Job requirements
Essential
21 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Significant senior project or programme management experience within a complex organisation.
- Experience
Demonstrable experience of leading major digital, technology-enabled or organisational change implementations.
- Experience
Strong understanding and utilisation of Oracle Fusion or NHS ESR
- Experience
Experience of managing complex projects across multiple workstreams, stakeholders and organisational boundaries.
- Experience
Experience of providing senior-level reporting, assurance and recommendations to governance forums.
- Experience
Strong experience of risk, issue, dependency and change management.
- Experience
Experience of leading or overseeing technical implementation, system testing and/or data migration.
- Experience
Experience of leading stakeholder engagement, communications, training and organisational readiness activity.
- Experience
Experience of working with national programmes, shared services, external suppliers or multiple delivery partners.
- Experience
Demonstrable experience of delivering complex projects to challenging timescales.
- Knowledge and Skills
Excellent strategic and operational project management skills.
- Knowledge and Skills
Strong leadership and influencing skills, with the ability to operate effectively without direct authority.
- Knowledge and Skills
Strong understanding of digital implementation and organisational change.
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to understand complex technical issues and translate them into organisational impacts, risks and decisions.
- Knowledge and Skills
Excellent communication, facilitation and negotiation skills.
- Knowledge and Skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to constructively challenge senior stakeholders and delivery partners.
- Knowledge and Skills
Strong governance, assurance and reporting skills.
- Education and Training
Educated to Masters degree level in a relevant subject of equivalent experience
- Education and Training
Project and/or Programme management office qualification, PRINCE 2, MSP or equivalent experience
- Education and Training
Evidence of Continued professional development
Desirable
2 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Significant NHS experience, particularly within a complex provider or system environment.
- Experience
Experience of working across multiple NHS organisations or regional/national programmes.
Job overview
Band 8A Subject to Evaluation
We are looking for a Project Manager role to provide senior leadership and delivery oversight for the implementation of the NHS PeoplePortal programme within Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust.
You will have end-to-end responsibility for coordinating and driving local implementation, bringing together technical, data, testing, communications, training, engagement, process and organisational readiness activity into a single, coherent delivery programme.
Working closely with the organisation's senior stakeholders, the national NHS PeoplePortal programme team and the K&M shared project team, you will ensure that the organisation is aligned to national requirements and milestones while effectively managing local dependencies, risks, priorities and operational requirements.
This is a senior, hands-on programme delivery role requiring significant autonomy, judgement and influence. You will be expected to challenge constructively, resolve complex delivery issues, manage competing priorities and escalate appropriately, ensuring that the organisation remains on track for successful implementation and go-live.
This position will not be supported for visa sponsorship. All applicants are expected to have valid right to work document to work in the UK when applying for this position.
Main duties of the job
The Project Manager will provide senior leadership and delivery oversight for the implementation of the NHS PeoplePortal programme within the organisation.
The postholder will have end-to-end responsibility for coordinating and driving local implementation, bringing together technical, data, testing, communications, training, engagement, process and organisational readiness activity into a single, coherent delivery programme.
Working closely with the organisation's senior stakeholders, the national NHS PeoplePortal programme team and the K&M shared project team, the postholder will ensure that the organisation is aligned to national requirements and milestones while effectively managing local dependencies, risks, priorities and operational requirements.
This is a senior, hands-on programme delivery role requiring significant autonomy, judgement and influence. The postholder will be expected to challenge constructively, resolve complex delivery issues, manage competing priorities and escalate appropriately, ensuring that the organisation remains on track for successful implementation and go-live.
The postholder will act as the principal local point of contact for the NHS PeoplePortal implementation and will provide senior-level assurance to organisational governance structures and the wider programme regarding progress, risks, readiness and delivery.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Specific Responsibilities: -
Local Project Leadership
Provide senior leadership and overall project management for the organisation's NHS PeoplePortal implementation.
Responsible for translating the national NHS PeoplePortal programme requirements into a clear, achievable and appropriately resourced local implementation plan.
Establish and maintain effective project governance, ensuring appropriate senior oversight, decision-making and escalation.
Lead the local implementation team and coordinate contributions from technical, operational, HR, communications, learning and other specialist colleagues.
Ensure that all implementation workstreams and domain activities are aligned, sequenced and delivered against agreed milestones.
Provide visible leadership and delivery momentum throughout the implementation lifecycle.
Monitor delivery against scope, milestones, quality and expected outcomes, taking corrective action where required.
Ensure that the organisation is appropriately prepared for each implementation stage and ultimately for go-live.
Provide senior-level advice and assurance to organisational leadership on implementation progress, risks and readiness.
Manage project team, including recruitment, objective setting, appraisals etc.
Please see attached job description for further information.
WhatsApp job alerts
Get instant WhatsApp alerts for Band 8 Programme manager roles in Dartford
Create your Job Clerk account first. We'll collect your alert preferences during onboarding and help you turn on WhatsApp notifications for matching healthcare roles.
Applying for this NHS job
This advert is for NHS PeoplePortal Programme Manager with Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust in Dartford, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Programme manager role. The advertised salary is £59,798 - £67,020 per annum inclusive of allowances. The contract type is 18 months (fixed term contract). The application deadline is 11 Oct 2026.
Before you apply, compare the job description with the person specification and mirror the employer's essential criteria in your supporting information. Use the vacancy title, employer, location, salary, contract type, closing date and posted date (28 Sep 2026) to decide whether this role fits your current NHSjob search. If the employer can close applications early, prepare the application before the stated deadline rather than waiting for the final day.
For more context, review related Job Clerk pages for the same profession, band or location where they exist, then use the application-support guides to tailor your statement and prepare for interview.