PMO Lead

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

You would establish governance and risk management structures, track benefits and undertake quality impact assessments of efficiency plans, leading a large PMO function and engaging many stakeholders to sustain change across complex care pathways.

Working with the Associate Director – Improvement & Transformation, you will allocate resources, develop competency frameworks, and provide strategic updates to Programme Directors and governance groups, as well as deliver training in agreed

Qualifications

• Experience leading a large PMO function within a complex health or public sector.
• Proven ability to establish governance structures, risk management and benefits tracking.
• Strong collaboration with senior stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior strategic leadership and coordination for portfolio management.
• Establish and maintain governance, risk management structures, policies and templates.
• Track delivery, benefits, and interdependencies across multiple projects.
• Allocate resources and develop competency frameworks for project roles.
• Communicate progress to Programme Directors and governance groups.
• Deliver training on methodologies to staff and patients.

Skills

Portfolio management

Governance & risk management

Strategic leadership

Stakeholder management

Change management

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Improvement Delivery Team as a PMO Lead. You would provide senior strategic leadership and coordination for portfolio management across the organisation to support the delivery of priority projects and programmes across multiple improvement portfolios, with a significant focus on the successful delivery of our financial efficiency programme.

Our team delivers high quality improvement support to Trust priorities including urgent and emergency care, outpatients, theatres, efficiency and neighbourhoods. You will join an existing thriving team that has a track record of delivering tangible improvements to performance and outcomes for our population.

You would be responsible for establishing and maintaining appropriate governance and risk management structures, policies, processes and templates to support effective best practice project and programme management delivery. You would have a clear approach to tracking the delivery of benefits, including significant financial savings, and undertaking quality impact assessments of any efficiency plans.

You will be experienced in improvement and project management approaches, have significant experience of leading a large PMO function, and have a track record of establishing and maintaining good relationships to deliver sustainable change programmes across complex pathways with multiple stakeholders.

Working with the Associate Director – Improvement and Transformation, they will develop the organisation’s approach to the interpretation and use of key improvement, project and change management methodologies.

The postholder will ensure that systems are in place to identify, prioritise and track all projects and programmes and that this tracking is kept up-to-date. They will provide assurance to internal and external stakeholders and be able to provide an overview at any point in time of which projects and programmes are being undertaken and what the delivery status is of each of them, including key risks and issues and their mitigations. They will provide mechanisms for identifying and managing interdependencies between different projects and programmes.

The postholder will support the Associate Director – Improvement and Transformation to allocate appropriate resource to each project and programme and will maintain a system for tracking resource allocation. They will support the Associate Director – Improvement and Transformation in the development of a competency framework for project and programme roles.

The postholder will provide updates and high-level communication at a strategic level to Programme Directors / Senior Responsible Officers, governance groups and stakeholders. They will also develop plans to integrate programme outcomes into business as usual. The postholder will design and deliver training in agreed methodologies to staff and patients.

Our People Are Our Greatest Asset. When We Feel Supported And Happy At Work, This Positivity Reaches Those Very People We Are Here For, The Patients. Engaged Employees Perform At Their Best And Our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Initiatives Contribute To Cultivate a Culture Of Engagement. We Have Four Staff Networks, a Corporate EDI Team And a Suite Of Programmes And Events Which Aim To Insert The 5 Aspirations

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Beckie Burn Job title: Associate Director - Improvement & Transformation Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07721 353699