Senior Project Manager

Integrated Care System; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in London is seeking a Senior Project Manager to oversee capital projects from inception to completion. You will be responsible for ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget while managing a variety of stakeholders. Applicants should have significant experience in project delivery within a regulated environment and possess relevant qualifications such as a master's degree and PRINCE2 certification.

Benefits

Health benefits

Professional development opportunities

Fair recruitment practices

Qualifications

• Significant experience in leading large-scale multidisciplinary capital projects.
• Expertise in construction project delivery and contract management.
• Ability to forward plan and manage key tasks effectively.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all stages of capital projects from inception to completion.
• Manage project budgets and ensure adherence to timelines.
• Liaise with senior stakeholders to develop project scopes.

Skills

Leadership on capital projects

Contract management expertise

Decision-making skills

Problem-solving ability

Digital infrastructure management

Education

Masters level education

Degree in construction or engineering

PRINCE2 or APM certification

Job description

Go back Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Project Manager

The closing date is 08 August 2025

Reporting to the Head of Capital, the Senior Project Manager will be responsible for the end-to-end management of all capital projects across the Trust's estate, ensuring delivery on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.

The post holder will hold professional accountability for the delivery and implementation of a wide range of delegated schemes within the Trust's Capital Programme, independently managing projects from £5K to in excess of £25M. This will include responsibility for the full project lifecycle: project management, design coordination, contract administration, site supervision, commissioning, and ensuring that all works align with strategic objectives, operational needs, and statutory compliance.

The Senior Project Manager will lead project teams comprising internal stakeholders, external consultants, and contractors, ensuring a collaborative and integrated approach to project delivery.

Main duties of the job

• To deliver projects from inception to technical and clinical commissioning and completion. This will involve planning, monitoring and control of all aspects of a project to ensure that the most cost effective, timely and appropriate solutions are developed to achieve delivery in line with the trusts strategic goals.
• Oversee the full lifecycle of capital projects, from inception to completion, ensuring cost, time, and quality targets are met.
• To design projects in liaison with end users and consultants, setting scopes of work for design consultants, commissioning their services, and ensuring they deliver to those specifications.
• To ensure designs deliver critical purpose and functionality in liaison with consultants and end users.
• Work with senior stakeholders, including clinical and operational leads, to develop project scopes that align with the Trust's long-term estate and digital transformation strategies.
• To manage project budgets and ensure that expenditure is contained within approved budgetary constraints.
• To undertake regular and detailed project financial forecast reports and be able to explain and justify these for review with senior management colleagues in both estates and finance.

About us

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

• Educated to Masters level or equivalent experience
• Degree in construction, engineering, building surveying, a related built environment discipline
• Evidence of CPD and a commitment to ongoing learning
• Chartered membership or working towards membership in a relevant professional body (RICS, CIOB, RIBA, CIBSE, APM)
• PRINCE2 or APM

Skills and Abilities

• Significant experience in leading large-scale multidisciplinary capital projects, ideally in a healthcare or highly regulated environment
• Expertise in construction project delivery, contract management (JCT, NEC), and public sector procurement
• Ability to forward plan, identify critical activities and actively manage key tasks
• Effective decision-making skills navigating complex challenges and propose innovative solutions
• Ability to lead and effectively resolve conflict to achieve objectives to cost and time
• Ability to develop a systematic approach to problem solving and enhance performance
• Experience in managing digital infrastructure integration within capital projects

Knowledge and Experience

• Detailed knowledge of statutory project requirements, including the CDM Regulations HTM & HBNs, BSA and other HSE directives
• Experience of construction/built environment project implementation from both in-house design and project management of consultant design teams, including experience in conversion, refurbishment, and new build schemes
• Experience of managing large capital projects to successful conclusion to cost and time including standard forms of contract and budgetary control in the public sector
• An understanding of capital procurement programmes and methodologies
• Understanding of healthcare trends, estate planning, and future-proofing infrastructure investments
• Knowledge of carbon reduction strategies and the implementation of sustainable construction solutions

Trust Values, Equal Opportunities and Other

• Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values
• Commitment and adherence to equality, diversity and inclusion

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.

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust