Job summary
Join a newly formed PMO team developing our project
management practice and supporting key service transformation projects across
the Trust.
We are looking for an enthusiastic programme/project
manager who is passionate about making a difference and using their skills to
support clinical and managerial colleagues at all levels across the Trust. You will join our newly appointed Associate
Director Trustwide PMO to help change our practice and deliver real benefits
for the people we serve.
This is an ideal opportunity for someone with existing
project management experience and skills to extend their practice. To
be successful in this role you will need to be well-versed and practiced in a
range of different programme and project management and change methodologies.
If you are someone who thrives on new challenges
and helping those around you to achieve change then we would love to have you
as part of our team.
This is an exciting
opportunity for a highly motivated individual to join a committed and
supportive team and develop their career through making a positive difference
for the people served by our successful and friendly mental health and learning
disabilities NHS Trust.
Our team is based at our Headquarters in Leatherhead, Surrey and offers
a flexible blend of in-person and remote working from home. Some travel will be expected to different
locations of the organisation and to external venues.
Main duties of the job
This post will be part of the Trustwide Project
Management Office (PMO) team. The role
of the PMO is to support the effective delivery of our strategy through the
provision of expert, professional programme / project management practice,
assurance and support.
You will work closely with the Associate
Director Trustwide PMO to help champion the development of a professional,
sound, programme/project management discipline to underpin our delivery of
change and planning processes, and ensure consistency in our approach across
the Trust.
As Trustwide PMO Programme/Project Manager
you will work directly with the Corporate and Divisional teams across the Trust
to support the delivery of our priority change plans. Your involvement will range
from concept through to mobilization, for programmes and projects of varying size
and strategic importance, demanding excellent communication, leadership and influencing skills.
This may involve working on two or more complex projects or across a
number of smaller projects.
This role requires a creative, forward thinking and innovative individual with
solid programme/project management skill and
experience of working across professional and organisational boundaries to
deliver sustainable improvement.
About us
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading
provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental
ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We
also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in
Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively
seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the
mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and
voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use
services and carers.
Surrey is a
beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the
South Coast.
Our historic
market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and
our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy
reach.
For
international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
Working from home
contracts do not attract high cost area payments.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Contribute to the professional operation of the Project
Management Office (PMO), promoting and maintaining the highest standards and continuously
improving the quality of project/ programme management across the Trust from
initiation through to benefits realization
Support our
operational and strategic planning processes to deliver Our Strategy
successfully; through a coherent, professional portfolio, programme and project
management approach, providing assurance on the overall integrity and coherence
of the Trustwide portfolio; working effectively with colleagues at all levels
of the organisation
Support the continued improvement of key processes
to enable the successful delivery and benefits realisation across our key
strategic change programmes and projects, working collaboratively with
colleagues in other divisions to ensure alignment and remove potential for
duplication and inefficiency
Ensure sound governance and reporting arrangements are maintained for
all key portfolio programmes/projects; defining and establishing the standard
for documentation, from start to finish, providing these tools and, where
necessary, supporting teams to populate them; including advising and supporting
project start up for projects not directly project managed by the PMO
Provide assurance
on the effectiveness and efficiency of our programmes and projects, through the
maintenance of an effective healthcheck process
Ensure an
effective system for capturing and sharing learning from what has worked well
and what has got in the way of successful delivery to inform future practice
across the Trust
Provide a clear and visible overview/critique
of organisational activity in relation to portfolio/programmes/projects,
providing assurance and support to the safe and timely delivery of key projects
e.g testing for synergies and hotspots to smooth demands on resources and
capacity to deliver
Provide advice, challenge and practical help
to teams to define and plot clear plans which will deliver the change, and
outcomes/benefits, they need building competence and capacity across our
organisation
Lead the active programme/project management of key projects to deliver Our
Strategy and plan, holding all workstream leads to account for delivery
outcomes against agreed milestones as needed
Support the Associate Director Trustwide PMO in the
oversight of the delivery of our key strategic change and improvement
programmes; currently provided through the Strategic Change Programme Board
(SCPB) including the provision of reports, agenda setting, presentations and
minute-taking for this forum
Support the
Associate Director Trustwide PMO in the establishment, development and
maintentance of an up to date suite of
programmes and project management systems and processes and associated tools, making
these easily available to colleagues to support the development and application
of core skills across the organisation
Provide expert programme/project management advice and assurance
function for professional programme/project management practice across our
Trust
Contribute to the creation and promotion of a
focal point for those engaged in delivering projects and making change happen, across
the Trust e.g. create a mutual support network for project managers to share
learning and ideas, seek support and help, and affiliation for those in roles
engaged in similar work to help retain and redirect skills as individual
projects come to an end
Work with the Business Development, Innovation,
