Digital Services Business Change and Portfolio Delivery Manager
Job summary
The Business Change and Portfolio Delivery Manager will be responsible for overseeing digital project delivery, change and transformation, including the identification, monitoring, tracking, and realisation of benefits. This role involves engaging with colleagues to facilitate user co-design of new processes and ensuring change assurance by aligning change management functions across digital, clinical, and Trust services. The post holder must ensure compliance with NHS technical standards and will have accountability for staff, including line management and professional supervision of digital change delivery staff, as well as occasional matrix management of digital portfolio project staff. They will also act as the Deputy Head of Digital Transformation and will manage relationships across Digital Services to provide an excellent Programme Management service
Main duties of the job
To develop comprehensive programme plans and capacity management reports
To provide effective Programme and portfolio Management, ensuring the coordinated implementation of a number of projects that impact across the Trust
Resolve issues that arise as part of the programme management process, handling complex, sensitive and contentious information in an appropriate manner.
Ensure effective stakeholder engagement and communications for managed projects.
Produce progress reports as required.
Prepare and present project updates and progress reviews to senior level meetings across the Trust and to other stakeholder groups as required, maintaining Programme Plans, Gantt charts and process maps.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
About us
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
- 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
- 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
- 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Management of interdependencies within projects
- Identification of risks and issues and their effective management
- Contribution to the development of the Digital Strategy
- Leading multiple Workstreams and ensuring that programme deliverables and timescales are met
- Providing appropriate support to Project Workstreams to ensure the benefits of the investment are realised
- Working closely with managers, clinicians, and operational staff to ensure a wide understanding of, and commitment to, the relevant Programme
- Participation in groups linked to the delivery of the Programme, such as Digital Group and Corporate Systems Working Group
- Developing project change control procedures and ensuring that effective change control procedures and documentation are implemented and monitored
- Managing capital and other agreed budgets, ensuring good financial control and maintaining records at all times
- Presenting complex, sensitive, or contentious information to large groups in the form of presentations
- Negotiating with and motivating on project delivery, including linking in with other initiatives
- Develop comprehensive programme plansto ensure the coordinated implementation of multiple projects that impact the Trust
- Resolve issuesthat arise during the programme management process, handling complex, sensitive, and contentious information appropriately
- Ensure effective stakeholder engagement and communicationsfor managed projects
- Produce progress and expenditure reportsas required
- Prepare and present project updates and progress reviews to senior-level meetings across the Trust and other stakeholder groups, maintaining Programme Plans, Gantt charts, and process maps. The Trust is required to work in line with the Governments UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit - https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Educated to degree level, and additional knowledge acquired via formal training and accreditation at master's level, or equivalent specialist knowledge acquired through experience.
Length and Nature of Experience
- Specialist working knowledge of improvement methodologies in relevant areas.
- Experienced in Project and Programme Management procedures and processes.
- Experience in the development of complex projects involving change management and organizational development..
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.
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.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
Employer details
Employer name
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Edward Jenner Court
Pioneer Avenue Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth, GL4 3AW
GL4 3AW
Employer's website
https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/
- Company
- Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- Brockworth, GL4 3AW, United Kingdom GL4 3AW
- Employment Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- £55690.00 - £62682.00 a year
- Posted
- Company
- Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- Brockworth, GL4 3AW, United Kingdom GL4 3AW
- Employment Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- £55690.00 - £62682.00 a year
- Posted