Job summary
Part time role - 15 hours per week
Home or remote working/hybrid
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the People Experience team in
the People Directorate at the NHS SY ICB.
The purpose of the People Experience team is to support the ICB and all
health and care organisations in South Yorkshire to improve the experience of their
people/workforce to enable them to deliver excellent health and care services
to the population.
This new role is focussed on the specific area of talent and would be the perfect complement for another part time role or as part of a portfolio of work.
Main duties of the job
- Provide additional support to the wider project management team through working flexibly to directly assist other projects where they may
be a subject matter expert or through
research and development and delivery of materials as required.
- Provide expertise of best practice change and
project management methodologies.
- Communicate, engage and build relationships with key strategic policy makers to influence the development of
strategy and policies.
- Engage and manage
relationships with stakeholders to achieve a common purpose
and realise mutual benefits where there may
be contentious decisions to be
made around performance or finance etc.
- Produce material for and present complex presentations
to large groups which are engaging, influential and effective in delivering key
messages, the content
of which may include highly complex technical, contentious or very sensitive information.
- Write and submit regular project reports for the programme board showing progress against
milestones, status, resource requirements, issues, risks and dependencies, making recommendations where
a range of options
may exist.
- Deliver significant projects for NHS England and NHS Improvement which
are complex in nature and that
supports system transformation and delivers corporate transformation across
the new operating model.
- Manage the whole lifecycle of a project, reporting on
progress and managing risks and issues, escalating where necessary to the project
board.
About us
NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board oversees health
and social care for a population of 1.4m people. Working through our four places, Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and Sheffield, we are building on the
strengths, capacity and knowledge of all those directly involved with our local
communities to deliver our four key aims of Improving outcomes in
population health and healthcare; Tackling inequalities in outcomes, experience
and access; Enhancing productivity and value for money; and Helping the NHS
support broader social and economic development.
Our near 1,000 staff are committed to addressing the broader
health, public health, and social care needs of the population across South
Yorkshire through our values of One Team, Empowered and Innovative. We work as a key partner with the
Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) of health and care providers within the South
Yorkshire Integrated Care System (ICS) to collectively deliver health and care
services that meet the needs of the local population. In total there are 186 GP
practices in the region, 72,000 health and social care professionals working
across nine NHS trusts and four local authorities, and a further 6,000
voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE) organisations. We work
alongside all these colleagues through local councils, our VCSE
partners and other partners to address health inequalities and wider
determinants of health in South Yorkshire.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This role has a generic Senior Project Manager job description which sets
out the core responsibilities of any role at this level. The specific focus is set out in an accompanying
assignment brief.
Key
objectives of this role include:
- Effectively work with the Chief People Officer and Programme Director
for People experience to develop a talent board for South Yorkshire
- Take a data driven approach to prioritise areas for focus and ensure
programmes are in place to address them.
- Represent and promote the interests of South Yorkshire ICS at local,
regional, and national level.
- Work with other organisations in South Yorkshire to develop a talent
infrastructure in South Yorkshire at all levels.
- Link with Place workforce leads to ensure talent management is
supported for place workforce plans.
- Effectively work with all members of the people experience team to work
jointly on initiatives promoting inclusivity.
- Promote a culture of openness and transparency, including wider
engagement.
- Represent and promote the interests of South Yorkshire ICS at local,
regional, and national level.
- Promote South Yorkshire ICS objectives, remit, actions, and
achievements to key stakeholders and the wider public, acting as the
partnerships ambassador in relation to the talent agenda.
- Lead with humility, acknowledging learning and seeking to understand
and increase own awareness and cultural competency.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This role has a generic Senior Project Manager job description which sets
out the core responsibilities of any role at this level. The specific focus is set out in an accompanying
assignment brief.
Key
objectives of this role include:
- Effectively work with the Chief People Officer and Programme Director
for People experience to develop a talent board for South Yorkshire
- Take a data driven approach to prioritise areas for focus and ensure
programmes are in place to address them.
- Represent and promote the interests of South Yorkshire ICS at local,
regional, and national level.
- Work with other organisations in South Yorkshire to develop a talent
infrastructure in South Yorkshire at all levels.
- Link with Place workforce leads to ensure talent management is
supported for place workforce plans.
- Effectively work with all members of the people experience team to work
jointly on initiatives promoting inclusivity.
