Job summary
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust are looking to appoint a Project Manager to join our expanding Digital Project Management Office (PMO).
The PMO is situated within the Information Management and Technology (IM&T) department, located at our Prestwich site.
The successful candidate will have extensive experience of working effectively within a project environment, with a proven record of delivering a range of diverse innovation and transformation projects to time, quality and cost.
We are looking for a committed, enthusiastic, team player who is results driven, enjoys new challenges and wants to make a real difference to our Service Users, through the service we provide and the continual pursuit of excellence.
Main duties of the job
To be an effective member of the IM&T Project Management Office (PMO) with responsibility for:
- The successful planning, execution, monitoring, control and closure of a number of IM&T projects within your remit.
- Providing management, guidance and support to colleagues and junior members of the PMO.
- Being central to the continual development of the PMO and its functionality.
About us
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over6,400members of staff, who deliver services from more than160locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.
Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See attached detailed job description and person specification:
Staff benefits
- Pay Enhancements 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts
Job description
Job responsibilities
See attached detailed job description and person specification:
Staff benefits
- Pay Enhancements 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
Desirable
- IM&T related qualification
- Recognised management / leadership qualification
- Master's degree qualification
- Project Management qualification e.g. Prince2 Practitioner
Experience
Essential
- Proven ability of delivering complex, large scale projects.
- Extensive project management experience in an IM&T related area.
- Experience of working with complex information and using persuasive and effective negotiating skills.
- Experience of analysing complex and conflicting information effectively
- Proven ability to manage budgets and human/financial resources effectively, demonstrating staff management and leadership skills.
- Experience of managing complex change and benefits realisation.
- Substantial experience in IT or related project management encompassing all stages from initiation to go live
- Considerable experience in planning and delivery of significant organisational change.
- Experience of assessing requirements and the development of technical/functional specifications of requirements
- Experience of tendering and procurement of IT or related products and services.
- Extensive experience of developing and implementing strategies, policies and action plans.
- Experience of process mapping and service redesign
- Experience of interpreting and implementing national guidelines and policy.
- Experience of group facilitation
- Evidence of exposure to working at a senior, strategic level.
- Evidence of being able to provide training on functionality, risks and benefits of a project
Desirable
- Experience of working for the NHS and/or in mental health.
- Experience of managing national project implementations.
- Experience of patient or health service user-based systems.
Knowledge
Essential
- To have knowledge of NHS IM&T related areas, standards and expectations.
- To have an appreciation of best practice techniques on training delivery and awareness enhancing.
- Thorough understanding of the NHS and/or social care national IM&T agenda
- Understanding of key NHS policy and targets.
- Practical understanding of how NHS or social care organisations operate.
- Thorough knowledge of patient/client-based IT systems.
- Extensive experience of projects, managing complex developments to achieve a set of agreed objectives.
- Sound understanding and working knowledge of change management concepts such as process mapping, process redesign, stakeholder expectation management.
- Understanding of NHS IT procurement and tendering processes.
- Knowledge and practical application of financial and risk management.
- Understanding of business analysis techniques.
Desirable
- Understanding of the current NHS mental health policy and strategy
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written skills (with the ability to train and deliver presentations, and the ability to write clear, concise reports)
- Good organisation skills, with the ability to work under pressure and to deadlines.
- Ability to work effectively within multi-faceted teams.
- Ability to think strategically to deliver projects.
- Excellent negotiation and influencing skills.
- Ability to maintain an understanding of numerous Trust wide priorities.
- Good analytical and judgemental skills.
- Demonstrable ability to lead project teams.
- Excellent project management skills including an in-depth understanding of project management techniques.
- Attention to detail when fulfilling tasks.
- proven change management skills, with the ability to identify, embrace and deliver change in highly contentious or sensitive environments.
- Ability to be able to change focus quickly in response to changing demands.
- Ability to develop good working relationships with staff of all disciplines and at all levels.
- Ability to maintain focus whilst dealing with constant interruptions.
Desirable
- Ability to interpret Trust wide priorities into departmental/team deliverables.
Qualities and Attributes
Essential
- Self-confident and motivated individual.
- Team player, open and honest.
- Self-reliant, able to respond appropriately with ambiguity.
