Programme Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Programme Manager will provide co-ordination, leadership, and management, shaping a work programme to successfully deliver transformational change across the landscape of the NHS in Wales. Working in partnership with the clinical lead and Health Board cancer managers and primary care practitioners, to develop, implement, monitor, and evaluate project plans.

The successful candidate should have excellent communication skills; the ability to build effective sustainable working relationships with key stakeholders and partners and proven experience of leading and implementing successful projects through a multi-disciplinary, multi-organisational and cross boundary approach.

The post holder will be based at an NHS Executive, Cancer Network office and be willing to travel across sites within NHS Wales.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered PPM Professional - PRINCE2 and Managing Successful Programmes, or demonstrable practical experience.
• Educated to relevant Masters Degree level or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages.

• ECDL Level 2 or equivalent.

Experience

• Management experience in a senior role including staff management.
• Experience of successfully leading and implementing projects / programmes at a national level.
• Expertise in delivering project and programme management services and tailoring methodologies to suite the local environment.
• Experience of managing budgets.
• Experience of successfully leading and implementing project driven change management.

• Demonstrate involvement in and enthusiasm for developing capability for improvement and system leadership.
• Working in NHS Wales.
• Working with stakeholders e.g. NHS Wales, Welsh Government.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of Welsh Government and NHS Wales policy context.
• Knowledge of national cancer policy.
• Knowledge of key issues facing the national networks and programmes.

• Knowledge and clear insight into current challenges facing NHS Wales.

Skills and Aptitude

• Ability to organise, plan, prioritise and deliver a strategic programme of work to deliver deadlines across multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to communicate highly complex technical concepts and analysis effectively to different organisations and audiences; including formal presentations e.g. Board level and UK wide conferences.
• Demonstrate an ability to provide, receive and record both routine and highly complex communications, electronically, orally and written.
• Ability to overcome barriers associated with conveying highly complex technical information to a non-technical audience.
• Ability to work closely with people in other disciplines and form professional working relationships.
• Demonstrate an ability to carry out analysis, interpretation and comparison of complex change management and service improvement training issues, and to act as an expert reference point.
• To present and showcase achievements and progress of the programme / portfolio.
• Ability to communicate effectively across different levels of an organisation.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with team members and other staff.
• Can demonstrate initiative, creativity, flexibility and a personal ethos of continuous improvement.
• Show an ability to gain an understanding of other professionals 'problem solving' requirements.
• Ability to focus, concentrate and accurately complete tasks within given timeframes whilst dealing with unscheduled interruptions e.g. changing priorities.
• Ability to manage an improvement programme across organisations.
• Ability to translate strategy into action.

Personal Attributes

• Flexible approach to meet the needs of the service.
• Able to act independently, decisively and effectively in leading a programme.
• Ability to watch and listen to and interpret key messages and respond appropriately.
• Able to effectively and appropriately deal with criticism and challenging people and situations.
• Ability to challenge current thinking positively and creatively in order to develop new and better policy & operational working practices.
• Able to significantly influence others who are based externally, to achieve national targets without any direct authority.
• Ability to lead others, think strategically and communicate vision effectively. Demonstrate commitment to improving care through the principles of change management.
• Demonstrate commitment to improving care through the principles of change management.
• Flexibility and enthusiasm for working in an open and transparent manner.
• Commitment to good team working and relationships.
• Ability to question constructively and problem solve.

Other

• Willingness and ability to travel.

• Welsh Speaker/willingness to learn.

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

Public Health Wales

Address

1st Floor River House

Cardiff

CF15 9SS

https://phw.nhs.wales/