# Project Manager - Specialist Care Group

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** St George's Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Project manager
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 pa
- **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed Term/Secondment to permanent)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-06T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-22T08:21:20.048Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Staffordshire/Stafford/Midlands_Partnership_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Project_Manager/Project_Manager-v8301957
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8301957?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.mpft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. If it is identified that you require sponsorship top undertake this role your application may be withdrawn

Do you like things being organised, love bringing people together, and want to help build things that matter? We are looking for a Project Manager to join our Business Development Team in the Specialist Care Group. You won't just be updating spreadsheets all day, you will be working alongside our team to co-ordinate service mobilisations, business developments, supporting tender submissions and business cases, tracking actions and helping deliver real projects in real time within our services based across England from Cumbria down to the Isle of Wight. We are looking for someone with experience of co-ordination and admin experience who is ready to develop their career path in project management. If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, we would love to hear from you.

This vacancy may close early if a sufficient number of applications are received.

### Main duties of the job

- To independently manage a range of projects and provide project support to large/complex projects to deliver change and service improvements across the organisation to ultimately benefit the service users and staff whilst supporting Senior Project Managers
- Engaging effectively with Services within the Specialist Care Group, wider Trust Care Groups and corporate team leads to ensure effective delivery of programmes and projects
- Support the development of bids/tenders and implementation of new service developments
- Manage the planning and execution of multiple projects.
- Work closely with Project Managers and Business Leads to support Care Groups and Corporate Teams to deliver positive and sustainable change for service users and staff through effective delivery of projects and initiatives
- Support the Project Managers/Owners on developing project documentation, including identifying project scope, milestones and priority
- Build positive relationships through good excellent communication and engagement with Stakeholders
- Ensure projects remain on track by management of project actions and through the identification (and mitigation) of risks and issues

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

- Independently manage a range of projects and provide project support to large/complex projects to deliver change and service improvements across the organisation to ultimately benefit the service users and staff
- Engaging effectively with Services within the Specialist Care Group, wider Trust Care Groups and corporate team leads to ensure effective delivery of programmes and projects
- Support the development of bids/tenders and implementation of new service developments

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of managing a project to successful delivery
- Significant experience of supporting project teams within a project or programme environment
- Experience in monitoring and reporting on project or programme progress in a variety of ways including standard reporting tools
- Experience of supporting the development of bids/tenders

**Desirable**

- Experience of business planning
- Experience of group facilitation and management of multiple stakeholders to ensure project outcomes are delivered

### Qualifications & Training

**Essential**

- Project Management qualification i.e. Prince2/Agile/MSP

**Desirable**

- Quality Improvement training or qualification
- Benefits Management training

### Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

**Essential**

- Comprehensive skills in the use of Microsoft Office applications including MS Project, Powerpoint, Word, Excel
- Knowledge and understanding of programme and project management structures and governance
- Ability to keep accurate and up to date project documentation to report progress and assurance

**Desirable**

- Knowledge of Specialist Care Group services and understanding of NHS systems, applications and processes

## Documents

- [benefits booklet (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2957)
- [job description and person spec (pdf, 752.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10621340)

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