Job overview
We are recruiting for a Capital Projects Officer who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
This Project Officer position sits within the Estates and Facilities, Capital Projects Team, supporting senior Project Managers and other members of the wider Estates and facilities Team in the delivery of a variety of Capital Development, Refurbishment and Estates Backlog Maintenance projects.
The Post offers the opportunity to develop Project Management skills and the chance to work with clinical and operational teams in improving the patient and staff environment across the Trust. Depending on progress, the post holder will be expected to work independently, with supervision, on delegated schemes across construction disciplines throughout Trust premises.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be supported and managed by a line management and be responsible for supporting and leading a defined set of interdependent projects and the associated business case activities.
The Capital Projects Officer will have delegated authority for the successful delivery of the required outcomes, including the establishment of appropriate governance and assurance, monitoring progress, managing risks and issues and helping to ensure the delivery of schemes.
Support the management of the whole lifecycle of a capital project, ensuring excellent governance throughout.
Work in partnership with members of the capital estates team to support the management and delivery of projects.
Work autonomously, providing high quality, accurate and timely project support to the capital project team.
Arrange meetings with other providers and key internal and external stakeholders from across the system.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
* The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
* New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
* Hertford County, Hertford
* Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
* Previous NHS Acute or Community provider experience
* Experience of working within a team to achieve delivery of planned benefits
* Experience of working in a demanding environment with many, sometimes conflicting priorities.
Desirable criteria
* Experience of successfully developing collaborative relationships with a variety of stakeholders.
* Project management experience or experience of supporting a Project or Programme
Skills
Essential criteria
* Excellent planning and organisational skills
* High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
* Commitment to, and experience of, multi-professional working arrangements and projects.
* Has the ability to manage multiple tasks
* Takes appropriate action or make decisions in a changing environment and to prioritise work
* Can establish, develop and improve mechanisms to track progress against plans
Desirable criteria
* Takes the initiative to establish immediate credibility with a range of internal and external stakeholders
* Ability to deliver quality work in a fast-paced environment with conflicting priorities
* Able to solve problems or pre-empt problems by employing appropriate measures and processes
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
* Evidence of ongoing Training or CPD activity
Desirable criteria
* Educated to Degree level or equivalent experience
* Quality Improvement training or qualification