Band 7 Assistant Project Manager

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent UK healthcare trust is seeking an Assistant Project Manager to support the Backlog Programme Manager and Project Managers. Responsibilities include coordinating capital projects, managing scheme programmes, and liaising with clinical teams. The role requires eligibility to work in the UK or sponsorship, offering a dynamic environment within a leading trust serving millions of patients each year.

Benefits

Flexible hours

Generous benefits

Next-level training

Qualifications

• You must be eligible to work in the United Kingdom or meet criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to the scheme Project Managers and others.
• Manage the overall scheme programme, ensuring deliverables.
• Liaise with clinical and operational teams for scheme development.

Job description

The purpose of the role is to advise and support the Backlog Programme Manager, Project Managers, Senior Project Managers and others within the Backlog Programme team. To take responsibility for the coordination, management, and delivery of aspects of Capital projects to ensure objectives are achieved in terms of specific performance, time, cost and quality. Undertaking the role of Assistant Project Manager on Capital schemes.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to the scheme Project Managers, Programme Manager and others as may be appropriate within the Backlog Programme team with the overall project management of the scheme, including scheme programme, cost and quality.
• Support the management of the overall scheme programme. This will include reviewing and developing programmes for various aspects of the work and monitoring progress to ensure they are delivered.
• Liaise with the organisation's clinical and operational teams, the project team and Principal Supply Chain Members (PSCMs) to organise the development of the detailed scheme design, output specifications and room data sheets.

Eligibility

You must be eligible to work in the United Kingdom or meet the criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. We welcome applications from candidates who require visa sponsorship, and these will be considered alongside all other applications. Before applying, please ensure that both you and the role meet the eligibility requirements under the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) points-based system to avoid disappointment.

If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre‑employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely. The Trust will request a DBS (CRB) if the post involves regulated activities. The Trust is compliant with the Disclosure and Barring Service Codes of practice and the Rehabilitation of offenders act.

About the Trust

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers' money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6 million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17 million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward‑thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.