Project Manager

Job overview

The postholder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service supporting the Programme Manager, SROs and the project team to deliver the priorities set out in the Long-Term Plan and the Community Mental Health Framework.

The postholder will operate in a highly organised manner, providing administrative, organisational, planning and analytical support to a wide range of improvement projects as part of the programme and Trust wide.

The role is to provide project management support to dedicated workstreams, the role will be a flexible resource that will be deployed according to business priorities and portfolio change.

The role will be able to provide key aspects of project management and delivery for the project/programme, including progress reporting, risk and issue management, managing the relevant programme delivery team’s business support function, developing and maintaining the team’s project or programme scope, PID and plan.

The post holder will support programmes to ensure that their work activities are planned and managed effectively for successful delivery.

All staff must comply with the Trust’s Anti-Discriminatory Statement, Employee Charter, Trust Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct and Equality and Diversity.

Main duties of the job

The Band 6 Project Manager will support the Adult Community Services Strategy and Transformation Programme by leading the day-to-day management of assigned workstreams across four key transformation priorities. This includes maintaining accurate project documentation, organising and facilitating meetings, managing risk and issue logs, and tracking progress against milestones. The role involves analysing data to support impact measurement and benefits realisation, contributing to the development and review of metrics. The postholder will proactively identify and mitigate risks, ensure timely reporting to governance groups, and work flexibly across the programme portfolio to support a range of improvement initiatives in line with evolving business needs.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This is a new role and the requirements will evolve alongside the developing organisational culture. Duties and responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the strategic and operational delivery of the objective of the CMHT programme as set out in the Long-term Plan and the Community Transformation Framework.
• Show expertise in best practice change and project management methodologies and support transformational change in Hertfordshire, assisting alignment across the system
• Demonstrate flexibility and support programmes and projects where necessary
• Engage with stakeholders to achieve a common purpose and realise mutual benefits
• Support successful project/programme activities including development of programme boards and ensure secretariat arrangements function
• Provide expertise in managing the business support function, including developing and managing the team’s business plan, progress and reporting risk and issue management
• Manage regional and national returns, including planning and workforce returns as appropriate
• Develop and implement a content management system to ensure information is properly managed and best practice is shared across the team, SBU and the wider NHS organisation
• Take a role in the coordination of training & development activities across the team if required
• Provide oversight and management of programme/team budgets as necessary.
• Be a champion for best practice, learning from experience and from others, supporting the spread of innovation within the organisation
• Preparing, analysing and presenting complex data and information; pattern and trend analysis, identifying variation, supporting services to understand what they are ‘seeing’
• Management of a risk and issues tracking mechanism and the resolution and escalation processes.
• To act as a champion for experts by experience and their interests and involve the public and those with lived experience in co-production and delivery of key projects.