Job summary
* Please note the banding for this role is subject to AfC *
Are you an experienced Senior Technical Project Manager looking for your next challenge?
We are pleased to be recruiting Senior Technical Project Managers on a 12 month fixed term contract, to play a key role in supporting the successful delivery of the Digital Transformation programme supporting the strategic digital objectives and strategy across the organisation.
The role will be responsible for managing complex technical projects including the development and management of project plans and issue & risk logs. You will play an integral part to the project management groups, ensuring that all project workstream leads both internal and external are on target to deliver workstream tasks which is critical to a safe and successful go-live / cutover.
Part of your core role will be to ensure that highlight reports are completed within the agreed timeframes and relevant project documentation is prepared in advance of project Programme Boards and Steering Committees.
Main duties of the job
- The post holder will be required to build and maintain excellent working relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders on a range of business sensitive issues.
- Managing interdependencies across on-boarding, transition to BAU, maintenance and upgrade workstreams managing effective working relationships with the appropriate stakeholders.
- To be able to communicate with internal digital teams, divisional IT teams, ICS system partners and third party suppliers discussing complex technical terminology including firewalls, VM technologies, LAN / WAN, Wireless, Storage etc.
- Ensures optimum engagement, securing appropriate buy in, support and understanding
- Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, including presenting information about projects and dependencies to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders in formal settings.
- Chair project workstream lead meetings ensuring workstreams remain on target and track any project escalations through to resolution
- Responsible for the development and maintenance of ongoing project initiation documentation (PID).
- Plan and organise a broad range of complex activates in relation to projects which may require adjustment
- Produce and update high quality project documentation including project plans, communication plans, benefits realisation plans, highlight and exception reports.
- Identify project stakeholders and implement sustainable stakeholder management plans
About us
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is the main provider of acute hospital services for around half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales.
Encompassing some of the most picturesque parts of England and Wales, the Trust's catchment stretches from the Cambrian Mountains in the west, to Newport and the fringes of the Black Country in the east. The main towns include: Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Market Drayton, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Whitchurch (in Shropshire); Newport, Telford and Wellington (in Telford & Wrekin); and Newtown and Welshpool (in Powys) - all beautiful and unique.
We are committed to providing the best possible diagnostic facilities and high-quality clinical care in a clean, supportive environment where patients are treated effectively with respect and dignity.
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust continues to work with our partners in health and social care in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin and mid Wales to develop patient-focused services that meet the needs of our communities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description and Person Specification
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description and Person Specification
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training, plus further specialist project management knowledge or experience to masters level equivalent
- PRINCE 2 Practitioner or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Formal Agile Project Management qualification or significant demonstrable experience
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of managing large scale, complex projects within a large corporate organisation
- Experience of working in a complex, multidisciplinary organisation
- Experience of working closely with a wide range of stakeholders
- Problem solving: having the capacity to analyse problems in a logical and structured way using qualitative and quantitative information, supporting the generation of innovative solutions and adapting approaches to problem-solving to achieve sustainable outcomes
- Analytical: able to use and interpret complex information to make robust recommendations for evidence-based practice and decision making
- Procurement management, including goods and supplies, service contracts etc.
- Able to facilitate workshops, meetings and engagement sessions
- Significant experience of working with complex project plans, project task interdependencies
- Significant experience managing complex issue and risk logs
- Understanding of complex technical technologies and terminology including firewalls, VM technologies, LAN / WAN, Wireless, Storage
Desirable
- Experience of working in the NHS
- Experience of initiating partnership working across organisational boundaries
Skills
Essential
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to respond effectively to multiple priorities
- Ability to use project management software - ideally Microsoft Project
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to communicate complex concepts and processes in a "user friendly" way.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate contentious and sensitive performance information and change requirements.
- Political awareness - ability to understand the impact decisions on services and organisations outside the immediate scope of the project
- Ability to manage a very demanding workload, diligently and successfully delivering activities accurately and on time
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training, plus further specialist project management knowledge or experience to masters level equivalent
- PRINCE 2 Practitioner or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Formal Agile Project Management qualification or significant demonstrable experience
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of managing large scale, complex projects within a large corporate organisation
- Experience of working in a complex, multidisciplinary organisation
- Experience of working closely with a wide range of stakeholders
- Problem solving: having the capacity to analyse problems in a logical and structured way using qualitative and quantitative information, supporting the generation of innovative solutions and adapting approaches to problem-solving to achieve sustainable outcomes
- Analytical: able to use and interpret complex information to make robust recommendations for evidence-based practice and decision making
- Procurement management, including goods and supplies, service contracts etc.
- Able to facilitate workshops, meetings and engagement sessions
- Significant experience of working with complex project plans, project task interdependencies
- Significant experience managing complex issue and risk logs
- Understanding of complex technical technologies and terminology including firewalls, VM technologies, LAN / WAN, Wireless, Storage
Desirable
- Experience of working in the NHS
- Experience of initiating partnership working across organisational boundaries
Skills
Essential
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to respond effectively to multiple priorities
- Ability to use project management software - ideally Microsoft Project
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to communicate complex concepts and processes in a "user friendly" way.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate contentious and sensitive performance information and change requirements.
- Political awareness - ability to understand the impact decisions on services and organisations outside the immediate scope of the project
- Ability to manage a very demanding workload, diligently and successfully delivering activities accurately and on time
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).