Project Manager

NHS ENGLAND; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead the NHS National Single Sign-On programme. This role involves driving project delivery, engaging stakeholders, and ensuring robust service delivery while providing maternity cover. Candidates should have a recognized Project Management Qualification and experience in managing budgets and project benefits effectively. This is a fixed-term contract.

Qualifications

• Experience of supporting the delivery of projects on time, to quality standards and in a cost-effective manner.
• Experience of developing and presenting reports, appraising outcomes, providing progress reports for staff as directed.
• Knowledge of effective matrix approach to working.

Responsibilities

• Identify, clarify, measure, track, and ensure ownership of all project benefits.
• Monitor and manage budgets, ensuring financial balance is maintained.
• Proactively manage stakeholders and resolve conflict.

Skills

Project delivery

Stakeholder engagement

Budget management

Team management

Education

Recognised Project Management Qualification

Tools

Information sharing systems

Job description

Overview

As Senior Project Manager, you'll be a vital member of our agile delivery team, leading the NHS National Single Sign-On programme and providing maternity cover. You'll drive project delivery, engage stakeholders, and oversee business adoption, ensuring strong support across the full delivery lifecycle.

The evolving nature of our programmes means you will have the flexibility to lead priority projects as needed, contributing to transformation and delivering value for money in planning, commissioning, and service. This role is designed to develop both technical expertise and subject matter knowledge for robust service delivery.

Fixed term contract: This role is a maternity cover.

Responsibilities

• Identify, clarify, measure, track, and ensure ownership of all project benefits.
• Adapt readily and provide support for new programmes and projects as needed.
• Develop and maintain secure, effective information systems for storing and managing project documentation (including PIDs, dashboards, highlight reports, and risk/issue logs).
• Uphold the highest standards of professionalism in all public interactions with the Programme Office.
• Embed patient and public involvement at every relevant level of decision making.
• Champion best practice by learning from experience and others, and encourage innovation throughout the organisation.
• Contribute to the evolution of project and programme management approaches and working methods across the organisation as part of a Project and Programme Management community of practice.
• Effectively monitor and manage budgets, following all organisational financial policies and procedures.
• Consistently seek value for money and ensure financial balance is maintained.
• Provide timely and accurate financial updates and reports as required.
• Pro-actively manage stakeholders, respond to and resolve conflict when this arises through facilitation or other appropriate mechanisms.
• Experience of supporting the delivery of projects on time, to quality standards and in a cost-effective manner.
• Experience of developing and presenting reports, appraising outcomes, providing progress reports for staff as directed.
• Experience of day-to-day team management.

Knowledge & Experience

• Knowledge of effective matrix approach to working.
• Knowledge and proficient use of appropriate information sharing systems.

Qualifications

• Recognised Project Management Qualification.

Secondment

Applicants from within the NHS will be offered the role on a secondment basis only; agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.

Legal and Screening

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) check will be required.

About IAM

IAM enables secure, reliable, and convenient access to patient data for over one million health and social care professionals via the Care Identity Service, overseeing essential national authentication platforms. Our team supports products and services aimed at simplifying and securing authentication, identity verification, and access management for staff.

Organisational Purpose

• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care.
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation.
• Delivering value for money.