Reseach & Development, Quality Improvement and other teams engaged in
transformation and change to help drive and mobilise innovations and
improvements across the organisation in line with Our Strategy
Work with Risk team to clearly articulate
risks that have been identified within the project(s) and ensure they are
recorded on our risk register appropriately
Work collaboratively across the Trust, managing your own workload and
supporting others to ensure that the PMOs activities and their change
programmes are successful
Collate and analyse data, prepare and present reports on topics to the
relevant forum when required
Attend appropriate
committees and working groups as and when required,
Work in partnership
with key stakeholders and other agencies
Use experience and
skills to understand highly complex situations and information, identify issues,
gather, collate and sift information
Deputise for the Associate Director Trustwide PMO as required
Job description
Job responsibilities
Contribute to the professional operation of the Project
Management Office (PMO), promoting and maintaining the highest standards and continuously
improving the quality of project/ programme management across the Trust from
initiation through to benefits realization
Support our
operational and strategic planning processes to deliver Our Strategy
successfully; through a coherent, professional portfolio, programme and project
management approach, providing assurance on the overall integrity and coherence
of the Trustwide portfolio; working effectively with colleagues at all levels
of the organisation
Support the continued improvement of key processes
to enable the successful delivery and benefits realisation across our key
strategic change programmes and projects, working collaboratively with
colleagues in other divisions to ensure alignment and remove potential for
duplication and inefficiency
Ensure sound governance and reporting arrangements are maintained for
all key portfolio programmes/projects; defining and establishing the standard
for documentation, from start to finish, providing these tools and, where
necessary, supporting teams to populate them; including advising and supporting
project start up for projects not directly project managed by the PMO
Provide assurance
on the effectiveness and efficiency of our programmes and projects, through the
maintenance of an effective healthcheck process
Ensure an
effective system for capturing and sharing learning from what has worked well
and what has got in the way of successful delivery to inform future practice
across the Trust
Provide a clear and visible overview/critique
of organisational activity in relation to portfolio/programmes/projects,
providing assurance and support to the safe and timely delivery of key projects
e.g testing for synergies and hotspots to smooth demands on resources and
capacity to deliver
Provide advice, challenge and practical help
to teams to define and plot clear plans which will deliver the change, and
outcomes/benefits, they need building competence and capacity across our
organisation
Lead the active programme/project management of key projects to deliver Our
Strategy and plan, holding all workstream leads to account for delivery
outcomes against agreed milestones as needed
Support the Associate Director Trustwide PMO in the
oversight of the delivery of our key strategic change and improvement
programmes; currently provided through the Strategic Change Programme Board
(SCPB) including the provision of reports, agenda setting, presentations and
minute-taking for this forum
Support the
Associate Director Trustwide PMO in the establishment, development and
maintentance of an up to date suite of
programmes and project management systems and processes and associated tools, making
these easily available to colleagues to support the development and application
of core skills across the organisation
Provide expert programme/project management advice and assurance
function for professional programme/project management practice across our
Trust
Contribute to the creation and promotion of a
focal point for those engaged in delivering projects and making change happen, across
the Trust e.g. create a mutual support network for project managers to share
learning and ideas, seek support and help, and affiliation for those in roles
engaged in similar work to help retain and redirect skills as individual
projects come to an end
Work with the Business Development, Innovation,
Reseach & Development, Quality Improvement and other teams engaged in
transformation and change to help drive and mobilise innovations and
improvements across the organisation in line with Our Strategy
Work with Risk team to clearly articulate
risks that have been identified within the project(s) and ensure they are
recorded on our risk register appropriately
Work collaboratively across the Trust, managing your own workload and
supporting others to ensure that the PMOs activities and their change
programmes are successful
Collate and analyse data, prepare and present reports on topics to the
relevant forum when required
Attend appropriate
committees and working groups as and when required,
Work in partnership
with key stakeholders and other agencies
Use experience and
skills to understand highly complex situations and information, identify issues,
gather, collate and sift information
Deputise for the Associate Director Trustwide PMO as required
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level, or equivalent relevant senior management experience
- Evidence of recent and relevant continuing professional development
- Formal training in programme and project management e.g. Prince 2/MSP, Agile or equivalent
Desirable
- Minimum of 3 years recent experience delivering successfully implemented progammes and projects within a well recognized programme/project management methodology e.g., Prince 2, MSP, Agile, APMP or equivalent evidence of relevant professional experience
- Experience of delivering projects across organisational boundaries
- Experience of working with a number of digital packages to support effective communication and presentation of ideas and reports, and the development of effective tools to support practice and new ways of working
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level, or equivalent relevant senior management experience
- Evidence of recent and relevant continuing professional development
- Formal training in programme and project management e.g. Prince 2/MSP, Agile or equivalent
Desirable
- Minimum of 3 years recent experience delivering successfully implemented progammes and projects within a well recognized programme/project management methodology e.g., Prince 2, MSP, Agile, APMP or equivalent evidence of relevant professional experience
- Experience of delivering projects across organisational boundaries
- Experience of working with a number of digital packages to support effective communication and presentation of ideas and reports, and the development of effective tools to support practice and new ways of working
