Job summary
As a Senior HR Project Manager on a 12month fixedterm contract, you'll lead the endtoend delivery of the Rostering Programme and other key projects that shape how teams work across Elysium Healthcare. You will bring strong programme leadership, excellent organisation, and confidence in managing multiple complex workstreams to this role.
Main duties of the job
The Senior HR Project Manager will own and execute end-to-end project management of the Rostering Programme, managing delivery across multiple workstreams with clear plans, milestones, and dependencies. They will hold workstream owners to account, drive standardisation of rostering principles, processes, and rates, maintain programme governance, and ensure consultation, engagement, and change activity are delivered.
About us
Elysium Healthcare is a provider of mental health, neurological, learning disabilities, and autism services in England and Wales, with over 8,000 employees. It is part of the global Ramsay Health Care network, employing over 86,000 people across 10 countries.
Details
Date posted
18 February 2026
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience Salary expectations will be discussed at interview stage.
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
Job locations
Elysium Healthcare
Luton
LU2 9TN
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Senior HR Project Manager on a 12month fixedterm contract, you'll lead the endtoend delivery of the Rostering Programme and other key projects that shape how teams work across Elysium.
Bringing strong programme leadership, excellent organisation, and confidence in managing multiple complex workstreams, you will be highly organised, methodical, and detaildriven, with a strong bias to action that keeps momentum high in fastmoving and sometimes ambiguous environments.
You will actively project manage workstream owners and SMEs, ensuring clear plans, milestones, dependencies, and outputs are delivered on time and to standard. This includes holding senior stakeholders to account, managing slippage, escalating risks, and driving decisions where progress stalls.
With proven experience delivering complex, multiworkstream HR programmes—and subjectmatter expertise across employee relations, pay and contractual frameworks, and workforce or operational HR change—you will bring a strong track record of delivering to fixed timelines in complex environments. Confidence in holding senior owners to account, paired with solid project management foundations such as Prince2 or Agile Change (beneficial but not essential), ensures a clear focus on outcomes and delivery.
This role hybrid, with flexibility around home working and travel to Elysium sites when required.
As a Senior HR Project Manager, you will :
* Own and execute end-to-end project management of the Rostering Programme
* Manage delivery across multiple workstreams, with clear plans, milestones, and dependencies
* Hold workstream owners to account for agreed outputs, timelines, and quality
* Drive standardisation of rostering principles, processes, and rates
* Maintain programme governance, reporting, RAID, and critical path control
* Secure decisions at pace and escalate where delivery is at risk
* Manage HR, contractual, and compliance risks
* Ensure consultation, engagement, and change activity are delivered
* Drive implementation and embed outputs into BAU
* Provide clear, decision-focused reporting to governance
To be successful in this role, you will have:
• Proven experience delivering complex, multiworkstream HR programmes.
• Strong HR knowledge across ER, pay, contractual frameworks, or workforce change.
• Advanced project and change management capability.
• Highly organised, detaildriven, and confident challenging constructively.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Prince2, Agile Change or equivalent (desirable).
What You'll Get
At Elysium Healthcare, we believe in taking care of the people who care for others, you'll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future:
* Competitive annual salary
* The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) – plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional annual leave, in our annual selection window.
* Career development and training to help you achieve your professional goals
* Access to our Rewards & Benefits platform Ely-Vate; Your one-stop destination for everyday savings, exclusive benefits, and wellbeing hub
* Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance
* Access to Blue Light Card, which provides a range of exclusive offers and discounts
* Life Assurance, for added peace of mind
* Stream – instant access to earned wages when you need it, plus access to save, directly from your wages, alongside financial wellbeing support.
* 24/7 GP service and second medical opinion, to ensure you are the best you can be
* Enhanced Maternity Package, so you can truly enjoy this special time
* Pension contribution, to help secure your future
About your next employer:
Elysium Health care has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.
Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person's individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Senior HR Project Manager on a 12month fixedterm contract, you'll lead the endtoend delivery of the Rostering Programme and other key projects that shape how teams work across Elysium.
Bringing strong programme leadership, excellent organisation, and confidence in managing multiple complex workstreams, you will be highly organised, methodical, and detaildriven, with a strong bias to action that keeps momentum high in fastmoving and sometimes ambiguous environments.
You will actively project manage workstream owners and SMEs, ensuring clear plans, milestones, dependencies, and outputs are delivered on time and to standard. This includes holding senior stakeholders to account, managing slippage, escalating risks, and driving decisions where progress stalls.
With proven experience delivering complex, multiworkstream HR programmes—and subjectmatter expertise across employee relations, pay and contractual frameworks, and workforce or operational HR change—you will bring a strong track record of delivering to fixed timelines in complex environments. Confidence in holding senior owners to account, paired with solid project management foundations such as Prince2 or Agile Change (beneficial but not essential), ensures a clear focus on outcomes and delivery.
This role hybrid, with flexibility around home working and travel to Elysium sites when required.
As a Senior HR Project Manager, you will :
* Own and execute end-to-end project management of the Rostering Programme
* Manage delivery across multiple workstreams, with clear plans, milestones, and dependencies
* Hold workstream owners to account for agreed outputs, timelines, and quality
* Drive standardisation of rostering principles, processes, and rates
* Maintain programme governance, reporting, RAID, and critical path control
* Secure decisions at pace and escalate where delivery is at risk
* Manage HR, contractual, and compliance risks
* Ensure consultation, engagement, and change activity are delivered
* Drive implementation and embed outputs into BAU
* Provide clear, decision-focused reporting to governance
To be successful in this role, you will have:
• Proven experience delivering complex, multiworkstream HR programmes.
• Strong HR knowledge across ER, pay, contractual frameworks, or workforce change.
• Advanced project and change management capability.
• Highly organised, detaildriven, and confident challenging constructively.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Prince2, Agile Change or equivalent (desirable).
What You'll Get
At Elysium Healthcare, we believe in taking care of the people who care for others, you'll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future:
* Competitive annual salary
* The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) – plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional annual leave, in our annual selection window.
* Career development and training to help you achieve your professional goals
* Access to our Rewards & Benefits platform Ely-Vate; Your one-stop destination for everyday savings, exclusive benefits, and wellbeing hub
* Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance
* Access to Blue Light Card, which provides a range of exclusive offers and discounts
* Life Assurance, for added peace of mind
* Stream – instant access to earned wages when you need it, plus access to save, directly from your wages, alongside financial wellbeing support.
* 24/7 GP service and second medical opinion, to ensure you are the best you can be
* Enhanced Maternity Package, so you can truly enjoy this special time
* Pension contribution, to help secure your future
About your next employer:
Elysium Health care has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.
Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person's individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Proven experience delivering complex, multiworkstream HR programmes, strong HR knowledge across ER, pay, contractual frameworks, or workforce change, and advanced project and change management capability.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Proven experience delivering complex, multiworkstream HR programmes, strong HR knowledge across ER, pay, contractual frameworks, or workforce change, and advanced project and change management capability.
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Elysium Healthcare
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Elysium Healthcare
Luton
LU2 9TN
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Elysium Healthcare
Address
Elysium Healthcare
Luton
LU2 9TN
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