Senior Project Manager Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

We are seeking a passionate and enthusiastic senior project manager as part of our Digital PMO team.

The post holder will support, monitor and manage a range of digital projects using Prince 2 methodology to ensure that a standard project management approach is built into all aspects of the project work. This post involves working across the organisation and liaising with various clinical, operational and administrative teams across all hospital sites supporting the delivery of their IM&T strategies.

The post holder will produce and present all project documentation including PIDs, Project Plans, Implementation Plans, Milestone Plans, Highlight Reports, Risks and Issues and any other documentation as required by the Programme Manager or Project Boards/Steering Groups and will assimilate a wide range of complex and sensitive information. All activities will utilise appropriate tools and methodologies such as Prince and MSP.

The post holder will be responsible for overseeing the management and monitoring of IT projects ensuring that progress is in line with the overall project plan highlighting variances, identifying key milestones and critical path events and monitor progress against the plan. They will ensure that the projects are undertaken and that interdependencies are identified and that delivery is monitored and reported on to the Programme Manager so that the overall objectives of the projects are met in relation to time and budget.

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Key Responsibilities:

1. Provide project management expertise and advice within the directorate/organisation.
2. Have direct responsibility for a number of projects, for the full lifecycle from initiation to project closure, taking a lead role on high priority/critical projects.
3. Ensure that each project is supported by a robust governance structure.
4. Monitor the progress of the project against the original business case and project initiation document, ensuring where necessary the project is able to adapt to changing requirements and that plans are adjusted accordingly.
5. Analyse and evaluate complex and diverse conflicting issues associated with the completion of a project.
6. Ensure regular reports are provided to appropriate stakeholders as defined within the programme governance.
7. Identify and manage risks and issues associated with the project(s), including the development and implementation of contingency plans.
8. Ensure all system implementation plans are synchronised with training and infrastructure commitments and include post implementation review plans.
9. Make routine presentations, covering complex issues to groups of staff on topics associated with programmes/projects.
10. Represent other departmental managers at meetings, events, seminars, or progressing tasks where this is appropriate.
11. Contribute to the development and implementation of Key Performance Indicators and Critical Success Factors within the Directorate.
12. Monitor and manage delivery against these targets and produce regular management update reports detailing performance levels.
13. Liaise with others to ensure they are briefed and up to date on any performance issues.
14. Provide full support for internal and external audits of their project(s) and act on recommendations as appropriate.
15. Ensure that Post Implementation Reviews and Lessons Learned activities are initiated on completion of projects.
16. Dedicate the required concentration to collate, analyse, check and report on complex information.

This advert closes on Monday 28 Apr 2025.