Senior Project Delivery Manager

Job responsibilities

The role will be responsible for reviewing current provision across NW London, leading the engagement of key stakeholders to agree a core minimum service offer across the Integrated Care Board, and development of sustainability plans going forwards.

The role will have line management responsibility for a part time B6 senior project officer, providing advice and support to ensure agreed outcomes are delivered

Knowledge and experience:

Demonstrable knowledge, experience and history of working with provider organisations, in particular secondary care/acute hospital trusts

Excellent understanding of change management processes, principles, methodologies and tools

Excellent understanding of health inequalities and population health approaches

Given the focus of the role in clinical settings a clinical background would be advantageous, although not essential.

Required skills

Planning and delivery:

o Proven ability to apply a structured methodology and lead change management approach

o Comprehensive ability to apply change management processes and tools to create a strategy and support adoption at pace of changes required by the programme.

o Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term

timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly

o Ability to conduct impact analyses, assess change readiness and identify key stakeholders.

o Provide input, document requirements and support the design and delivery of training programs

o Identify, analyse and prepare risk mitigation tactics

o Define and measure success metrics and monitor change progress

o Support organizational design and definition of roles and responsibilities

o Evaluate and ensure user readiness

o Identify and manage anticipated resistance

Communication and relationships:

o Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal

o Excellent active listening skills

o Ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences

o Clear and proactive communication both at a local and central level.

o Must be able to provide and receive complex and/or sensitive information and negotiate with stakeholders at all levels

o Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships

o Ability to influence others and move toward a common vision or goal

o Support and engage senior leaders

o Coach managers and supervisors

Analytical:

o Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected

demands

o Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range

of options

o Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there

may be a number of courses of action.

o Strategic thinking ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise

o Management skills and autonomy

Management and autonomy to act:

o Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others.

o Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make

recommendations to Sponsor/ Manager, with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to agreed policies.

o Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales

Other:

o Used to working in a busy environment

o Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change

o Willing to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals and colleagues in the desire to provide or support the most appropriate interventions

o Professional calm and efficient manner

o Effective organiser, influencer and networker

o Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.

o Completer/Finisher

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of
• working at a senior level in specialist area.
• Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post
• graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further
• specialist knowledge or experience to masters level equivalent
• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development

Planning & Delivery

Essential

• Proven ability to apply a structured methodology and lead change management approach
• Comprehensive ability to apply change management processes and tools to create a strategy and support adoption at pace of changes required by the programme.
• Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term
• timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
• Ability to conduct impact analyses, assess change readiness and identify key stakeholders.
• Provide input, document requirements and support the design and delivery of training programs
• Identify, analyse and prepare risk mitigation tactics
• Define and measure success metrics and monitor change progress
• Support organizational design and definition of roles and responsibilities
• Evaluate and ensure user readiness
• Identify and manage anticipated resistance

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable knowledge, experience and history of working with provider organisations, in particular secondary care/acute hospital trusts
• Excellent understanding of change management processes, principles, methodologies and tools
• Excellent understanding of health inequalities and population health approaches

Analytical

Essential

• Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected
• demands
• Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range
• of options
• Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there
• may be a number of courses of action.
• Strategic thinking ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
• Management skills and autonomy

Management and autonomy to act

Essential

• Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others.
• Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make
• recommendations to Sponsor/ Manager, with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to agreed policies.
• Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales

Communication Skills

Essential

• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal
• Excellent active listening skills
• Ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences
• Clear and proactive communication both at a local and central level.
• Must be able to provide and receive complex and/or sensitive information and negotiate with stakeholders at all levels
• Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships
• Ability to influence others and move toward a common vision or goal
• Support and engage senior leaders
• Coach managers and supervisors

Other

Essential

• Used to working in a busy environment
• Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change
• Willing to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals and colleagues in the desire to provide or support the most appropriate interventions
• Professional calm and efficient manner
• Effective organiser, influencer and networker
• Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.
• Completer/Finisher

Certificate of Sponsorship

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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).