Senior Project Manager - N&WUHG New Hospital Programme

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details regarding this post.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Extensive experience delivering complex construction of infrastructure projects.
• Experience managing NEC contracts and commercial risk.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and engaging senior stakeholders.
• Experience of managing external consultants, technical advisers and specialist professional services.
• Experience of supporting and developing business cases.
• Experience as a budget holder, including budget planning, management and financial reporting.
• Experience producing high-quality briefings and written project documents for senior managers.
• Experience in designing and using a range of evaluation methods.
• Good working knowledge of Health and Safety legislation.

Desirable criteria

• Experience within a complex healthcare or infrastructure environment.
• Experience operating within regulated governance environments.

Skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent programme managemnt and organisational development skills demonstrated within construction programmes.
• In depth knowledge of capital project lifecycles, construction delivery and governance.
• Sound knowledge of NEC4 mechanisms and their practical application.
• Knowledge and experience of corporate governance in an NHS setting, either directly or by working in partnership with the NHS.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including PowerPoint, Ecel, and MS Project or equivalent project planning application.

Aptitude

Essential criteria

• Collaborative approach to engagement and delivery,
• Able to operate effectively in ambiguous and politically sensitive environments.
• Sound judgement when managing competing priorities and complex organisational challenges.
• Strong professional integrity.
• Ability to challenge constructively and influence outcomes.

Qualifications/Training and professional development

Essential criteria

• Degree or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through extensive experience in construction, engineering, estates, project management or related discipline.
• Recognised project/programme management qualification (e.g. PRINCE2, MSP).
• Evidence of continuous professional development at a senior level, including leadership development.

Desirable criteria

• Chartered membership of a relevant professional body (IWFM, IHEEM, CIBSE, RICS, APM or equivalent).
• Better Business Case Foundation or higher.

Applications are welcome from anyone who meets the criteria specified in the person specification regardless of age, gender, disability, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation or other personal circumstances. Only those applicants who demonstrate in the application form how they meet the criteria in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We not only recruit employees based on their qualifications and experience, but we also recruit individuals who possess and can demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our core values (attached).

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We offer our staff a wide range of benefits and support including:

• Flexible working opportunities
• Free counselling service
• NHS Pension scheme
• Access to Stream - an app-based service that provides instant earned wage access*
• Support and advice for staff affected by either Perimenopause or Menopause
• Opportunity to join our Staff Networks which include Armed Forces, REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Culture Heritage), Disability and LGBTQ+ networks.

We are committed to being a menopause friendly employer.

Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this post may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role asap.

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