Job summary
Job Title -Finance Project Officer
Hours per week-37.50
Perm/Fixed Term-Permanent
Salary-£35,392 - £42,618 per annum
Closing Date-26th April 2024
Interview Date-13th May 2024
The Project Officer will work within the Finance & Information department to support the implementation of a range of projects designed to support growth and diversification of the organisation and deliver service improvements. Projects may be specific to the Trust or be linked to the Integrated Care Board (ICB) or wider health economy. The role will support designated Programme Managers, facilitate and monitor progress of any project under their control and manage their successful implementation, ensuring that projects are completed to the required standard and within specified constraints of time and cost. This will involve the production of plans and documentation through the project lifecycle, managing risks identified and ensuring all identified objectives are met.
This post may close early due to high numbers of applicationsso you are advised to apply promptly.
All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.
A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.
Careers at George Eliot - 'Where you make a difference'
Main duties of the job
- Support the scoping, implementation and delivery of various projects within the portfolio of work managed by Finance and Information and new services designed to deliver service and process improvements.
- Work closely with Finance Senior Leadership team and relevant Programme Manager(s) to provide updates and adherence to project processes and report on project status.
- Working with relevant Programme Manager(s) across teams to secure financial and operational resource from different departments to embed new services and service improvement.
- Provide support for the delivery and allocation of project tasks as appropriate, identifying risks, issues and dependencies, considering best practice and where necessary ensure agreed standards are consistently applied across projects.
- Monitor project delivery by applying relevant key performance indicators (KPIs) to ensure projects are on target. Working with Programme Managers to ensure that KPIs are identified at the start of the project.
- Ability to identify and analyse weaknesses in the project delivery and ability to resolve and communicate issues clearly, escalating concerns to minimise delays and support successful project delivery.
- Preparation of associated project documentation and administration, including drafting terms of reference for the relevant project, coordinating meetings and agendas, minute taking, on-going action log management, risk logs and actions from meetings as well as the management of relevant project papers.
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to 'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits:On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The postholder will work with a varied number of stakeholders depending on the project scope. In a project environment this will typically be senior staff e.g. Chief Finance Officer and similar executives, all project stakeholders, and other interested parties from within the organisation or external parties.
- The role is looking for project managers that develop a good sense of community within the project team. Establishing a healthy culture as part of that community can help win the hearts and minds of clients, staff and suppliers. Culture is about sharing values and a healthy culture will be one that has people who care about each other. In projects it's about creating a 'community' within the project team that shares a common purpose.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The postholder will work with a varied number of stakeholders depending on the project scope. In a project environment this will typically be senior staff e.g. Chief Finance Officer and similar executives, all project stakeholders, and other interested parties from within the organisation or external parties.
- The role is looking for project managers that develop a good sense of community within the project team. Establishing a healthy culture as part of that community can help win the hearts and minds of clients, staff and suppliers. Culture is about sharing values and a healthy culture will be one that has people who care about each other. In projects it's about creating a 'community' within the project team that shares a common purpose.
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of planning, organising and monitoring delivery of a broad range of multi-stranded and complex projects, creation of plans including adjusting those as relevant and monitoring their progress
- Experience of engaging and creating strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, service providers and business partners.
- Experience of creating standard operating procedures, writing reports, analysing information and identifying issues in relation to targets and KPI's and advising corrective actions where required
- Experience of working effectively to meet deadlines
Desirable
- Knowledge of health service management, including change management.
- Advanced specialist knowledge of project/programme management
Qualification(s) and Professional Training
Essential
- GCSE 'O' Level standard for Maths and English or equivalent
- Level 5 qualification or equivalent experience
- A degree in a relevant subject area or equivalent experience.
- Knowledge & use of Microsoft Office packages, e.g. Word, PowerPoint and Excel
Desirable
- Professional Project Manager qualifications (Prince2 Foundation or Practitioner) or willing to take up formal project management qualification
- Evidence of recent Continuing Professional Development.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to understand, interpret, advise on, and implement published guidance and mandatory requirements in respect of the project.
- Effective analytical skills, able to review and interpret information and data and translate into reports, scenarios, presenting options and recommendations.
- Ability to effectively set out timelines for the project delivery, write reports and present data
- Ability to assess and prioritise workload according to urgency and need and in accordance with deadlines, performance targets.
- Effective communication and presentation skills (both verbally and non-verbally), communicated to a wide range of individuals and groups at all levels internally and externally
- Persuasion, and motivational skills, able to gain co-operation at all levels. To include an ability to calmly resolve sensitive issues in a professional manner.
- Computer literate with advanced keyboard skills and experienced in the use of Microsoft and other software packages for data analysis and report-writing.
- An ability to plan and consider potential impacts on the project
- An ability to identify and understand risks to a project(s).
- An ability to work with a high degree of accuracy.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Personal drive to work efficiently with the ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to train and teach others, facilitate development sessions and act as workplace mentor.
- Ability to lead at meetings and chair where necessary and be clear in driving outcomes at meetings
- Ability to work as effectively alone under one's own initiate and as a team member.
- Adaptable and imaginative
- Innovative and enthusiastic.
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of planning, organising and monitoring delivery of a broad range of multi-stranded and complex projects, creation of plans including adjusting those as relevant and monitoring their progress
- Experience of engaging and creating strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, service providers and business partners.
- Experience of creating standard operating procedures, writing reports, analysing information and identifying issues in relation to targets and KPI's and advising corrective actions where required
- Experience of working effectively to meet deadlines
Desirable
- Knowledge of health service management, including change management.
- Advanced specialist knowledge of project/programme management
Qualification(s) and Professional Training
Essential
- GCSE 'O' Level standard for Maths and English or equivalent
- Level 5 qualification or equivalent experience
- A degree in a relevant subject area or equivalent experience.
- Knowledge & use of Microsoft Office packages, e.g. Word, PowerPoint and Excel
Desirable
- Professional Project Manager qualifications (Prince2 Foundation or Practitioner) or willing to take up formal project management qualification
- Evidence of recent Continuing Professional Development.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to understand, interpret, advise on, and implement published guidance and mandatory requirements in respect of the project.
- Effective analytical skills, able to review and interpret information and data and translate into reports, scenarios, presenting options and recommendations.
- Ability to effectively set out timelines for the project delivery, write reports and present data
- Ability to assess and prioritise workload according to urgency and need and in accordance with deadlines, performance targets.
- Effective communication and presentation skills (both verbally and non-verbally), communicated to a wide range of individuals and groups at all levels internally and externally
- Persuasion, and motivational skills, able to gain co-operation at all levels. To include an ability to calmly resolve sensitive issues in a professional manner.
- Computer literate with advanced keyboard skills and experienced in the use of Microsoft and other software packages for data analysis and report-writing.
- An ability to plan and consider potential impacts on the project
- An ability to identify and understand risks to a project(s).
- An ability to work with a high degree of accuracy.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Personal drive to work efficiently with the ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to train and teach others, facilitate development sessions and act as workplace mentor.
- Ability to lead at meetings and chair where necessary and be clear in driving outcomes at meetings
- Ability to work as effectively alone under one's own initiate and as a team member.
- Adaptable and imaginative
- Innovative and enthusiastic.
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
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).
Employer details
Employer name
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
Address
Lewes House, Nuneaton, Warwickshire
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust, College Street, Warwickshire
Nuneaton
CV10 7DJ
Employer's website
http://www.geh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
