# Project Manager > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/project-manager/b7375937-9432-49e5-ae5a-d602fcff0a7c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/project-manager/b7375937-9432-49e5-ae5a-d602fcff0a7c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Colchester General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Project manager - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term/ Secondment) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-10T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-27T08:51:21.083Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Essex/Colchester/East_Suffolk_North_Essex_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Property_Manager/Property_Manager-v8258400 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8258400?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.esneft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Join us in shaping the future of healthcare infrastructure An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Capital & Healthcare Planning Project Manager to join ESNEFT's Capital & Healthcare Planning team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. This role will play a pivotal part in the development of a proposed Pharmacy Aseptic Manufacturing Unit at Colchester Hospital, supporting the Trust through a critical phase of healthcare planning, capital investment and design development. Working alongside clinical teams, estates professionals and external consultants, you will lead the appointment of professional advisers and design teams, coordinate the progression of the project through RIBA Stages 1-4, and support the development of the business case required to secure investment and approvals. The role will also provide project management expertise to ensure programme, cost, quality and risk objectives are achieved. This is an opportunity to contribute to a strategically important healthcare investment that will support the future delivery of pharmacy services across North Essex and Suffolk. You will work as part of a dynamic Capital & Healthcare Planning team delivering some of the Trust's most significant transformation and capital programmes. Base: Colchester Hospital with travel across ESNEFT sites as required ### Main duties of the job - Lead procurement and appointment of architects, cost consultants, engineers and other professional advisers. - Coordinate design development activities through to RIBA Stage 4 Technical Design. - Support the preparation of Strategic Outline, Outline and Full Business Cases as required. - Facilitate stakeholder engagement with pharmacy teams, clinical services, operational managers and external partners. - Manage project programmes, risks, actions and reporting arrangements. - Coordinate technical, clinical, operational and financial inputs to support investment decisions. - Prepare reports, presentations and governance papers for senior management and Trust approvals. - Ensure projects are delivered in line with NHS guidance, Trust objectives and approved timescales.We are looking for an individual with: - Experience of managing capital, healthcare planning, construction or infrastructure projects. - Knowledge of NHS business case development and governance processes. - Experience of appointing and managing professional advisers and multidisciplinary design teams. - Strong stakeholder engagement, communication and project management skills. - The ability to coordinate complex programmes involving multiple workstreams and competing priorities. - A degree-level qualification or equivalent experience in project management, construction, estates, healthcare planning or a related discipline. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Financial procedures including budgetary management - Business planning /annual planning - Good understanding of change management - Expertise in spreadsheets and use of wider IT systems (e.g. Word , Excel, Outlook) - Understanding of the NHS and current agenda - Demonstrable knowledge of service improvements and project management - Risk management and governance ### Experience **Essential** - Proven experience of working in a management/leadership role - Experience in managing or leading a team - Project management/co-ordination - Responsibility for a budget ### Qualifications **Essential** - Relevant degree or equivalent qualification or significant experience of working at degree level - Management /leadership qualification or equivalent knowledge at post graduate level - Evidence of continued professional development **Desirable** - Project Management Qualification ## Documents - [jd/ ps (pdf, 664.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10571801) - [staff networks (pdf, 230.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2724) - [dbs information (pdf, 272.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1262) - [esneft values and behaviours (pdf, 74.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2146) - [value of joining nhs pension (pdf, 125.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2404) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.