Project Manager - Research, Innovation & Academic Partnerships

NHS National Services Scotland; Airdrie; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave 35 days

NHS Pension

Incremental salary progression

Sick leave

NHS discounts

Job summary

NHS Lanarkshire is seeking a specialist to manage a team delivering Project Management and business support services aligned with priority strategies. You will oversee projects from initiation to full operational status, ensuring benefits are delivered within timescales and budgets set by sponsors.

Employing PRINCE2 or equivalent frameworks, you will establish project scope, develop business cases, and execute plans with strong stakeholder collaboration to achieve organisational goals.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent.
• Management or Project Management qualification (PRINCE2) or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience of working within the NHS.
• Proven track record of successfully managing diverse projects.

Responsibilities

• To lead a team delivering Project Management and business support services.
• Manage discrete/linked projects from initiation to benefits realisation.
• Implement best practice using PRINCE2 or equivalent frameworks.
• Establish project scope, business case and execution plans with stakeholders.
• Build multi-disciplinary teams and maintain stakeholder relationships.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Education

Degree

PRINCE2 qualification

NHS experience

Job description

About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Role

To be a specialist in and manage a team delivering a wide range of Project Management and business support services which are part of the priority strategies of NHS Lanarkshire.

This includes the management of discrete and/or linked projects in our Directorate from initiation to full operational status, ensuring achievement of agreed benefits within agreed timescales and budgets set by the business/project sponsor.

To implement best practice, utilising the PRINCE2 project management methodology or equivalent and internal frameworks ensuring agreed benefits are delivered within agreed timescales and budgets set by the business/project sponsors.

In this key role, you will:

To establish and implement the Project through scoping of project, development of business case and development and execution of project plan that is acceptable to the project stakeholders.

Implement and maintain high quality Project Management & planning procedures to ensure all Projects under the remit of the department are effectively managed and controlled, to deliver the expected benefits to patients and staff. Provide advice, support and education in this area to the Projects Team and other relevant functions.

Build multi-disciplinary Teams with the appropriate mix of skills and knowledge for each Project (clinical, OD & Training, business analysis, technical etc) and establish strong relationships within teams in order to secure commitment to the organisational goals of each Project.

Establish & maintain effective working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders, to ensure full communication and co-operation with each Project to provide the highest level of Project management support and deliver expected outcomes.

What'll You Bring:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Management or Project Management qualification e.g. PRINCE 2 or equivalent relevant experience
• Experience of working within the NHS
• Proven track record of successfully managing diverse projects, through significant experience and evidence

What we Offer

As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children's settings.

For informal discussion, please contact Stacey Rooney, Quality Assurance Programme Manager Clinical Audit on [e-mail]

If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Nicole Hetherington, Recruitment Administrator on [e-mail]

Interested?

Full details about the role are provided in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Please review our Application Guidance which explain key information including closing dates, amendments, right‑to‑work requirements, sponsorship eligibility and important points to be aware of before submitting your application

You can also learn more about working with NHS Lanarkshire by viewing our Information Pack

Unless otherwise stated, the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.

This advert may close early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply early.