Job summary
Are you a skilled professional ready to take the next step in your project management career within the healthcare innovation sector The SBRI (Small Business Research Initiative) Centre of Excellence is looking for a dedicated Assistant Project Manager to support our dynamic team. This role is vital in ensuring the smooth delivery of complex projects, aligning with Welsh Government and Health Boards' strategies, helping identify and achieve project benefits.
If you are passionate about driving innovation and positively impacting the healthcare sector, we encourage you to apply for the Assistant Project Manager position at the SBRI Centre of Excellence.
This is a fixed-term contract/secondment running until 31/03/2025, with a possibility of extension depending on successful funding. If applying as a secondment, please ensure you have your current Line Manager's support.
The role can be based in either Wrexham or Cardiff based and requires a willingness to travel.
The SBRI Centre of Excellence programme aims to enhance patient care and outcomes through the development of advanced information, systems, and technologies. As an Assistant Project Manager, you will play a crucial role in supporting projects that address unmet needs and challenges within healthcare.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities:
- Project Support: Managing a specific project, product and or work package, taking appropriate action e.g. manage issues, risks and deviations to plan to ensure that projects and products are delivered to schedule
- Strategic Alignment: Ensuring that relevant projects and work-streams are established to deliver strategic objectives. This will involve planning a broad range of complex activities which involve uncertainty.
- Benefits Tracking: Support the identification, monitoring, and reporting of project benefits, contributing to the delivery of tangible outcomes.
- Stakeholder Coordination: Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to foster collaborative success.
- Risk Management:Assist in identifying and managing risks associated with project delivery.
- Reporting:Provide regular updates on project progress, benefits realization, and risk management to key stakeholders.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and 'Proud to Lead' competence framework.
Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the "Disability Confident Employer" scheme.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
We are an innovative and collaborative team with a passion for improving patient outcomes through digitisation.
The Cito Team meets regularly to share experience, knowledge and best practices, and to explore the appropriate use of new knowledge.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Qualifications and Experience:
- Experience in project management, particularly within a healthcare or innovation context.
- Proven ability to support and manage complex projects involving multiple stakeholders.
- Educated to degree level / equivalent level of work experience and knowledge
- Skills in risk management and developing risk mitigation strategies.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with diverse stakeholders.
- Relevant qualifications in project management or a related field.
If you are excited about contributing to healthcare innovation and have the skills and experience we are looking for, we encourage you to apply for this opportunity.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Qualifications and Experience:
- Experience in project management, particularly within a healthcare or innovation context.
- Proven ability to support and manage complex projects involving multiple stakeholders.
- Educated to degree level / equivalent level of work experience and knowledge
- Skills in risk management and developing risk mitigation strategies.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with diverse stakeholders.
- Relevant qualifications in project management or a related field.
If you are excited about contributing to healthcare innovation and have the skills and experience we are looking for, we encourage you to apply for this opportunity.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level / equivalent level of work experience and knowledge
- PRINCE2 Foundation, similar qualification or equivalent level of work experience and knowledge
- ILM Management level 3, or equivalent qualification/ level of work experience and knowledge. Willingness to complete within 2 years if not held.
- ECDL or equivalent
- Evidence of Continual Professional Development
Desirable
- Evidence of Professional registration
- PRINCE2 Practitioner, similar qualification or equivalent level of work experience and knowledge
- Evidence of attending Change management training
- Evidence of attending Business analysis training
Experience
Essential
- Participation in change management projects and process re-engineering
- Experience of budget control, contract negotiation, procurement and financial procedures
- Demonstrable success in building, leading, motivating, managing and developing teams.
- Proven ability to influence at all levels of the organisation.
- Problem identification and solving
Desirable
- Experience of managing successful change across professional boundaries
- Proven ability to successfully manage projects
- Experience of working within a project structure, and managing change.
- Experience of contract negotiation, procurement and financial procedures
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise / prioritise own & team workload
- Proven ability to communicate verbally and in writing in a manner which is clear, fluent and persuasive
- Proven ability to analyse and appropriately present complex information so that it is easy to understand
- Proven ability to influence, persuade and negotiate with staff at all levels
- Ability to empower, coach and support staff.
- Conflict resolution skills
- Sound judgment, planning, decision making, and organisational skills
- A broad range of ICT skills
- Ability to travel between sites
Desirable
- Spoken or written Welsh language.
- Leadership/ motivational skills
- Experience of Systems thinking methodologies
- Experience of Lean thinking methodologies
Knowledge
Essential
- Current knowledge of relevant local and national strategies.
Desirable
- Training methodologies
- Current knowledge of Health Informatics and its application
- Knowledge of Clinical, Management and Information processes
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Lateral Thinker
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to develop staff
- Flexible and adaptable to meet all aspects of the work
- Leadership qualities and able to motivate others
- Time Management skills.
- Completer Finisher and Chair
Other
Essential
- Enthusiastic, committed, proactive and innovative.
- Appetite for hard work and challenges
- Show resilience, stamina and reliability under sustained pressure, never losing sight of objectives.
- High level of personal integrity
- Flexible in approach to try new procedures and practices
Desirable
- Select, develop and lead multi-functional project teams
- Develop and control project plans and risks using established project management methods.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level / equivalent level of work experience and knowledge
- PRINCE2 Foundation, similar qualification or equivalent level of work experience and knowledge
- ILM Management level 3, or equivalent qualification/ level of work experience and knowledge. Willingness to complete within 2 years if not held.
- ECDL or equivalent
- Evidence of Continual Professional Development
Desirable
- Evidence of Professional registration
- PRINCE2 Practitioner, similar qualification or equivalent level of work experience and knowledge
- Evidence of attending Change management training
- Evidence of attending Business analysis training
Experience
Essential
- Participation in change management projects and process re-engineering
- Experience of budget control, contract negotiation, procurement and financial procedures
- Demonstrable success in building, leading, motivating, managing and developing teams.
- Proven ability to influence at all levels of the organisation.
- Problem identification and solving
Desirable
- Experience of managing successful change across professional boundaries
- Proven ability to successfully manage projects
- Experience of working within a project structure, and managing change.
- Experience of contract negotiation, procurement and financial procedures
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise / prioritise own & team workload
- Proven ability to communicate verbally and in writing in a manner which is clear, fluent and persuasive
- Proven ability to analyse and appropriately present complex information so that it is easy to understand
- Proven ability to influence, persuade and negotiate with staff at all levels
- Ability to empower, coach and support staff.
- Conflict resolution skills
- Sound judgment, planning, decision making, and organisational skills
- A broad range of ICT skills
- Ability to travel between sites
Desirable
- Spoken or written Welsh language.
- Leadership/ motivational skills
- Experience of Systems thinking methodologies
- Experience of Lean thinking methodologies
Knowledge
Essential
- Current knowledge of relevant local and national strategies.
Desirable
- Training methodologies
- Current knowledge of Health Informatics and its application
- Knowledge of Clinical, Management and Information processes
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Lateral Thinker
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to develop staff
- Flexible and adaptable to meet all aspects of the work
- Leadership qualities and able to motivate others
- Time Management skills.
- Completer Finisher and Chair
Other
Essential
- Enthusiastic, committed, proactive and innovative.
- Appetite for hard work and challenges
- Show resilience, stamina and reliability under sustained pressure, never losing sight of objectives.
- High level of personal integrity
- Flexible in approach to try new procedures and practices
Desirable
- Select, develop and lead multi-functional project teams
- Develop and control project plans and risks using established project management methods.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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).
