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Senior Project Manager
The closing date is 14 July 2025
Senior Project Manager Band 7 - Fixed term to 31/03/2027
Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of people in Cumbria? Do you enjoy working with people, understanding services provided, and supporting them to transform the way they work? Are you passionate about improvement and change? Would you like to be part of a Team leading strategic transformational and digital improvement? If so, we'd love to hear from you!
An exciting opportunity exists for a Senior Project Manager within our Digital Programmes team. The post holder will manage projects, and be a key team member, helping to support a transformational digital modernisation programme.
Are you experienced in project management, looking to join a professional programme team and be supported in the role and with your development by our team of project management professionals? The post holder will join our experienced team of programme, project and benefits & change managers.
If you are enthusiastic, experienced, highly motivated, respond positively to new challenges, and want to be involved in delivery of digital improvements in healthcare in Cumbria and have what we are looking for, we would be delighted to hear from you.
You will benefit from a great annual leave scheme, flexible working, excellent opportunities for development and access to NHS discounts across a range of retailers. If you would like an informal chat about the role, please contact us.
Main duties of the job
Managing one or more projects independently in complex situations, as well as supervising others applying the competence; including
* empowering and inspiring others to deliver successful projects
* developing and managing teams
* identifying and monitoring risks and issues
* consolidating and documenting the fundamental components of projects
* establishing and maintaining governance arrangements
* benefits management and realisation
* financial and commercial management
* Managing stakeholders, taking account of their levels of influence and particular interests
* Planning and resource management
About us
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':
Being a clinically led organisation
Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
A positive patient experience every time
A great place to work
Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.
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Disclosure and Barring Service:
On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.
The changes mean that:
* youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
* the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.
If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.
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The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Please note the cost of the DBS check has increased from 2nd December 2024
Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one off payment.
Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one off payment.
As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.
A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.
27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies
EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
These schemes are subject to availability
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Educated to degree level or equivalent, or be able to demonstrate an equivalent level of knowledge
* Evidence of continuous personal development
* MS Project Professional/Project Web App
* MS Office
* Benefits Management
* Change Management
* NHS Digital Clinical Safety
* Leadership & Management
Experience
* Demonstrable experience of managing complex projects, preferably using PRINCE2
* Evidence of working with multi-disciplinary staff across diverse professions to specific solutions to support the successful delivery of projects
* Developing and leading teams
* Managing conflict
* Securing the provision of resources needed to deliver a project
* Researching, assessing and prioritising stakeholder requirements
* Preparation and maintenance of schedules for activities and events for projects, taking into account dependencies and resource requirements
* Establishing and agreeing and overall budget for a project and monitoring financial performance against it
* Experienced in the creation of consolidated plans to support overall management of a project, taking account of previous lessons learned and including: business case; constraints, assumptions and dependencies; governance arrangements; benefit realisation
* Development of business cases for projects including: strategic arguments; options appraisal; benefits and disbenefits; commercial aspects; risk; timescales and whole life costs
* Use of scheduling tools and methods
* Coaching skills
* Leadership
* Project management in NHS and/or IT
* Selecting, developing and leading teams in a matrix management environment
* Interfacing with other disciplines such as legal, finance and HR on the development or requirements for projects
* Management of the integration of outputs of a project into business as usual
* Assessing the skills and competence of individuals within a team and identifying their development needs
* Resource management
Knowledge
* Formal project management methodologies and tools
* Team development & leadership
* Principles of Benefits Management
* Information Governance & Cyber Security requirements
* Risk & issue management methodologies and tools
* Keeps up to date with relevant legal, regulatory, ethical and social requirements
* Tools and techniques to identify, evaluate and select alternative possible delivery options (options appraisal)
* Capital and revenue budget formats
* Use of tolerances and performance management
* Stakeholder management and communications planning
* Specifying requirements
* Estimation methods for scheduling
* Service improvement tools and methodologies
* Health Records Management
* Contract management
* Tools and techniques used for modelling, prototyping and testing
* Network analysis methods for scheduling
* Quality management processes; metrics for processes and quality standards
* Business process development
* Resource capacity planning tools and methods
* Clinical safety processes and how they apply to NHS IT systems
* Takes responsibility for own learning, development and behaviour - actively seeks to develop and demonstrate own competence
* Ability to clearly communicate and reinforce to team members and stakeholders the vision, values and objectives of a project
* Ability to inspire confidence and trust, command respect and create a sense of community amongst those involved in this area of work
* Ability to negotiate and influence others in a positive manner and confidence to deal with different priorities and differing views in order to instigate and achieve change and improvement
* Effective leadership, interpersonal and communication skills including facilitation, negotiation, obtaining, providing and presenting complex information
* Ability to prepare and present reports to detailed specifications for Trust and others as requested
* Ability to engage others in strategy and planning
* Ability to demonstrate or gain a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics of systems of health and social care and the constituent elements of the care system
* The ability to find ways of solving or pre-empting problems
* Ability to think clearly, reach decisions, prioritise and recommend appropriate action through the assessment of relevant information
* Encourages a culture of openness and honesty within the workplace
* Ability to work across Directorates and organisations, understanding operational and corporate needs.
* Ability to adapt and deal with situations and manage expectations during periods of change and be able to take account of the broader perspective and how it affects other areas.
Other requirements
* Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines
* Ability to travel independently across West North and East Cumbria on a regular basis and occasionally nationally
* Promote equality and value diversity
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.
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
£46,148 to £52,809 a yearPer Annum Pro Rata
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