- Promote a culture of openness and transparency, including wider
engagement.
- Represent and promote the interests of South Yorkshire ICS at local,
regional, and national level.
- Promote South Yorkshire ICS objectives, remit, actions, and
achievements to key stakeholders and the wider public, acting as the
partnerships ambassador in relation to the talent agenda.
- Lead with humility, acknowledging learning and seeking to understand
and increase own awareness and cultural competency.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level in a relevant area of academic practice or equivalent experience working at a commensurate band / level.
- To have one or more of the below project management qualifications or equivalent level of experience; Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner, PRINCE2 Practitioner, Managing Successful Programmes Advanced Practitioner, P3O Practitioner, APM Registered Project Professional, Project Leadership Programme.
Desirable
- Member of relevant professional body
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to role.
- Significant experience of managing projects and delivering them within agreed timescales and budgets.
- Experience of leading change projects.
- Experience of providing support and input into complex programmes.
- Experience in managing stakeholders, taking account of their levels of influence, and particular interests.
- Experience of preparing briefing papers and correspondence at project board level.
- Experience of managing a team.
Knowledge and Understanding
Essential
- Must understand the background and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this.
- Must understand the relationship between the Department of Health & Social Care and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information.
- Able to draw qualitative and quantitative information from a range of sources and present it in a clear and concise way.
- Able to take decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
- Able to negotiate on difficult and contentious issues including performance and change.
- Ability to effectively plan and think strategically and analyse and resolve problems in a multi- disciplinary environment.
- Good analytical skills with an ability to analyse and consider complex information and develop a range of options.
- Ability to anticipate problems before they arise and offer appropriate solutions.
- Demonstrate the ability to plan over the short, medium and long- term altering plans to fit with the rapidly changing environment.
- Experience of identifying and interpreting national policy.
- Experience of researching best practice and developing solutions that can achieve optimal outcomes for all stakeholders.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite and intermediate keyboard skills.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills and an ability to engage successfully with a wide range of people at all levels within the organisation.
- Ability to build relations with internal and external partners which are critical in securing the strategic objectives of the business.
- Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
Desirable
- Previous experience in similar role in a healthcare or public sector environment.
- Experience of working in portfolio and/or programme management environment.
Attributes
Essential
- Commitment to equality of opportunity, focused on removing barriers to full participation.
- Fosters good working relationships and values difference.
- Compassionate leader.
- Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level in a relevant area of academic practice or equivalent experience working at a commensurate band / level.
- To have one or more of the below project management qualifications or equivalent level of experience; Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner, PRINCE2 Practitioner, Managing Successful Programmes Advanced Practitioner, P3O Practitioner, APM Registered Project Professional, Project Leadership Programme.
Desirable
- Member of relevant professional body
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to role.
- Significant experience of managing projects and delivering them within agreed timescales and budgets.
- Experience of leading change projects.
- Experience of providing support and input into complex programmes.
- Experience in managing stakeholders, taking account of their levels of influence, and particular interests.
- Experience of preparing briefing papers and correspondence at project board level.
- Experience of managing a team.
Knowledge and Understanding
Essential
- Must understand the background and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this.
- Must understand the relationship between the Department of Health & Social Care and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information.
- Able to draw qualitative and quantitative information from a range of sources and present it in a clear and concise way.
- Able to take decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
- Able to negotiate on difficult and contentious issues including performance and change.
- Ability to effectively plan and think strategically and analyse and resolve problems in a multi- disciplinary environment.
- Good analytical skills with an ability to analyse and consider complex information and develop a range of options.
- Ability to anticipate problems before they arise and offer appropriate solutions.
- Demonstrate the ability to plan over the short, medium and long- term altering plans to fit with the rapidly changing environment.
- Experience of identifying and interpreting national policy.
- Experience of researching best practice and developing solutions that can achieve optimal outcomes for all stakeholders.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite and intermediate keyboard skills.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills and an ability to engage successfully with a wide range of people at all levels within the organisation.
- Ability to build relations with internal and external partners which are critical in securing the strategic objectives of the business.
- Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
Desirable
- Previous experience in similar role in a healthcare or public sector environment.
- Experience of working in portfolio and/or programme management environment.
Attributes
Essential
- Commitment to equality of opportunity, focused on removing barriers to full participation.
- Fosters good working relationships and values difference.
- Compassionate leader.
- Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.