Senior Project Manager

NHS Blood and Transplant; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Barnsley is looking for a Senior Project Manager to oversee projects from inception to completion. You will manage resources, ensure project adherence to objectives, and participate in the development of project management tools. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in project management and a strong educational background in relevant fields.

Qualifications

• Degree in an appropriate discipline and post-graduate qualification or equivalent experience.
• Practitioner Certificate in PRINCE2 or equivalent required.
• Extensive knowledge of benefits delivery by managing strategic business programmes.

Responsibilities

• Manage NHSBT projects from inception to completion.
• Ensure timely project conclusions and delivery of business benefits.
• Accountable for planning, structuring, leading, and execution of projects.

Skills

Project management

Strategic planning

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree in business, management, or related field

PRINCE2 Practitioner Certificate

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Visio

Microsoft Project Management tools

Job description

As Senior Project Manager you will be responsible for managing projects and programmes from inception through to completion. You will ensure timely and successful project conclusions and delivery of capability for achieving business benefits through:Planning, supporting and monitoring the progress of the projects;Managing internal resources, external suppliers and consultants;Ensuring that project deliverables are linked to the achievement of strategic initiatives for the business unit;Taking accountability for the planning, structuring, leading and execution of projects;Ensuring adherence to programme objectives; andParticipating in the development and improvement of our Portfolio, Programme and Project Management tools and methodology

Main duties of the job

To manage programmes or portfolios of related NHSBT projects from inception through to completion. To ensure timely and successful project conclusions and delivery of capability for achieving business benefits through;Planning, supporting and monitoring the progress of the programmeManaging internal resources and external suppliers and consultants,ensuring that programme and project deliverables are tightly linked to the achievement of strategic initiatives for the business unittaking accountability for the planning, structuring, leading and executionEnsuring adherence to programme objectives.Participate in the development and improvement of the NHSBT Portfolio, Programme and Project Management tools and methods

About us

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, youll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need.Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do.By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever.You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• A degree in an appropriate discipline (e.g. business, management, information systems) and Post-graduate level specialist qualification or demonstrable equivalent experience in one of the above specialist areas or similar.
• Practitioner Certificate in PRINCE 2 or equivalent qualification.
• Thorough knowledge of other Office Automation packages, in particular Microsoft Word, Excel and Visio.
• Demonstrate commitment to own Continued Professional Development (CPD).
• Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification for the full personal attributes we require for the role. You will need to demonstrate these throughout the recruitment process.

Experience

• Extensive, practical knowledge of benefits delivery by the formal management of strategic business programmes.
• Extensive experience of formal management of complex programmes, including the use of formal project management tools for the full life-cycle of large scale, complex programmes in a real-world environment.
• Proven experience of benefits management and realisation in the formal programme context.
• Extensive experience of creating outline business cases and programme / project briefs for communication at Board / Executive level.
• Proven experience of managing project team members at remote locations.
• Experience of working with information technology using Microsoft Office packages (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams and PowerPoint)

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.