Corporate Project Manager

Job summary

This vacancy is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship. Please do not apply unless you have another means of establishing a right to work.

This role offers a hybrid working arrangement. As the project is primarily based across Bristol (Filton), Tooting, and Colindale, your base location may be in one of these areas. You will be assigned this base location, which will be confirmed after the final interview and agreed upon with the line manager during the verbal offer stage

Working with a multi-disciplinary team of subject matter experts the project manager will play a vital role in delivering an independent review and providing recommendations of an Estates change programme that is seeking potential efficiencies through an invest to save initiative, The project manager will then be required to deliver on those recommendations. The role will involve significant stakeholder engagement which will build a compelling evidence-based case for change and business case. The project manager will then be required to deliver that change from conception through to project completion.

Main duties of the job

In this role you will be managing NHSBT investment and transformation projects to timely and successful conclusions. Your responsibilties will include:

• Ensuring that intended project outcomes are in alignment with the business strategies, that all project budgets are managed effectively, and all operational needs are met.
• Management of specific projects under the direction of group project leads, ensuring that they are managed to the highest professional standards and comply with all relevant internal and external standards, regulation and instructions.
• Deputising for the Corporate Portfolio and Programme Managers as required and supporting assurance of projects and programmes across the organisation.
• Supporting annual corporate portfolio build planning and corporate reporting.
• Managing more than one project at any given time at different stages in their lifecycle.
• Participating in the development and improvement of the NHSBT Portfolio, Programme and Project Management tools and methods.

You will be required to travel and spend time away from base, which will involve working irregular hours and overnight stays when required, with prior notice

About us

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, youll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need.

Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do. By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever.

You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.