Job Summary
Embark on a transformative journey with NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) as a Programme and Portfolio Manager. In this permanent role, you will be at the forefront of our transformation within Blood Supply, ultimately saving and improving lives. Join our dedicated team and contribute to the strategic planning, delivery, and benefits realisation of large-scale digital initiatives that will have a profound impact on patients’ lives.
Join our dedicated team in NHSBT Blood Supply. Within Blood Supply we are growing our Plasma business area, and we have two permanent roles available needing driven, experienced and capable senior programme individuals to be part of a mission-driven team managing critical programmes aimed at Blood, Platelet and Plasma services. The two programme focus areas are: Logistics, Donor Centres & Estates, and the other is Plasma Growth.
Collaborating closely with the Accountable Executive, Programme Board and Delivery Teams you will ensure successful execution. You will have a proven track record in managing large-scale programmes, preferably in healthcare or a related field. You will have an innovative, problem-solving approach, with strong stakeholder management skills and experience in implementing risk management and governance processes. By being part of a passionate, enthusiastic, supportive, and high performing team, you will build positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders. You will contribute to life-saving work, where every day promises diversity and excitement.
Main duties of the job
In this role you will be responsible for delivery of large-scale change programmes within NHSBT. You will join an enthusiastic team with ambitious plans to deliver an exciting transformation programmes/projects across the organisation. Your responsibilities will include:
1. Engaging stakeholders within and across directorates to gather requirements and provide effective tools to plan the portfolio across the directorate.
2. Defining and implementing long term strategic plans which need to align with the wider NSHBT strategies and context which impact across the organisation
3. Working closely with other programme and portfolio managers / leads in the directorate and across the organisation to ensure alignment on assumptions of cross-directorate resourcing and interdependencies for delivery within agreed time, cost and quality standards, and within risk limits.
4. Managing the interfaces and communications with the senior stakeholders, including the Senior Responsible Officer (SRO), the Business Change Lead, the Business Leads and Operational Leads.
5. Preparing and maintaining portfolio and programme plans and publishing these to the SRO and project, programme and portfolio boards as required, responding to challenge and questions about progress on delivery.
6. The line management of their team of project management staff, including setting and monitoring objectives and personal development plans ensuring that they are highly motivated, operate to the highest professional standards, and comply with all relevant internal and external standards.
7. The development and ongoing management of partnerships with external suppliers.
8. Undertaking healthchecks for projects, programmes and the portfolio as a whole, liaising with the central team for assurance input.
About You
Experience and Knowledge
9. Proven ability to manage multi-million-pound projects and their associated budgets
10. Experience of reporting to Executive and Board level.
11. First-hand experience of the application of Risk Assessment and Risk Management techniques appropriate to business needs.
12. Extensive knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office products, particularly Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Specialist knowledge of Microsoft Project and Accelarator.
13. Extensive experience of working with a variety of project methodologies.
14. Extensive experience of creating business cases, capturing business requirements and business benefits management and realisation.
15. Proven experience of conducting post implementation reviews.
Proven resource management and allocation experience, including those not under direct line management control.
Qualifications and Training
16. Educated to degree level plus highly developed, in-depth experience, specialist knowledge, expertise and qualifications as specified above..
17. Practitioner Certificate in Prince 2
18. Practitioner or Advanced Practitioner certification for the OGC’s ‘Managing Successful Programmes.’ With specialist knowledge of the OGC ‘Successful Delivery Toolkit’.