Senior Project Manager

NHS England

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Job summary

You will be joining the National Specialised Commissioning Team on a high profile, complex transformation change programme necessitating dedicated management and oversight including close working with several critical partners, providers, and other stakeholders.

In April 2024 the Cass Review delivered its final report on changes needed to improve NHS services for children and young people with gender incongruence. The Government and the NHS have committed to implementing the Cass Review recommendations.

The programme has made considerable progress to implement the Cass Review recommendations in introducing a fundamentally different model of care and to expand the gender service provision including the first phase of establishing new children and young people's gender services.

You will drive change through your programme and project management skills so the programme can deliver the following priorities:

  • Support the newly opened children and young people's gender services
  • Commission additional regional service providers
  • Develop a final service specification, making sure this is in line with the recommendations from the Cass Review
  • Publish a service specification that defines access into the new children and young people's gender services
  • Support the design of new service specifications for adult gender services

Main duties of the job

You will support the Gender Programme in managing the process for implementing transformational change, and design and implement new delivery models and pathways for specialised services including:

  • Managing specific programmes of work within the team and specific projects, ensuring delivery in accordance with a structured project plan.
  • Supporting the team in translating NHS England priorities into specific commissioning strategies, processes, enablers and development for the direct commissioning function; this may include programmes of work to achieve service and pathway design; service reconfiguration; quality improvement initiatives; new models for commissioning; and the re- alignment of service planning and service delivery with national strategy, policy and priorities.
  • Representing the team at meetings within NHS England and externally; the post holder will be required to provide verbal and written reports to groups of colleagues (including established committees) within NHS England and to external stakeholders.
  • Supporting the team in gathering intelligence and reporting to the team on emerging relevant strategy and policy across government, regulatory bodies, NHS England, the wider NHS and the social care system.
  • Writing complex documents including business cases; reports (that may include the outcome of detailed analysis); options appraisals (that can describe sound methodologies); and public facing literature.

About us

The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:

  • Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
  • Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
  • Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
  • Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
  • Delivering value for money.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visithttps://www.england.nhs.uk/.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you'll usually need to be paid the 'standard' salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the 'going rate' for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.

Date posted

25 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

990-CFO-6648983-E

Job locations

Wellington House

133-155 Waterloo Road

London

SE1 8UG


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area

Knowledge and experience

Essential

  • Extensive knowledge of specialist areas acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent.
  • Have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
  • Experience of identifying and interpreting national policy

Desirable

  • Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects.

Skills, Capabilities & Attributes

Essential

  • Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
  • 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 with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies

Values and Behaviours

Essential

  • Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do.
  • Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.
  • Consistently looks to improve what they do, look for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area

Knowledge and experience

Essential

  • Extensive knowledge of specialist areas acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent.
  • Have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
  • Experience of identifying and interpreting national policy

Desirable

  • Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects.

Skills, Capabilities & Attributes

Essential

  • Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
  • 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 with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies

Values and Behaviours

Essential

  • Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do.
  • Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.
  • Consistently looks to improve what they do, look for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS England

Address

Wellington House

133-155 Waterloo Road

London

SE1 8UG


Employer's website

https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/working-for/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

NHS England

Address

Wellington House

133-155 Waterloo Road

London

SE1 8UG


Employer's website

https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/working-for/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Senior Programme Manager

Andy Martin

andy.martin3@nhs.net

Date posted

25 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

990-CFO-6648983-E

Job locations

Wellington House

133-155 Waterloo Road

London

SE1 8UG


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