reviewed, updates and briefings disseminated as required by the programme/project.
• The post holder will have experience in programme / project control and reporting and have specialist knowledge in project management and NHS operational delivery, with proven experience of supporting the delivery of tangible benefits in this area.
• The post holder is expected to establish and maintain positive interpersonal relationships with other staff members characterised by trust, mutual respect, and open, honest communication.

Key duties and responsibilities

PMO Reporting

• To provide and receive highly complex information and, in the absence of the Senior PMO Manager, present this to groups which include Executives, Associate Directors and Divisional Triumvirates.
• Responsibility for Information Resources, including maintaining the integrity of the data included within the PMO tracking documentation used for reporting filing systems and audit trails/references. 
• Actively drives insight and recommendations based on sound analysis to enhance business decision making at a senior level. 
• Responsible for the production of reports, papers and multiple programmed outputs on a range of topics associated with project, programme and portfolio management, using a variety of software and data systems to access and generate information.
• Independently and through leading teams, is able to provide clear direction as to what control and reporting requirements are needed for medium to high complexity programme/projects to minimise the adverse effects of risks and maximise opportunities. 
• Uses commercial awareness to ensure appropriate and rigorous financial management controls are in place. Applies various uses of budgeting/financial information to take action to reduce costs/maximise profit whilst managing programme/project risk. 
• To develop understanding and expertise in the latest CIP/efficiency saving techniques.
• Uses information gathered to address variances from plan. Makes necessary changes to plans addressing and escalating issues to ensure early resolution. Seeks to address and achieve early resolution of issues and involves and negotiates with stakeholders to achieve continued progress and buy in.
• Propose changes to PMO policies and processes which have a Trust wide impact
• Required to possess excellent IT skills, including the use of spreadsheet and database packages to produce user-friendly reports

CIP/Project Management

• The post holder will support the team in planning workshops, events and organise a broad range of complex activities and will formulate and adjust plans as required.
• Apply analytics methodology in Transformation Programmes construction, delivering a robust planning framework to deliver on all projects, building in comprehensive review and monitoring processes.
• Able to test and constructively critique complex hypotheses to ensure the programme/project benefits/outcomes are valid and can be delivered. 
• Responsibility for review and challenge of all initiatives from a project detail and completeness perspective, alongside suitability in line with the Trust’s strategic priorities.
• To operate within a strict reporting timeframe, working to regular monthly as well as annual deadlines.
• Management of time to accommodate frequent telephone, email and face-to-face interruptions from colleagues requiring urgent and immediate responses to queries. 
• Prioritisation of workload to ensure all targets and objectives are met despite diverse pressures. 
• Ability to use a range of software packages including MS Access at an advanced level. 

Person Specification 

• Degree qualified, or significant equivalent experience working with informatics and complex data
• Proven track record of excel modelling and building or programme and project benefits trackers/databases
• Demonstrable experience and evidence of managing and communicating complex data
• Experience of working within a team to deliver successfully against objectives
• Experience of working to a formal weekly, fortnightly and monthly scheduling and reporting cycle
• Responsibility for/monitoring of a major area of activity
• Experience of analysing highly complex data with multiple components of information in both qualitative and quantitative formats
• Knowledge and clear understanding of the current NHS plan deliverables, local delivery plans and the national modernisation agenda, with experience of interpreting and applying national guidance locally
• Competent in theory and application of service improvement tools and techniques
• Experience of working with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, at all levels
• Operational experience within health and/or social care
• Experience in development of policies/procedures and ensuring compliance
• Experience of managing projects including the creation of project plans, tracking risks and issues and managing delivery resource in a matrix style environment.

Questions

Do you have previous experience working as Band 7 Project Manager within the NHS or Healthcare?

Do you have experience working as Project Manager?

Do you have experience and evidence of managing and communicating complex data?  Do you have experience of working to a formal weekly, fortnightly and monthly scheduling and reporting cycle? 

Do you meet the criteria above and available to start immediately?