Project Leader

Job description

Job responsibilities

Service Description

Leeds City Council (Adults and Health Directorate) and Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust have a long history of partnership working. The two organisations are now working in an increasingly formalised way to develop, deliver and improve a range of services. Every day across LCC and LCH thousands of people receive great care and support from dedicated health and care staff, volunteers, and from carers. But we recognise we could do better by working more closely to support the people of Leeds. The LCC LCH Alliance has developed a Workplan which sets out how the LCC LCH Alliance will deliver against this aim in the coming years. This role will support delivery of our workplan, with an initial focus on Active Recovery.

Our aim through Active Recovery at Home is to create an accessible, health and social care short-term community rehabilitation and reablement service in Leeds that would be available at different steps of an individuals care. To support this ambition, we have combined the resources of Leeds City Councils SkILs Reablement Service and Leeds Community Healthcares Neighbourhood Teams. Active Recovery at Home offer will provide a responsive home-based, person centred care and treatment to enable people to maximise their independence and/or recover from illness or injury. They will have better outcomes so they can live at home safe and well longer. Active Recovery at home will also reduce hospital admissions, A&E attendances and delay possible admission to long term care.

Job Purpose

The post holder will be responsible for leading and managing defined project/s for the Trust. The will provide leadership and focus for their project team and will pro-actively communicate with key stakeholders on the development and delivery of their project, ensuring that they are managed in line with best practice standards and that risks are managed and benefits realised.

Key Responsibilities

1. Project Management

1.1 Designing and applying appropriate project management standards to all projects and incorporate in the gateway review process

1.2 Planning and monitoring the project and the production of the required deliverables

1.3 Plan and manage the deployment of physical and financial resources to meet project milestones

1.4 Adopting any delegation and use of project assurance roles within agreed reporting structures

1.5 Preparing and maintaining the project, stage and exception plans as required

1.6 Managing project risks, including the development of contingency plans

1.7 Liaison with project management and related projects to ensure that work is neither overlooked nor duplicated

1.8 Monitoring overall progress and use of resources, initiating corrective action where necessary

1.9 Applying change control and any required configuration management processes

1.10 Reporting through agreed reporting lines on project progress through highlight reports and end-stage assessments;

1.11 Liaison with appointed project assurance representatives to assure the overall direction and integrity of the project;

1.12 Build and sustain effective communications with other roles involved in the project as required

1.13 Maintaining an awareness of potential interdependencies with other projects and their impact

1.14 Identifying and obtaining support and advice required for the management, planning and control of the project

1.15 Develop and initialise projects including the development of appropriate project plans, project documentation including business cases

1.16 Managing all project administration

1.7 Conducting project evaluation review to assess how well the project was managed

1.8 Preparing any follow-on action recommendations as required.

2. Decision Making

2.1 Making judgments where expert opinion may differ or be conflicting. Many decisions will be unique and without precedent. Judgments will have to be taken at risk and without formal supporting infrastructure.

2.2 Interpreting a broad range and significant volume of complex information, prepare intricate financial and performance analyses, evaluate a range of alternative options and propose solutions.

2.3 Formulating and recommending solutions for the mitigation and management of project risks to the project board or other governance infrastructure

2.4 Advising on issues relating to the project.

2.5 Develop and implement policy and guidance relating to specific project, including service changes that will impact across the organisation.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree or diploma in relevant field
• Post graduate level or equivalent experience
• Trained in project management techniques and processes

Desirable

• Demonstrable knowledge of financial management and cost benefit analysis process.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of successfully managing projects
• Experience of applying quality management principles and process
• Experience of budgeting and resource allocation
• Process redesign experience
• Experience in setting up new functions/systems

Skills and Attributes

Essential

• Excellent leadership, interpersonal and communication skills with demonstrable ability to lead and drive project teams
• Able to manage and motivate project teams
• Understand, disseminate and present complex information, using both verbal and written disciplines
• Able to deliver competing priorities to time on tight deadlines

Desirable

• Good understanding of health and social care services and delivery in a range of organisations
• Record of delivering change across organisations and partnerships.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Tribeca House

Roundhay Road

Leeds

Alternative: Citywide

LS7 1QB

Employer's website

https://www.leedscommunityhealthcare.nhs.uk/join-our-team1/ (Opens in a new tab)