Project Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

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.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

• Masters or equivalent professional/managerial qualification.
• PRINCE 2 registered Practitioner or other recognised qualification in project management
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development / further training

• Member of recognised professional body
• Change Management Practitioner
• PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner and/or experience.
• MSP Practitioner
• Knowledge of NHS structures and processes.

Experience

• Extensive experience of working in a complex and large scale project management environment and across organisational boundaries (and by influence).
• Successful change management experience, with a proven track record and demonstrated ability of working collaboratively with a variety of organisational levels to deliver programme goals.
• Experience of service improvement methodologies and applied knowledge of how they can be deployed in different settings.
• Experience of facilitating workshops across multi-disciplinary teams.
• Management of project budgets.
• Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams at varying levels of seniority.
• Principles of programme management and benefits realisation.
• Successful introduction of project management methodologies to inexperienced teams and individuals.
• Effective management of resources
• Experience in delivering projects to quality, time and budget requirements, preferably within a change programme environment
• Experience of designing, implementing and managing projects
• Solid understanding and appreciation of project finances and risk and benefits realisation
• Methodical, organised, analytical with problem solving capabilities.
• Excellent overall management and organisational skills
• Good working knowledge of ICT, project management and management information tools.
• Good working knowledge of ICT, project management and management information tools.
• Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams at varying levels of seniority

• Experience of business planning process.
• Experience of workforce planning
• Ability to adapt and deal with situations and manage expectations during periods of change and be able to take account of the broader perspective and how it affects other areas.

Skills

• Good organisational skills, and the ability to identify priorities
• Possesses good written and oral communication skills
• Good report drafting skills and minute taking
• Capable of understanding the wider objectives of the Programme

• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with the Project team, stakeholders and third party service providers involved in the delivery of the projects and Programme

Personal Attributes

• Ability to negotiate and influence others in a positive manner and confidence to deal with different priorities and differing views in order to instigate and achieve change and improvement.
• Ability to manage expectations.
• Ability to prepare and present reports to management teams on project status and advice on issues and risks to detailed specifications for Trust and others as requested.
• Diplomacy and ability to deal with difficult situations.
• Leadership and team building skills.
• Ability to work in a high pressured environment and work to deadlines.
• Able to develop strong multi-disciplinary relationships.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences in a variety of ways.
• Ability to demonstrate or gain a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics of systems of health and social care.
• Strong delivery focus, with the ability to drive progress forward and a concern for results and achieving goals.
• Sets high standards of performance and seeks to improve previous performance levels.
• Detailed knowledge of budgeting, benefits tracking and resource allocation procedures
• The ability to find ways of solving or pre-empting problems
• Ability to think clearly, reach decisions, prioritise and recommend appropriate action through the assessment of relevant information
• Ability to produce business cases and strategic documents
• Able to confidently and effectively chair meetings
• Be technically competent with various software programmes (e.g. Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Project, Visio)
• Required to work on own initiative.
• Be flexible during times of change.

• Welsh speaker

Values

• Emotional resilience to respond positively in challenging circumstances.
• Proactive confident approach and excellent interpersonal skills.
• Tenacious, demonstrates high level of drive, enthusiasm and stamina to achieve goals and see things through.
• Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.

Other

• Flexible approach to work and able to work outside normal office hours as required.
• Ability to travel independently between sites and across a wide geographical area.
• Self-awareness.

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.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Velindre Cancer Centre

Address

Velindre Cancer Centre

Velindre Road

Cardiff

CF14 2TL

https://velindre.nhs.wales/velindrecc/