# Digital Project Manager

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Manager and corporate
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £47,810 - £54,710 Per Annum
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (End Date: 04/08/2027)
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 22.5 hours per week (Flexible, but at least Tuesday or Wednesday on-site)
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-25T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-10T14:50:58.267Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/South_Yorkshire/Sheffield/Sheffield_Health_Partnership_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Finance/Finance-v8182430
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8182430?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.shsc.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The Digital Project Manager will join a team of Project Managers within the Digital department focused on delivery of digital products that improve care and the capabilities of the Trust.

There are two posts available, one working 37.5 hours per week (full time) and one working 22.5 hours per week (part time).

The Digital Project Manager will lead and manage a range of complex technical projects from initiation to delivery, ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to a high-quality standard. They will develop and maintain project plans, including detailed schedules, budgets, and resource plans, and work with stakeholders to define project requirements and scope.

The Digital Project Manager will coordinate cross-functional teams, including both technical and non-technical staff, to achieve project goals and manage project budgets and resource allocation, providing regular reports on project progress and financial performance.

This role is part of a newly created team and the Digital Project Manager will have the opportunity to contribute to the improvement of project management practices and processes.

With digital solutions as a key component of the NHS 10-year plan, it is essential to embed 'digital-first' thinking throughout the Trust. The Digital Project Manager will bring clinical and corporate colleagues on the digital journey. They will need to be confident in building and maintaining positive working relationships with stakeholders and colleagues at all levels of the organisation.

"Interviews will be conducted Face to Face at our site on Wardsend Road in Sheffield. Please do not apply if know you are unable to make a Face to Face interview (intended to take place on the 17th-19th of August 2026 but subject to change). If you have a disability and require reasonable adjustments to attend an interview please indicate this on the application and we will take steps to ensure your needs are met."

### Main duties of the job

- Provide end to end project management from initial stakeholder engagement and business case development through to service transition and benefits realisation.
- Build relationships and effective lines of communication with key stakeholders at all levels
- Work with user groups and project teams, motivating, mediating and communicating across the trust and creating a user-centered approach to projects
- Produce and maintain project documentation, including plans, deliverables, risk and issue registers, highlight reports, escalation reports, requirements and benefits realisation documentation
- Contribute to the improvement of project management practices and processes

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See the Job Description and Person Specification for the detailed job description and a full list of responsibilities

### Applicant requirements

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- - Knowledge of project management in the design, development and implementation of change management
- - Significant experience of working in an autonomous way, working within defined parameters to meet defined objectives and make rational decisions.
- - Experience of working in a change environment with multiple stakeholders, across organisational boundaries and securing their engagement
- - Experience of influencing staff at all levels to ensure project objectives are owned by all members of the teams including users and stakeholders.

**Desirable**

- - Evidence of successful delivery of financial and/or quality benefits within agreed timescales
- - Evidence of the ability to persuade teams to take on new ways of working and to consistently challenge the status quo
- - Experience of developing, monitoring and managing budgets Experience of training and facilitating group development and delivering training, education and development opportunities

### Knowledge and Skills

**Essential**

- Good communication skills, both written (complex report writing) and spoken, including formal presentation / facilitation skills
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft products in particular Word, Excel, PowerPoint (desktop and online), Teams, SharePoint (or similar technologies)
- Ability to set out conclusions and recommendations clearly and concisely in a range of styles to reflect the needs of the audience
- Ability to present effectively to large groups including senior staff
- Confidently facilitate workshops, generating enthusiasm and support from participants
- Ability to create track and maintain a clear project plan and prioritise workloads and resource them in response to changing demands and requirements.
- Ability to deliver key project processes such as risk and issue management in line with best practice.

**Desirable**

- Experience of Electronic Patient Record programmes

### Training and Qualifications

**Essential**

- - Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
- - Evidence of significant continuing professional development
- - Project management qualification or equivalent experience

**Desirable**

- - Knowledge of Agile project management methodologies

## Documents

- [jd & ps (pdf, 666.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10485882)

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