Job vacancy: Project Manager, Public Health Wales NHS Trust, Cardiff

Job summary

Main area: NHS Wales Executive
Grade: Band 6
Contract: 1x Permanent and 1x Secondment until 31/05/25
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 028-AC133-0424

Employer: Public Health Wales NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Capital Quarter 2, Cardiff
Town: Cardiff
Salary: £35,922 - £43,257 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 12/05/2024 23:59

Project Manager

Band 6

Welcome to the NHS Wales Executive, a new national support function, operational from 1 April 2023

Our key purpose is to…

Drive improvements in the quality and safety of care - resulting in better and more equitable outcomes, access and patient experience, reduced variation, and improvements in population health.

To find out more visit NHS Wales Executive.

Our values

Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference

Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English. To support our all Wales service, we particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

Detailed job description and main 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

Essential criteria

Degree level or equivalent professional / managerial qualification.
Project Management Qualification (APM PMQ, PRINCE2 Practitioner or similar) or equivalent experience
Evidence of continued professional development / further training

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of project/programme management to a practitioner level, managing multiple projects at a time.
Experience of designing, implementing and managing projects.
Evidence of experience in managing large complex projects.
Successful introduction of management methodologies to teams and individuals.
Effective management of resources.
Developing documents (e.g., reports).
Developing performance indicators.
Experience of Policy development.
Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams at varying levels of seniority and a commitment / proven experience of partnership working.
Experience of negotiating and influencing others in a positive manner, with confidence to deal with different priorities and differing views in order to instigate and achieve change and improvement.
Experience of managing expectations of stakeholders within a project.

Desirable criteria

Experience of managing budgets associated with a Programme/Project.

Skills

Essential criteria

Methodical, analytical problem-solving skills.
Excellent overall management and organisational skills.
Ability to interpret legislation and national guidance.
Effective leadership and communication skills with experience in motivating, managing and developing effective teams.
Evidence of ability to contribute to strategy implementation across the organisations.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences in a variety of ways.
First class planning and organisational skills.
Be technically competent with various software programmes (e.g., Microsoft Office).
Effective leadership, interpersonal and communication skills including facilitation, negotiation, obtaining, providing and presenting information.
Ability to confidently and effective chair meetings.
Ability to produce business cases and strategic documents.
Ability to prepare and present reports to management teams on project status and advising on issues and risks to detailed specification for Trust and others as requested.

Desirable criteria

Ability to speak Welsh / willingness to learn.
Ability to work across directorates/services to understanding operational and corporate needs and requirements.
Use of Microsoft Project to develop and maintain project plans.
Use of Microsoft Teams to manage a project and to communicate with the with wider Improvement Cymru Team.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Solid understanding and appreciation of finances and risk, issue and dependency management and benefits realisation.
Information governance and security guidance.
Microsoft Office trained including use of Word, Excel & PowerPoint.
Detailed knowledge of budgeting, benefits tracking and resource allocation processes.

Desirable criteria

Knowledge and understanding of Public Health Wales.
Knowledge and understanding of Improvement Cymru.
Knowledge of Improvement methodologies.
Knowledge of Microsoft SharePoint.

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria

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.
The ability to find ways of solving or pre-empting problems.
Ability to think clearly, reach decision, prioritise and recommend appropriate action through the assessment of relevant information.
Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines including changing demands and priorities.

Other

Essential criteria

Flexible approach during times of change.

Desirable criteria

Be able to travel where work requires.

NHS Wales Executive, reserves the right to close this vacancy early. We therefore encourage early applications.

Priority is given to staff awaiting redeployment. We therefore reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any stage.

If you have a disability and have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application process, please contact [email protected]

If you are successful and short listed for interview you will be contacted by email using the address with which you registered. Please ensure you check your email account regularly.

We are committed to fair, transparent recruitment and believe in equality of opportunity in our workplace and will not tolerate discrimination on grounds of age, disability, gender identity, religion or belief, race or nationality, marriage or civil partnership status, sex, sexual orientation, working pattern, caring responsibilities, trade union activity or political beliefs – or on any other grounds. We welcome applications from individuals who may wish to work part time or apply on a job share basis.

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

The salary scale shown is for a full-time member of staff, with the amount being adjusted pro rata for those working less than 37.5 hours per week.

In general, anyone joining our organisation who has not previously worked in the NHS will, by default, start on the first point of the advertised pay band. Pay progression will then be determined by annual Performance and Development Reviews in accordance with the NHS Wales Pay Progression Policy. An application for Incremental Credit may be considered, but can only be awarded based on evidenced, reckonable service and/or equivalent, relevant experience.