Senior Project Manager
NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care
The closing date is 22 September 2024
Job summary
The Greater Manchester Living Well at Home Transformation Programme seeks to transform Adult Social Care for the Greater Manchester population through a programme of key priorities and associated programmes and projects, of varying scale and complexity, including Support for Unpaid Carers; Supported Housing; Market Sustainability and Development; Learning Disabilities and Workforce.
We are looking to recruit a Senior Project Manager, who will lead on a number of specific projects within the Living Well at Home Transformation Programme.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will develop, manage and successfully deliver complex projects and initiatives, taking direct responsibility for the successful delivery of all elements to agreed levels of time, budget and quality.
About us
Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) are partnerships of health and care organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up services and to improve the health and wellbeing of people who live and work in their area. Their purpose is to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare; tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access; enhance productivity and value for money and support broader social and economic development in their area efficiency. This will be delivered in neighbourhood, place, combinations of places and GM system.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Senior Project Manager will manage, deploy and co-ordinate resources effectively, ensuring that project / initiative necessities are fully identified.
They will ensure that change is managed effectively by working with relevant programme teams and key stakeholders.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Senior Project Manager will manage, deploy and co-ordinate resources effectively, ensuring that project / initiative necessities are fully identified.
They will ensure that change is managed effectively by working with relevant programme teams and key stakeholders.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Trained practitioner in an industry recognised programme management methodology. Examples include PRINCE 2, DSDM Agile Project Management, and Manchester Method.
Experience
Essential
- Proven experience of successfully managing and delivering high value projects using a structured project management process and project management methods, principles, techniques and tools
- Experience of successfully leading multi stakeholder projects.
- Experience of researching best practice (globally, private and public sector), interpreting its relevance and processes/ practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve system reform
Competencies
Essential
- Able to manage opposition and conflict, and try to persuade others of own point of view and defend own position with logical and unemotional arguments.
- Ability to build and maintain effective working relations with staff at all levels and key stakeholders and partners.
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
- Builds support and consensus around decisions they make and effectively manages the expectations of different parties to achieve 'win win' where possible.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Trained practitioner in an industry recognised programme management methodology. Examples include PRINCE 2, DSDM Agile Project Management, and Manchester Method.
Experience
Essential
- Proven experience of successfully managing and delivering high value projects using a structured project management process and project management methods, principles, techniques and tools
- Experience of successfully leading multi stakeholder projects.
- Experience of researching best practice (globally, private and public sector), interpreting its relevance and processes/ practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve system reform
Competencies
Essential
- Able to manage opposition and conflict, and try to persuade others of own point of view and defend own position with logical and unemotional arguments.
- Ability to build and maintain effective working relations with staff at all levels and key stakeholders and partners.
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
- Builds support and consensus around decisions they make and effectively manages the expectations of different parties to achieve 'win win' where possible.
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.