Digital Project Manager
Job summary
The Digital Project Manager will join a team of Project Managers within the Digital department focused on delivery of digital products that improve care and the capabilities of the Trust.
The Digital Project Manager will lead and manage a range of complex technical projects from initiation to delivery, ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to a high-quality standard. They will develop and maintain project plans, including detailed schedules, budgets, and resource plans, and work with stakeholders to define project requirements and scope.
The Digital Project Manager will coordinate cross-functional teams, including both technical and non-technical staff, to achieve project goals and manage project budgets and resource allocation, providing regular reports on project progress and financial performance.
This role is part of a newly created team and the Digital Project Manager will have the opportunity to contribute to the improvement of project management practices and processes.
With digital solutions as a key component of the NHS 10-year plan, it is essential to embed 'digital-first' thinking throughout the Trust. The Digital Project Manager will bring clinical and corporate colleagues on the digital journey. They will need to be confident in building and maintaining positive working relationships with stakeholders and colleagues at all levels of the organisation.
Main duties of the job
- Provide end to end project management from initial stakeholder engagement and business case development through to service transition and benefits realisation.
- Build relationships and effective lines of communication with key stakeholders at all levels
- Work with user groups and project teams, motivating, mediating and communicating across the trust and creating a user-centered approach to projects
- Produce and maintain project documentation, including plans, deliverables, risk and issue registers, highlight reports, escalation reports, requirements and benefits realisation documentation
- Contribute to the improvement of project management practices and processes
About us
We are passionate about providing the very best care to the people we support, and we're looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us.
What is it that makes our Trust such a special place to work? Well, it's all about the people. Our staff, service users, carers and families all come from such diverse backgrounds and all have expertise and stories to share.
It's important that you feel supported in your role, that the people who you work with are as passionate as you are and that your health and wellbeing is taken care of
If you're interested in developing your career, you'll have access to a range of training and education opportunities, including apprenticeships, work experience and placements, as well as the chance to get involved in research.
We are all very proud of the difference we make to people's lives each and every day and if that's something that you'd like to be part of we'd love to have you with us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See the Job Description and Person Specification for the detailed job description and a full list of responsibilities
Person Specification
Knowledge and Skills
- Good communication skills, both written (complex report writing) and spoken, including formal presentation / facilitation skills
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft products in particular Word, Excel, PowerPoint (desktop and online), Teams, SharePoint (or similar technologies)
- Ability to set out conclusions and recommendations clearly and concisely in a range of styles to reflect the needs of the audience
- Ability to present effectively to large groups including senior staff
- Confidently facilitate workshops, generating enthusiasm and support from participants
- Ability to create track and maintain a clear project plan and prioritise workloads and resource them in response to changing demands and requirements.
- Ability to deliver key project processes such as risk and issue management in line with best practice.
- Experience of Electronic Patient Record programmes
Training and Qualifications
- oEducated to degree level or equivalent experience
- oEvidence of significant continuing professional development
- oProject management qualification or equivalent experience
- oKnowledge of Agile project management methodologies
Experience
- oKnowledge of project management in the design, development and implementation of change management
- oSignificant experience of working in an autonomous way, working within defined parameters to meet defined objectives and make rational decisions.
- oExperience of working in a change environment with multiple stakeholders, across organisational boundaries and securing their engagement
- oExperience of influencing staff at all levels to ensure project objectives are owned by all members of the teams including users and stakeholders.
- oEvidence of successful delivery of financial and/or quality benefits within agreed timescales
- oEvidence of the ability to persuade teams to take on new ways of working and to consistently challenge the status quo
- oExperience of developing, monitoring and managing budgets Experience of training and facilitating group development and delivering training, education and development opportunities
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
Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
45 Wardsend Rd N
Sheffield
S6 1LX
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.sheffieldpartnership.nhs.uk/