New Workforce Solution Project Manager
Job summary
NHS Band 8A Salary: £57,528 - £64,750 per annum
Hours per Week: Full Time 37.5
Contract: Temporary for 12 months
Interview Date: Thursday 4th June 2026
We are excited to be working as an early adopter for the New Workforce Solution and are looking for a dynamic and responsive Project Manager to support our implementation journey.
Working alongside the Implementation Lead and national support team, you will be responsible for the internal tracking and day-to-day support to make this project a success. With a track record in project management, you will have excellent IT skills to support tracking, reporting and support the project team to deliver the technical aspects required for project success. You will have excellent communication skills, including experience of writing reports for project boards.
Main duties of the job
- Monitor and report on progress of the project to the Project Board and all stakeholders.
- Co-ordinate quality activities to meet quality objectives. Manage project risks, issues and change control, communicating the impact to the Project Board.
- Monitor projects against time, budget and quality standards.
- Identify the location of support to resolve technical issues affecting the transition into support and formally closing off the project.
- Conduct or contribute to post-implementation reviews and identify any lessons learned.
- Evidence of the ability to persuade teams to take on new ways of working and to consistently challenge the status quo.
- Act as a change agent in the new workforce solution supporting people to think differently about the digital solution.
- Support the System Implementation Lead to challenge the status quo.
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.
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veterans' status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job summary
- Support implementation of the quality strategy, including any processes and templates, across all projects.
- Implement the change control process across all projects and portfolios.
- Support the definition of small/medium project Business Cases (scope, goals, deliverables, costs, timescales, plans, dependencies, resource requirements and milestones).
- Ensure a pre-scope project plan is communicated to all project stake holders together with their individual responsibilities.
- Provide effective management support to project teams on small to medium sized projects.
- Ensure project plans are created and maintained, deliverables tracked against time and cost, and resource utilisation is monitored.
Specific Core Functions:
- As a Project Manager, you will lead on the implementation of the new Workforce Solution, working autonomously on some areas and closely with the Implementation & Transformation Manager and the rest of the team.
- The post-holder will need to work across different levels of the organisation with a high level of autonomy, self-drive & motivation, to inspire, design and lead projects. You will be able to manage multiple priorities and work effectively within teams to achieve the plan set out.
- The role requires the individual to engage with a complex agenda and to support the organisation in driving forward the transformation and quality agenda.
For further details please refer to enclosed job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Educated to master's level and evidence of post-graduate qualification, or equivalent by virtue of experience.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Project management qualification or significant knowledge of methodologies.
- Evidence of continuing professional development including management studies to master's level or above or equivalent experience.
- Professional registration (BCS, IET, UKCHIP).
- ITIL Practitioner Certificates.
- Sufficient knowledge of NHS/Government policies, strategies and organisational relationships in relation to digital, IT and public service developments, to be able to advise clients and develop proposals for the IT Department to respond to corporate needs.
Experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development including management studies to masters level or above or equivalent experience.
- Professional registration (BCS, IET, UKCHIP).
- ITIL Practitioner Certificates.
- Sufficient knowledge of NHS/Government policies, strategies and organisational relationships in relation to digital, IT and public service developments, to be able to advise clients and develop proposals for the IT Department to respond to corporate needs.
- Experience of working as a digital specialist within a non-digital environment (preferably involving clinical or supporting health services).
- Experience of working in a People Services environment.
Skills and Knowledge
- Knowledge and Experience of organisational change or continuous improvement.
- Knowledge and understanding of the current and developing strategic digital requirements of an NHS Trust.
- Knowledge of clinical pathways across the Trust and understanding of Trust mandatory performance standards.
Employer details
Employer name
Isle of Wight NHS Trust
Address
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Corporate Hub
Block 4000, Lakeside North Harbour, Western Road
Cosham
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO6 3EN
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.iow.nhs.uk/