Job summary
- Main area
- IT
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Secondment: 29 months (Until 31 March 28)
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 025-AC257-1025
- Employer
- Digital Health and Care Wales
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hybrid Working
- Town
- To be decided at interview
- Salary
- £48,527 - £55,532 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Project Manager -INTERNAL TO NHS WALES
Band 7
Digital Health and Care Wales is an ambitious organisation created by Welsh Government to lead on the digital transformation of health and care. It builds on the digital architecture and national services put in place by the NHS Wales Informatics Service over the past decade.
The organisation will lead on large-scale developments that make a significant difference to the people of Wales as well as to health and care professionals, such as expansion of the digital patient record and the creation of a National Data Resource. It will improve the way data is collected, shared and used. Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
Job overview
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY NHS WALES
THIS POST IS FIXED SECONDMENT FOR 29 MONTHS DUE TO PROJECT WORK. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR THE SECONDMENT POSITION, YOU MUST OBTAIN PERMISSION FROM YOUR CURRENT LINE MANAGER PRIOR TO APPLYING FOR THIS POST.
A Project Manager leads and manages moderate to complex projects that are medium to large in size, with potential political sensitivity or technical complexity. Projects may involve diverse stakeholders and require tailored procedures or methodologies. Responsibilities may span multiple projects simultaneously.
Main duties of the job
- Lead project teams, with line management responsibilities as required.
- Set a professional example and work to ethical standards.
- Assign tasks and responsibilities considering individual/team capabilities.
- Support the creation and refinement of business cases.
- Design project structures and methodologies appropriate to each stage.
- Develop and maintain project plans, organise a broad range of complex activities, and manage dependencies.
· Adopt and enforce rigorous scope, quality, and change management practices.
· Analyse performance, capacity and demand data, assess projects, identifying areas for collaborative working
Working for our organisation
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) is part of the NHS Wales family and has an important role in changing the way health and care services are delivered through technology and data. The organisation supports frontline staff with modern systems and access to important information about their patients, while empowering the people of Wales to manage their own health through digital NHS Wales services.
Working for DHCW offers lots of employee benefits, including flexible working, a competitive salary, 28 days of annual leave plus Bank Holidays and opportunities for career development. We are committed to recognising and celebrating our staff as the most valuable part of our organisation.
Join our game changing, life-saving team and start making a real difference to health and care services in Wales.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a Project Manager, you will:
- Lead and manage project teams, deputising as necessary.
- Oversee project delivery, ensuring objectives are met within agreed time, cost, and quality constraints.
- Contribute to project governance and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver outputs and realize benefits.
- Allocate and develop resources across projects.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Relevant professional registration in Project Management such as PM Chartered Project Professional or PRINCE2 Registered Practitioner)
- Knowledge gained through practical experience of working at this level, across the range of work procedures and practices.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of the NHS Wales or the health sector
Experience
Essential criteria
- Have working knowledge and experience of successfully leading and managing moderate to complex transformation projects, or leading and managing programmes that have been in a specialist or work stream strand lead role within a programme.
- Has a working knowledge of working withing frameworks and methodologies to ensure compliance with quality and operational standards, with the ability to plan, develop, maintain and apply quality management processes and to ensure the adherence to those standards throughout the project delivery lifecycle.
- Proficient in assurance processes, with the ability to establish, plan and manage programme controls, implementing reviews at appropriate points during all stages of the programme life cycle to provide evaluations of programme governance, compliance, and progress against time, cost, quality, compliance and ongoing viability.
Skills and Aptitude
Essential criteria
- Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills taking into account the needs of situations, priorities, constraints, known risks, and the availability of necessary information and resources.
- Resilience and adaptability in uncertain environments.
- Change management skills to plan, lead and effect positive cultural and operational change, securing commitment and buy-in and promoting a positive long-term vision.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Omoloyin Adeloye
- Job title
- Lead Delivery Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Wayne Maguire
Principal Project Manager
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