Job summary
Our Digital Transformation team, based at Edward Jenner Court in Gloucestershire, is looking for a passionate and talented individual to join us.
About the Role
This position offers a unique opportunity to work on large‑scale projects that will have a significant impact on our organisation. You will collaborate with various departments and deliver projects that aim to enhance our digital presence.
What We Offer
* Innovative Projects: work on digital transformation initiatives that drive change.
* Collaborative Environment: work within a close‑knit team.
* Professional Growth: opportunities for continuous learning and development in the NHS.
If you are a creative thinker with an interest in digital transformation and a desire to make a meaningful impact, we'd love to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
This is an important role within Digital Services, involving close collaboration with Digital colleagues and operational and clinical staff across the Trust. It will require effective engagement with internal and external stakeholders to deliver and embed digital programmes of work.
The Digital Programme Manager will have experience in the delivery of complex programmes and will therefore have detailed knowledge and skills in programme and project management and change management.
The Programme Manager will also be responsible for overseeing digital change and transformation, including the identification, monitoring, tracking, and realisation of benefits. The role involves engaging with clinical staff to facilitate user co‑design of new processes and ensuring change assurance by aligning change management functions across digital, clinical, and Trust services. The Programme Manager must ensure compliance with NHS technical standards and will have accountability for staff, including line management and professional supervision of digital change delivery staff, as well as occasional matrix management of digital portfolio project staff. Additionally, the Programme Manager will be responsible for the identification, tracking, and realisation of financial benefits.
Job responsibilities
* Ensure programme and constituent projects and workstreams are managed and monitored using recognised methodology for reporting on performance, risks, issues, timing, quality and benefits realisation.
* Organise and attend meetings and consultations as required, ensuring formal recordings of such.
* Draft papers for submission to appropriate meetings such as Strategic Oversight Group and Digital Group to cover various projects within the programme.
* Co‑ordinate interdependent projects and workstreams.
* Ensure that the Programme Budget is controlled, monitored and reviewed.
* Be accountable for the delivery of projects and workstreams to agreed quality, cost and programme objectives.
* Highlight or report any cost pressures or financial difficulties and agree and implement remedial actions to restore financial performance against plan.
* Ensure all projects are delivered in compliance with legislation, relevant regulations and best practice methodologies.
* Provide excellent problem‑solving skills to ensure effective and prompt resolution of issues arising during the project lifecycle.
* Plan and organise work activities and formulate programmes, including production and updating of project programmes using appropriate software.
* Co‑ordinate and support the Programme Governance and delivery groups.
* Co‑ordinate key meetings with key partners, including stakeholders internal and external to the Trust.
* Attend meetings regularly with Trust colleagues across all Directorates as required.
* Be the budget holder for assigned Programme and constituent project budgets.
* Co‑ordinate the regular monthly updating and issuing of reports.
* Ensure all key stakeholders are included in the development of the project proposals, including staff, service users, patients, Experts by Experience and wider stakeholders as appropriate.
* Develop any specific policy/procedures required to ensure successful delivery of the programme across the Trust.
* Co‑ordinate the assimilation of data for the regular issuance of programme and project update reports.
* Obtain up‑to‑date and accurate data to support Business Cases when requested.
* Manage any associated risks related to the programme and projects and maintain a risk register with appropriate mitigation, escalation and reporting.
* Prepare reports and provide evidence of governance with regard to all activities undertaken.
* Be an advocate for excellent programme and project delivery.
* Support and encourage innovation in the way services are delivered.
Person Specification
Qualifications and experience – Essential
* Educated to degree level, and additional knowledge acquired via formal training and accreditation at master's level, or equivalent specialist knowledge acquired through experience.
* Recognised project or programme management qualification (APM, Prince 2, MSP, or equivalent).
* Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner.
* Recognised management qualification or equivalent experience.
Length of experience – Essential
* Experience of programme management on major programmes.
* Significant experience as a manager in the NHS, supporting and managing staff.
* Experience of benefits identification, management and realisation.
* Experience in creation of highly complex HM Treasury 5 case model documentation to contribute towards central funding applications.
Desirable
* Substantial NHS experience of facilitating and managing major programmes and transformational change within and across healthcare organisations, effectively working in teams at both project management levels.
Professional/specialist knowledge – Essential
* Computer literate in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Teams.
* Excellent planning and organisational skills to manage and co‑ordinate day‑to‑day projects and workstreams, communicating with key stakeholders, clients and other interested parties as part of that process.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here regarding criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
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