GPP MH Project Manager

Job overview

This role is offered on a fixed term basis for 18 months. The hours are full time, 37.50 hours per week.

The Project Manager will convene and manage project teams and provide project management support to the delivery of high-priority transformation projects within Mental Health across Gloucestershire, ensuring strategic alignment, operational effectiveness, and timely achievement of system-wide outcomes on behalf of the GPP.

To develop and redesign services in line with Mental Health transformation priorities of the Gloucestershire Provider Partnership which will require a high level of planning, negotiating, analytical and communication skills.

The post holder will support performance improvement across the Gloucestershire Provider Partnership as required.

Main duties of the job

• To formulate, develop and adjust project plans and strategies.
• To plan and organise a broad range of complex activities using best practice project management tools and techniques.
• To provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information; agreement or co-operation required; present highly complex, sensitive or contentious information to groups.
• To encourage collaborative working to improve services/performance where there may be resistance to change.
• To present workshops to large groups of staff.
• The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Work with members of the Projects Team, GPP and other stakeholders to investigate the causes of any variance from project plans and proactively contribute to the implementation of solutions.
• Management of a project register risk and issues tracking mechanism and the resolution and escalation processes.
• Deliver monthly reports that are necessary for project governance and monitoring, in a format consistent with the project methodology and reflective of the needs, size, pace of development, and political sensitivities of each project.
• Lead and present to large groups related to projects, negotiate with groups and support services involved in delivering the project.
• Link work to other change initiatives, monitor and rectify performance related to delivery and targets
• Ensure thorough and recorded planning, monitor expenditure and budgets and where agreed act as signatory, maintain project records and systems, deliver post project evaluations
• Write and present reports up to and including Board level - all as agreed with Project Sponsor or Director, and in accordance with project methodology.
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