Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity within the North East and North Cumbria (NENC) Integrated Care Board (ICB) for a Permanent, Band 7, Programme Lead within the NENC Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) Programme Management Office (PMO).
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
The nature of the role demands a significant degree of autonomy, the ability to manage and respond to day-to-day challenges as well as a high degree of intellectual flexibility. You will have excellent communication and engagement skills and meet the essential criteria outlined within the Job Description.
Please note: the LMNS PMO Team cover the North East and North Cumbria area therefore the office base will be agreed with the successful candidate from the following ICB office locations:
o North Ormesby Health Village - Middlesbrougho Pemberton House - Sunderlando Stella House - Newcastleo Park House - Carlisle
The role will require travel across the North East and North Cumbria, and will have the opportunity to work at home and within an office environment.
About us
Our Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the largest in the country.
The ICB is responsible for ensuring that high quality and safe health services are accessible to all of our communities. It has a wide range of functions, including; promoting integration of health and care services, improving peoples health and well-being, reducing health inequalities.
With a £6.6 billion budget and a workforce of 170,000 people across the North East and North Cumbria. As well as strategic functions, ICB staff also work at place level with local health and wellbeing boards in each of our 14 local authority areas. These teams also work alongside our 67 primary care networks which are groups of local GP practices, social care teams and other community- based area providers.
The ICB works with our Provider Collaborative too, this includes the 11 NHS Foundation Trusts in the region, to deliver our shared priorities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Description;
To support the LMNS Senior Team and in particular the LMNS Head of Quality and Safety in the delivery of the Quality and Safety programme of work To lead of specific programme areas as required Develop and write project plans incorporating key project milestones to ensure the achievement of strategic aims. Maintain the project initiation documentation, communication tools and associated plans are available and used to their maximum value in a timely manner. Project planning required for ongoing projects which are broad in scope and involve complex activities, where there is a significant likelihood of adjustment to plans throughout the project life cycle. Deliver presentations to a wide range of groups across the LMNS including to LMNS Board. Persuades steering and delivery groups of the importance of complex projects, including linking in with other initiatives, communicates highly sensitive information about performance and change. To provide day to day support for activities and projects, allocating tasks, identifying risks, issues and dependencies, considering best practice and current options in the best interests of the projects.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Description;
To support the LMNS Senior Team and in particular the LMNS Head of Quality and Safety in the delivery of the Quality and Safety programme of work To lead of specific programme areas as required Develop and write project plans incorporating key project milestones to ensure the achievement of strategic aims. Maintain the project initiation documentation, communication tools and associated plans are available and used to their maximum value in a timely manner. Project planning required for ongoing projects which are broad in scope and involve complex activities, where there is a significant likelihood of adjustment to plans throughout the project life cycle. Deliver presentations to a wide range of groups across the LMNS including to LMNS Board. Persuades steering and delivery groups of the importance of complex projects, including linking in with other initiatives, communicates highly sensitive information about performance and change. To provide day to day support for activities and projects, allocating tasks, identifying risks, issues and dependencies, considering best practice and current options in the best interests of the projects.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of sustained personal & professional development
- Degree level qualification or equivalent
- Master's level qualification or equivalent experience
- A proven track record of implementing and overseeing improvements in performance and standards of care and delivering change within an organisation.
- A proven track record of transformation, planning and delivery across a range of, areas and services with specific insight into commissioning.
Desirable
- Experience in the management of multi-project programmes of work.
- Experience of effective partnership and working with internal and external stakeholders at a senior level.
- Experience in developing programme or project plans across multiple partners and stakeholders, achieving consensus and managing successful delivery.
- Experience in performance management approaches including analysis of data and performance reporting.
- Knowledge and experience of staff line management.
- Knowledge and experience of working within financial budgets.
- Experience of managing relationships with stakeholders.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of sustained personal & professional development
- Degree level qualification or equivalent
- Master's level qualification or equivalent experience
- A proven track record of implementing and overseeing improvements in performance and standards of care and delivering change within an organisation.
- A proven track record of transformation, planning and delivery across a range of, areas and services with specific insight into commissioning.
Desirable
- Experience in the management of multi-project programmes of work.
- Experience of effective partnership and working with internal and external stakeholders at a senior level.
- Experience in developing programme or project plans across multiple partners and stakeholders, achieving consensus and managing successful delivery.
- Experience in performance management approaches including analysis of data and performance reporting.
- Knowledge and experience of staff line management.
- Knowledge and experience of working within financial budgets.
- Experience of managing relationships with stakeholders.
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.
