Senior Project Manager - Band 7
Job summary
1 x Fixed Term contract/secondment opportunity for up to 12 months.
Hybrid working with a minimum of 2 days a week on site at Edward Jenner Court, Gloucestershire, or project based site within Gloucestershire.
Internal applicants who wish to be considered for a secondment opportunity should discuss with their line manager the suitability of a possible secondment.
This Senior Project Manager post is an exciting opportunity to co-ordinate projects for the Trust and is part of the busy Digital Services Department. We are particularly seeking candidates with experience of delivering digital improvements within estates-focused programmes of work, including moves, changes and infrastructure-related transformation across complex operational environments.
Digital Services lead on digital strategy, development, co-ordination, planning, project and programme management for all IT and Digital supporting functions. This includes the delivery of enabling digital infrastructure requirements that support wider estates programmes, such as data centre migration, structured cabling, wireless connectivity and associated physical IT specifications.
The successful candidate will be confident working across digital and estates teams, translating operational requirements into practical delivery plans and ensuring that physical IT dependencies, technical specifications and service continuity considerations are effectively managed.
Main duties of the job
Project Management across Digital Services and Estates programmes.
Management of risks and issues.
Budget management.
Supplier & contract management.
Ability to produce business cases and papers to present at various Governance meetings.
Attendance at senior meetings, including the ICS.
Ability to translate digital technical requirements and specifications to non technical audiences.
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
Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.
Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Educated to Degree level in a relevant computing or business management discipline with specialist post-graduate modules or equivalent level of experience.
- Prince2 (Practitioner) or equivalent
- Experience of working within the NHS
Experience
- Significant experience in a similar role, together with relevant experience and evidence in Estates focused Project /change Management and environments.
- Track record of delivery of Digital workstreams within an Estates / facilities programme to the required standards, on time and within budget;
Knowledge
- Technical Knowledge in IT/System implementation technologies
- Robust knowledge of IT/ Digital standards linked to buildings and facilities
- Strong knowledge of mechanical and electrical supporting services essential for the delivery of IT/Digital systems and services.
Skills
- Friendly and confident manner in communicating with people at all levels within the organisation and partners.
- Good analytical, Influencing and negotiating skills
- Able to develop and apply reactive and pragmatic solutions to problems
- Ability to manage difficult situations, challenge mindsets and deal with conflict.
- Ability to build close working relationships with colleagues in different directorates from both within and outside of the organisation.
- Ability to research technical specifications and solutions and apply to the project requirements whilst inline with the wider Digital Services standards, strategies and relating / tailoring to meet the Estates focused outcomes
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
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Brockworth
GL3 4AW
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/