Job summary
Join our team as a Band 6 Project Manager, where you'll play a vital role in driving strategic education and student experience development within the Directorate of Education and Training (DET) and related initiatives. You'll contribute towards the implementation of the Trust's strategy, coordinate projects, and collaborate with colleagues to propose new activities aligned with our broader goals. With a focus on stakeholder engagement, you'll build and maintain relationships across the directorate, ensuring student voices are heard throughout.
Your responsibilities will include project management across the directorate, providing specialist advice to senior staff, and effectively communicating project information to stakeholders. You will play a key role in embedding delivered projects into business-as-usual functions. Additionally, you'll stay informed about sector developments, contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, and foster a collaborative team environment.
If you're passionate about education and ready to make a meaningful impact, we want to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The Project Manager position, reporting to the Projects and Partnerships Manager, involves providing day-to-day support to colleagues in implementing the Trust's education and training priorities. This encompasses managing projects and workstreams across the Directorate of Education & Training, as well as supporting members of staff from across the Directorate in leading these initiatives.
Stakeholder engagement is a significant aspect, requiring collaboration with faculty and professional service teams across the directorate, necessitating the establishment and cultivation of robust working relationships with staff and fostering good relations with the broader student body. Specifically, close collaboration is expected with the Head of Operations, Director of Education (Teaching & Learning), the Director of Education (Academic Governance & Quality), the Director of Education (Operations), as well as heads of professional service teams and academic portfolios.
You will have responsibility for managing projects that span the Directorate, gaining support and buy-in from members of the Senior Leadership and Management Team and the Directorate as a whole, and seeing through to implementation. You will help embed delivered projects into business-as-usual functions and will participate in strategic planning for future developments.
About us
The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health Trust, providing a full range of over 30 mental health services and psychological therapies for children and their families, young people and adults. The Trust is also registered with the Office for Students and the Division of Education & Training (DET) delivers over 100 education and training courses to over 4,000 students, including Master's and Doctoral degrees through University Partners. The Trust educators are also clinicians, creating a rare clinician-tutor-academic model delivered in a healthcare setting where theory and practice are in constant conversation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities, and the post holder may be required to undertake other duties which fall within the grade of the job, in discussion with the Projects and Partnerships Manager.
- Lead strategic education and student experience development within the Directorate of Education and Training and related initiatives, ensuring effective project coordination and communication.
- Coordinate development projects, initiatives, and related activity, ensuring alignment to the Trust's strategy and directorate strategic aims.
- Propose and define new activities aligned with broader goals through collaboration.
- Foster stakeholder engagement across the directorate to ensure staff and student voices are heard.
- Manage projects, provide specialist advice, and communicate effectively with stakeholders, working with colleagues to define the measures of success for projects and initiatives.
- Identify, source and collate data and information required by project teams and/or task and finish groups, undertaking analysis as required
- Stay informed about sector developments and contribute to continuous improvement.
- Represent the Directorate of Education & Training at internal and external meetings.
- Pursue training and professional development opportunities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities, and the post holder may be required to undertake other duties which fall within the grade of the job, in discussion with the Projects and Partnerships Manager.
- Lead strategic education and student experience development within the Directorate of Education and Training and related initiatives, ensuring effective project coordination and communication.
- Coordinate development projects, initiatives, and related activity, ensuring alignment to the Trust's strategy and directorate strategic aims.
- Propose and define new activities aligned with broader goals through collaboration.
- Foster stakeholder engagement across the directorate to ensure staff and student voices are heard.
- Manage projects, provide specialist advice, and communicate effectively with stakeholders, working with colleagues to define the measures of success for projects and initiatives.
- Identify, source and collate data and information required by project teams and/or task and finish groups, undertaking analysis as required
- Stay informed about sector developments and contribute to continuous improvement.
- Represent the Directorate of Education & Training at internal and external meetings.
- Pursue training and professional development opportunities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First degree qualification or equivalent
- Project management qualification or demonstrable equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Experience of using project management methodologies and tools (e.g., Agile, Prince2, MS Project etc.)
Desirable
- Experience of working in a higher education environment.
Skills
Essential
- Excellent skills in using Microsoft Office programmes including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint to produce reports, manage databases, make routine presentations and write correspondence
- Ability to professionally communicate business complex, sensitive and highly contentious information with a range of internal and external stakeholders at all levels
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First degree qualification or equivalent
- Project management qualification or demonstrable equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Experience of using project management methodologies and tools (e.g., Agile, Prince2, MS Project etc.)
Desirable
- Experience of working in a higher education environment.
Skills
Essential
- Excellent skills in using Microsoft Office programmes including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint to produce reports, manage databases, make routine presentations and write correspondence
- Ability to professionally communicate business complex, sensitive and highly contentious information with a range of internal and external stakeholders at all levels
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).
