Job summary
As a Senior Project Manager, you will be responsible for the successful delivery of the reprocurement programme, working closely with NHS providers, local authorities, and community organisations. You will ensure that the programme aligns with strategic objectives and improves patient outcomes, while managing risks and ensuring compliance with governance frameworks.
What We're Looking For:
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
- Proven experience in managing complex projects in challenging environments.
- Strong ability to manage risks and compliance with legal obligations.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Why Join Us?
- Be part of a forward-thinking team dedicated to improving healthcare services.
- Opportunity to work in a supportive and collaborative environment.
This is a fixed term contract ending October 2026
Main duties of the job
- Lead the planning and execution of the reprocurement programme.
- Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans.
- Liaise with key stakeholders to ensure smooth service transitions.
- Provide regular updates to the Programme Director and senior leadership.
About us
NHS South West London Integrated Care Board (ICB), as part of South West London Integrated Care System (ICS), is a partnership of organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up health and care services to improve the lives of people in our six boroughs: Croydon, Merton, Kingston, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth.
Each ICS consists of two statutory elements:
- an Integrated Care Board, bringing the NHS together with its partners locally to improve health and care services
- an Integrated Care Partnership (ICP): the broad alliance of organisations and representatives concerned with improving the care, health and wellbeing of the population, jointly convened by the ICB and local authorities in the area.
ICBs are statutory NHS bodies responsible for planning and allocating resources to meet the four core purposes of integrated care systems (ICSs):
- to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare;
- tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access;
- enhance productivity and value for money and;
- help the NHS support broader social and economic development.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Project Management and Delivery
- Lead the operational planning and execution of the reprocurement programme, ensuring timely delivery of all milestones.
- Develop and maintain project plans, ensuring that timelines, risks, and resources are effectively managed and adjusted as necessary.
- Liaise with stakeholders, including NHS providers, local authorities, and community organisations, to ensure alignment and smooth service transitions
- Report directly to the Programme Director, providing regular updates on project progress and key risks.
- Proposes changes to own project and making recommendations for other project delivery.
Risk Management and Compliance
- Proactively identify, manage, and escalate risks related to the project, particularly those associated with service transitions and compliance with the NHS Provider Selection Regime (PSR).
- Ensure compliance with governance frameworks and legal obligations throughout the reprocurement process.
- Monitor potential operational challenges and ensure contingency plans are in place.
Monitoring and Evaluation
- Prepare regular project updates, performance dashboards, and strategic reports for the Programme Board and Lead Leadership.
- Track and report on the success of service transitions, ensuring that the project delivers improved outcomes for patients, particularly in reducing health inequalities
- Draft end of programme report capturing outcome, learning and recommendations for future programmes of work.
For further details please see the full Job Description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Project Management and Delivery
- Lead the operational planning and execution of the reprocurement programme, ensuring timely delivery of all milestones.
- Develop and maintain project plans, ensuring that timelines, risks, and resources are effectively managed and adjusted as necessary.
- Liaise with stakeholders, including NHS providers, local authorities, and community organisations, to ensure alignment and smooth service transitions
- Report directly to the Programme Director, providing regular updates on project progress and key risks.
- Proposes changes to own project and making recommendations for other project delivery.
Risk Management and Compliance
- Proactively identify, manage, and escalate risks related to the project, particularly those associated with service transitions and compliance with the NHS Provider Selection Regime (PSR).
- Ensure compliance with governance frameworks and legal obligations throughout the reprocurement process.
- Monitor potential operational challenges and ensure contingency plans are in place.
Monitoring and Evaluation
- Prepare regular project updates, performance dashboards, and strategic reports for the Programme Board and Lead Leadership.
- Track and report on the success of service transitions, ensuring that the project delivers improved outcomes for patients, particularly in reducing health inequalities
- Draft end of programme report capturing outcome, learning and recommendations for future programmes of work.
For further details please see the full Job Description.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable
- Post-graduate degree in relevant subject
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments
- Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment;
- Experience of managing risks and reporting;
- Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence for a senior audience;
- Experience of managing budgets and business planning processes;
- Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment;
- Experience of successfully setting up and managing internal processes and procedures.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources;
- Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills;
- Knowledge of Financial Systems e.g. monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement;
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as Prince 2;
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly;
Desirable
- Ability to prepare and produce concise communications for dissemination to a broad range of stakeholders as required;
Other
Essential
- Ability to work as part of a team and work flexibly to provide support to other departments and teams as and when necessary
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable
- Post-graduate degree in relevant subject
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments
- Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment;
- Experience of managing risks and reporting;
- Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence for a senior audience;
- Experience of managing budgets and business planning processes;
- Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment;
- Experience of successfully setting up and managing internal processes and procedures.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources;
- Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills;
- Knowledge of Financial Systems e.g. monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement;
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as Prince 2;
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly;
Desirable
- Ability to prepare and produce concise communications for dissemination to a broad range of stakeholders as required;
Other
Essential
- Ability to work as part of a team and work flexibly to provide support to other departments and teams as and when necessary
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.