Job requirements
Essential
12 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to effectively and appropriately communicate highly complex and sensitive information to patients, carers/families and all members of the multidisciplinary team
- Skills and Abilities
Analysis of complex data, including service data, qualitative narrative, including good information technology knowledge of Microsoft Office programmes.
- Skills and Abilities
Excellent report writing skills
- Skills and Abilities
Good problem solving skills
- Skills and Abilities
Good self/time management and organisational skills
- Skills and Abilities
Experience of managing projects and delivering evaluation of project impact using both key lines of enquiry and synthesized outcome measures.
- Knowledge and Experience
Understanding of healthy weight work with children and adults
- Knowledge and Experience
Specialist knowledge relating to working with vulnerable communities
- Knowledge and Experience
Demonstrable knowledge and skills in evidence based interventions
- Knowledge and Experience
Knowledge of a range of presentations and interventions related to healthy lifestyles and weight management in children and adults
- Knowledge and Experience
Educated to Masters degree level or comparable work experience
- Knowledge and Experience
Experience of highly effective communication with statutory bodies
Desirable
9 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills and Abilities
Use of multimedia materials for presentations in professional settings
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to respond to reporting requests
- Knowledge and Experience
Direct experience of working in or closely with schools, primary care, acute and community trusts and local authority teams
- Knowledge and Experience
Experience of representation at and organisation of multiagency meetings and events.
- Knowledge and Experience
Experience of service development
- Knowledge and Experience
Experience supervising and managing other staff members
- Knowledge and Experience
Good knowledge of local children's and adult services
- Knowledge and Experience
Understanding of the national OPIP programme
- Knowledge and Experience
Experience of co-production with children and adults
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for two project managers to support delivery of the Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland Obesity Pathway Innovation Programme (OPIP).
OPIP is a high profile nationally funded programme that brings together a whole pathway approach to the improvement of obesity care for local people, from early intervention in neighbourhoods through to highly specialist support.
The posts are offered on a fixed term/secondment basis until 30 April 2029.
Main duties of the job
The key responsibilities of the Project Manager role:
- Co-design a highly effective strategy and develop detailed plans for the delivery of allocated projects
- Direct, design and implement delivery of allocated projects, ensure delivery of the outcomes set out in the project and identify any current or future resources
- Support the development of rigorous evaluation and performance monitoring throughout planning and implementation
- Work in partnership with appropriate governance arrangements for the project
- Flexibly respond to emerging risks or issues
- Make recommendation on future ongoing work and associated resource requirements
- Manage delegated project budgets
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To co-design and co-deliver the OPIP project.
To co-develop a highly effective project plan for the OPIP programme and support the Programme Lead and providing service leaders to mobilise the projects within it.
To report to the OPIP management group and its sub-groups regularly and complete high quality, timely and validated statutory report submissions
Critically evaluate and interpret evidence-based practice, making informed judgments about their implications for changing/developing services and clinical practice.
Provide highly specialised advice concerning the care of identified groups of adults and children.
To manage the project support officer role and be responsible for managing employee relations issues such as absence, capability and investigations, as well as carrying out supervisions and appraisals.
To participate in regular supervision with line manager to ensure traction of projects.
To be pro-active in developing, partnerships building and cultivating support.
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This advert is for OPIP Project Manager with Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Kettering, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Project manager role. The advertised salary is £57,528 - £64,750 pa pro rata. The contract type is Fixed term: 31 months (End Date: 30 April 2029). The application deadline is 08 Oct 2026.
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