
Job summary
NHS Band 5: Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum
Hours per Week: full time 37.5
Contract Type: 2 X Fixed Term (1 x FTC for 24 months and 1 x FTC for 18 Months)
Roles are based at either Portsmouth of the Isle of Wight, please read the full job description attached.
Job purpose
The project Co-ordinator role will have a portfolio of projects for which they will work with supervision or alongside various Project Managers to support the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of a project.
A project coordinator may be tasked, under supervision, with the direct responsibility for implementation of part of a more complex project or programme of work.
Main duties of the job
To work within the digital teams to help deliver system wide health and social care projects.
Specific Core Functions:
- The Digital PMO Officer works within the digital project management office and provides guidance and support to Executives Directors, digital senior leadership team, programme and project managers, and any other team members who have an interest
- The post holder will also provide project support activities working closely with the Head of Digital PMO, Project and Programme Managers on projects and work packages. This will involve the business case development, all planning activities, risk, issue and action logs management, monitoring and co-ordination of tasks, and representing the Project Managers in their absence.
- When assigned to a project, the post holder will ensure that, together with the Project Manager, assigned project(s) produce the required deliverables within the defined quality, time, and cost constraints and to facilitate full realisation of identified benefits.
- Project manages a specific project within a site or health economy.
- Supports, facilitates and monitors progress of project within site(s) or health economy. Supports performance improvement.
- The post holder will also support the activities of the wider IM&T Digital Programmes services, providing administrative support to other senior IM&T leads.
About us
Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this.
The single corporate service is delivered across both organisations. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veterans' status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.
Details
- Date posted: 22 June 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 5
- Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year
- Contract: Fixed term
- Duration: 18 months
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: REF2093B
- Job locations: Queen Alexandra Hospital, Southwick Hill Road, Cosham, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO6 3LY, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
Communication and Working Relationships:
- The post holder will be providing and receiving routine information orally, in writing or electronically to inform work colleagues, patients, clients, carers, the public or other external contacts. The communication will include providing and receiving complex or sensitive information.
- Building and managing delivery plans in line with agreed priorities.
- Gathering and receiving information, often of a complex and sensitive nature.
- Communicate programme sensitive information requiring agreement or co-operation from senior project or programme managers, and stakeholder organisations, and provide advice as necessary.
Analytical and Judgement:
- Judgements involving a range of facts or situations, which require analysis or comparison of a range of options.
- Correlate and Analyse information on behalf of project managers from various sources and present to relevant project groups
- Summarise written information.
- Make a comparative assessment against known facts/information in order to highlight issues and produce trend related information.
- Identify and monitor identified risks and issues and highlight necessary action to resolve.
- Monitor progress of defined aspects of specific projects identifying problems or opportunities.
For further details, please refer to enclosed job description.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of supporting the development of standard activities.
- Experience of supporting the delivery of the deployment of standard processes.
- Experience of devising and maintaining standard templates to record and measure deployment activities.
- Experience in identifying process gaps and devising methods to close those gaps.
- Experience of delivering training.
- Experience of building networks of associates in different functions.
- Experience of supporting planning activities for organisation-wide change activities.
- Experience of successful support to a projects implementation and delivery.
Desirable
- Experience of successful project management and delivery.
Qualifications
Essential
- First degree or equivalent experience plus further training and experience to diploma level equivalent.
Desirable
- Project Management Qualification.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and experience of supporting multiple projects.
- Experience of identifying roadblocks to successful project delivery.
- Experience of escalating project risks effectively.
- Experience of reporting on project delivery schedules.
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This advert is for Project Office Coordinator with Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust in Portsmouth, South East, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Administrative and IT role. The advertised salary is £32,073 to £39,043 a year. The contract type is Fixed-Term. The application deadline is 14 Jul 2026.
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