- Capacity and ability to operate and think laterally.
- Completer finisher.
- Flexible and adaptable attitude to work.
- Resilient and persistent
- Persuasive
- Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines and prioritise conflicting tasks.
- Ability to learn and apply new skills to different subject areas.
- Ability to work effectively within a team or under own initiative and take decisions about an appropriate course of action without supervision
- Positive attitude towards learning and development, demonstrated by a record of CPD (Continued Professional Development)
- Ability to work creatively as required.
Desirable
- Evidence of innovative and thought-provoking idea generation
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
Desirable
- IM&T related qualification
- Recognised management / leadership qualification
- Master's degree qualification
- Project Management qualification e.g. Prince2 Practitioner
Experience
Essential
- Proven ability of delivering complex, large scale projects.
- Extensive project management experience in an IM&T related area.
- Experience of working with complex information and using persuasive and effective negotiating skills.
- Experience of analysing complex and conflicting information effectively
- Proven ability to manage budgets and human/financial resources effectively, demonstrating staff management and leadership skills.
- Experience of managing complex change and benefits realisation.
- Substantial experience in IT or related project management encompassing all stages from initiation to go live
- Considerable experience in planning and delivery of significant organisational change.
- Experience of assessing requirements and the development of technical/functional specifications of requirements
- Experience of tendering and procurement of IT or related products and services.
- Extensive experience of developing and implementing strategies, policies and action plans.
- Experience of process mapping and service redesign
- Experience of interpreting and implementing national guidelines and policy.
- Experience of group facilitation
- Evidence of exposure to working at a senior, strategic level.
- Evidence of being able to provide training on functionality, risks and benefits of a project
Desirable
- Experience of working for the NHS and/or in mental health.
- Experience of managing national project implementations.
- Experience of patient or health service user-based systems.
Knowledge
Essential
- To have knowledge of NHS IM&T related areas, standards and expectations.
- To have an appreciation of best practice techniques on training delivery and awareness enhancing.
- Thorough understanding of the NHS and/or social care national IM&T agenda
- Understanding of key NHS policy and targets.
- Practical understanding of how NHS or social care organisations operate.
- Thorough knowledge of patient/client-based IT systems.
- Extensive experience of projects, managing complex developments to achieve a set of agreed objectives.
- Sound understanding and working knowledge of change management concepts such as process mapping, process redesign, stakeholder expectation management.
- Understanding of NHS IT procurement and tendering processes.
- Knowledge and practical application of financial and risk management.
- Understanding of business analysis techniques.
Desirable
- Understanding of the current NHS mental health policy and strategy
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written skills (with the ability to train and deliver presentations, and the ability to write clear, concise reports)
- Good organisation skills, with the ability to work under pressure and to deadlines.
- Ability to work effectively within multi-faceted teams.
- Ability to think strategically to deliver projects.
- Excellent negotiation and influencing skills.
- Ability to maintain an understanding of numerous Trust wide priorities.
- Good analytical and judgemental skills.
- Demonstrable ability to lead project teams.
- Excellent project management skills including an in-depth understanding of project management techniques.
- Attention to detail when fulfilling tasks.
- proven change management skills, with the ability to identify, embrace and deliver change in highly contentious or sensitive environments.
- Ability to be able to change focus quickly in response to changing demands.
- Ability to develop good working relationships with staff of all disciplines and at all levels.
- Ability to maintain focus whilst dealing with constant interruptions.
Desirable
- Ability to interpret Trust wide priorities into departmental/team deliverables.
Qualities and Attributes
Essential
- Self-confident and motivated individual.
- Team player, open and honest.
- Self-reliant, able to respond appropriately with ambiguity.
- Capacity and ability to operate and think laterally.
- Completer finisher.
- Flexible and adaptable attitude to work.
- Resilient and persistent
- Persuasive
- Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines and prioritise conflicting tasks.
- Ability to learn and apply new skills to different subject areas.
- Ability to work effectively within a team or under own initiative and take decisions about an appropriate course of action without supervision
- Positive attitude towards learning and development, demonstrated by a record of CPD (Continued Professional Development)
- Ability to work creatively as required.
Desirable
- Evidence of innovative and thought-provoking idea generation
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).
