# Digital Project Support Manager > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Velindre University NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/digital-project-support-manager/639a8cbf-d3a0-48d7-af06-77b9dae2f165 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/digital-project-support-manager/639a8cbf-d3a0-48d7-af06-77b9dae2f165.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Velindre University NHS Trust - **Town:** Cardiff - **Region:** Cardiff - **Country:** Wales - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £40,559 - £48,841 per annum - **Contract type:** 21 months (Fixed term until 31st March 2028. Hybrid: A minimum of 2-3 days on site each week, across all Trust locations. Increasing at key times, to meet the requirements of this role.) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (This is a hybrid working role, with a minimum requirement to work from the various Velindre University NHS Trust locations, 2 to 3 days each week (with flexibility to be at various sites on additional days for events and meetings as required by the organisation). Remaining working days are to be remote working. Interviews for this post will be required in person on site) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-24T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-10T12:43:03.490Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cardiff/Nantgarw/Velindre_University_NHS_Trust/Digital_Project_Support_Manager/Digital_Project_Support_Manager-v8044811 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8044811?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://velindre.nhs.wales ## Job Content ### Job overview Velindre University NHS Trust (VUNHST) has two core divisions: the Welsh Blood Service and Velindre Cancer Centre. Digital Services supports daily operations and delivers key transformation projects across the Trust. Digital, Data and Technology services are essential to modern healthcare and enable the Trust’s strategic ambitions. Velindre is committed to modernising healthcare through innovative information technologies. These improve decision-making, support effective information sharing, enhance patient and donor choice, and enable care closer to home, leading to better outcomes for patients, donors and their families. An ambitious individual is required to provide high-quality project support within Digital Services, ensuring successful delivery of digital projects. The Digital Project Support Manager will lead projects or work packages of low to moderate complexity, ensuring delivery within agreed time, cost and quality standards. They will support achievement of defined project benefits. The role includes managing the Digital Project Support Officer and supporting Project Managers to deliver national systems such as WPAS and ePMA, aligned with the NHS Wales digital strategy. ### Main duties of the job The main responsibilities of the Project Support Manager will be drawn from all or some of the following (depending upon the project being worked on): - To work as part of the Digital Programmes  Team and be responsible for managing your own Digital projects, with the support of a Digital Portfolio Project Manager - To be actively involved in the setting of the operational, technical and strategic objectives of the project - Identify and reconcile key stakeholder interests in the project - Understand and clarify the project scope and definition of work products in order to plan effectively - Identify, assess and prioritise risk associated with the project - Assess project feasibility and negotiate necessary amendments with the Digital Portfolio Project Manager - Run the day to day tasks of those projects to provide successful outcomes as defined in the scope and benefits documentation ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities This post is a fixed term/secondment for 21 months until 31st March 2028 due to funding. If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply. You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac. ## Job Details Velindre University NHS Trust (VUNHST) has two core divisions: the Welsh Blood Service and Velindre Cancer Centre. Digital Services supports daily operations and delivers key transformation projects across the Trust. Digital, Data and Technology services are essential to modern healthcare and enable the Trust’s strategic ambitions. Velindre is committed to modernising healthcare through innovative information technologies. These improve decision-making, support effective information sharing, enhance patient and donor choice, and enable care closer to home, leading to better outcomes for patients, donors and their families. An ambitious individual is required to provide high-quality project support within Digital Services, ensuring successful delivery of digital projects. The Digital Project Support Manager will lead projects or work packages of low to moderate complexity, ensuring delivery within agreed time, cost and quality standards. They will support achievement of defined project benefits. The role includes managing the Digital Project Support Officer and supporting Project Managers to deliver national systems such as WPAS and ePMA, aligned with the NHS Wales digital strategy. ## Job Description The main responsibilities of the Project Support Manager will be drawn from all or some of the following (depending upon the project being worked on): To work as part of the Digital Programmes Team and be responsible for managing your own Digital projects, with the support of a Digital Portfolio Project Manager To be actively involved in the setting of the operational, technical and strategic objectives of the project Identify and reconcile key stakeholder interests in the project Understand and clarify the project scope and definition of work products in order to plan effectively Identify, assess and prioritise risk associated with the project Assess project feasibility and negotiate necessary amendments with the Digital Portfolio Project Manager Run the day to day tasks of those projects to provide successful outcomes as defined in the scope and benefits documentation ## Responsibilities This post is a fixed term/secondment for 21 months until 31st March 2028 due to funding. If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply. You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Previous experience of planning and managing work packages or projects with low complexity with successful delivery within time and cost - Good knowledge of computer skills and of Microsoft Office Suite, Project with the ability to master new applications - Knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling projects, e.g. PRINCE 2 - Knowledge of budgeting and resource allocation procedures **Desirable** - Experience of working in health care - Knowledge of the procurement process, including contract negotiations particularly in relation to IT procurements - An understanding of Service design principles ### Skills and Attributes **Essential** - Delivered in a project environment - Demonstrable Team management skills - Track record of problem solving in a project management environment - Competent in the use of desktop applications - Good report drafting skills and action point recording - Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with Project Teams - Demonstrable good written and oral communication skills **Desirable** - Ability to travel to different sites - Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards ### Qualifications and Knowledge **Essential** - Educated to degree level and Postgraduate Diploma or equivalent experience - Prince 2 Foundation (formal or informal, or willing to work towards attainment) - Evidence of further development – education/training **Desirable** - Agile training (formal or informal, or willing to work towards attainment) - An understanding of the use and benefits of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) within a healthcare setting ## Documents - [jdps english (doc, 159.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10363890) - [sdmp cymraeg (doc, 153.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10363891) - [oh form - ig ffurflen (docx, 565.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10363892) - [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 322.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=827) - [nwssp recruitment services privacy notice (pdf, 404.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1637) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.