Job summary
Innovate
Healthcare Services is seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, proactive, and
motivated Project Support Officer to join our Project Support Office within the
wider Business Support Team.
Based at home and across our local offices in Warwick and Nuneaton, the successful candidate must be able to work in a fast-paced environment and provide excellent administrative project support.
You need to be a dynamic, self-motivated individual, who is analytical, with excellent communication skills. You should be proactive and organised, with the ability to meet tight deadlines. This role may suit someone who aspires to become a project manager in the future.
Main duties of the job
Innovate Project Support Office provides comprehensive, high level
administrative and support services to Innovate programmes and projects, for
multiple hospital Trusts, Primary Care and the Digital Hub.
About us
As a growing company, Innovate has a range of benefits and
opportunities to enable individuals to grow and experience a range of new
challenges. Innovate has a commitment to develop staff and provide a
supportive work life balance. Innovate is a staff led company, with a
mission to provide the best technology solutions and support to our Trusts.
At Innovate, we recognise the benefits of transferable skills and
a desire to learn. We encourage anyone who is interested in this role to get in
touch, even if you do not meet all stated criteria.
Innovate is able to offer NHS Terms and Conditions for staff currently employed within the NHS or within the last 12 months
Please note, we may close this vacancy earlier than the stated closing date if we receive a high number of applications.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Assisting the Programme and Project
Managers with the implementation of project management methodology and
standards.
Co-ordinating and supporting the
Digital Project and Programme Boards.
Producing and maintaining project governance
materials.
Maintaining and coordinating key
project artefacts such as Action logs, Risk and Issue Logs, project charters
and core documentation.
Supporting project Go-lives,
engagement events and communication activities.
Ensuring appropriate standards are met
for documentation and control using appropriate project management methodology,
such as PRINCE2.
Offering planning and support
capacity.
Supporting the
completion of project documentation.
Providing personnel and expertise to
projects where appropriate.
Providing a centralised facility for
the dissemination of project information.
Meeting co-ordination
support.
Mailbox management.
General administrative duties.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Assisting the Programme and Project
Managers with the implementation of project management methodology and
standards.
Co-ordinating and supporting the
Digital Project and Programme Boards.
Producing and maintaining project governance
materials.
Maintaining and coordinating key
project artefacts such as Action logs, Risk and Issue Logs, project charters
and core documentation.
Supporting project Go-lives,
engagement events and communication activities.
Ensuring appropriate standards are met
for documentation and control using appropriate project management methodology,
such as PRINCE2.
Offering planning and support
capacity.
Supporting the
completion of project documentation.
Providing personnel and expertise to
projects where appropriate.
Providing a centralised facility for
the dissemination of project information.
Meeting co-ordination
support.
Mailbox management.
General administrative duties.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in the healthcare industry.
- Experience of project management and project planning.
- Communications and engagement experience (internal and external).
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience in supporting projects.
- Training or qualification in one or more project management or project planning systems (e.g. Prince2, MS Project, or similar).
What we are looking for in our people
Essential
- Ability to work on own initiative with a solution-focused workstyle.
- Effective time management and able to prioritise a changeable workload.
- Ability to work at pace and under pressure.
- The ability to work flexibly and as a good team player.
- Excellent organisational ability including time and systems management skills.
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
- Good IT skills including experience of Office, Excel, Outlook, Access, the Internet and social media.
- Ability to travel independently to a variety of locations across Coventry and Warwickshire, as and when required.
- Self-motivated, reliable and punctual.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in the healthcare industry.
- Experience of project management and project planning.
- Communications and engagement experience (internal and external).
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience in supporting projects.
- Training or qualification in one or more project management or project planning systems (e.g. Prince2, MS Project, or similar).
What we are looking for in our people
Essential
- Ability to work on own initiative with a solution-focused workstyle.
- Effective time management and able to prioritise a changeable workload.
- Ability to work at pace and under pressure.
- The ability to work flexibly and as a good team player.
- Excellent organisational ability including time and systems management skills.
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
- Good IT skills including experience of Office, Excel, Outlook, Access, the Internet and social media.
- Ability to travel independently to a variety of locations across Coventry and Warwickshire, as and when required.
- Self-motivated, reliable and punctual.