Job overview
Post – Portfolio Manager – Major Capital Portfolio
Division – Trust Services
Department – Business Development
Band – 8b
Location – Trust Headquarters
Annual leave – Full / part Time
One year Fixed Term – 18 months
Main duties of the job
Working with the Divisions, Strategy and Planning, Finance and Estates Teams, the Portfolio Manager will be responsible for the development and delivery of programmes of work to deliver the Major Capital Portfolio and drive the deliver of the Trust’s broader Capital Programme. The focus on this role will be on programme managing and the multiple projects and programmes as part of the portfolio and ensure all milestones are firmly understood and met within expected timeframes.
This role will work closely with the Strategy and Planning and Finance and Estates teams to provide co-ordination of complex projects to deliver service change through collaboration and partnership with co-design of services with patients, carers and staff being at the heart of this role.
The post holder will be responsible for coordinating the delivery of multiple capital schemes across all categories of the annual capital programme.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
* Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in healthcare settings
* Extensive knowledge and experience of coordinating complex projects and programmes, with knowledge acquired through post-graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to masters level equivalent
* Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
* Must understand the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
* Project and Programme management qualifications such as Prince2, MSP
* Skills for direct line management and job management
* Skills for delivering results through managing through others and using a range of levers in the absence of direct line management responsibility
* Skills for managing relationships with a range of different stakeholders
* Ability to lead and motivate a team in challenging circumstances
* Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
* Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
* Persuade board and senior managers of the respective merits of different options, innovation and new market opportunities
* Negotiate on difficult and very complex and detailed issues
* Highly organised and able to meet complex deadlines
* Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
* Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action
* Strategic thinking- ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
* Ability to carry out procurements for highly detailed, high value contracts that require analysis, comparison and assessment
* Plans and organises a broad range of complex activities, formulating and adjusting plans to reflect changing circumstances
* Inputs to strategic plans across NHS and within the specific teams
* Good use of available information sources to enable efficient and effective planning
* Ability to work under pressure and to tight and often changing deadlines
We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.
· As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
· The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.
· UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
· To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview.
· If you require sponsorship for a visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check to ensure you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
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IMPORTANT:
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Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification
Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
As a guide interviews should usually take place within 3 weeks of the closing date.
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