# Project Support Officer - KMCR > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/project-support-officer-kmcr/f7f5a41f-9747-4be9-808c-0601212b24eb - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/project-support-officer-kmcr/f7f5a41f-9747-4be9-808c-0601212b24eb.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Ashford - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 pro rata, per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-26T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-15T18:03:02.453Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Kent/Home_based/Kent_Community_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Project_Support_Shared_Care_Record/Project_Support_Shared_Care_Record-v8105482 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8105482?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Community Healthcare. Nursing vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses. This role will support the Assistant Programme Director and Senior Project Manager and the wider Kent and Medway Care Record (KMCR) team on the delivery of the programme. The post-holder will support the delivery of the KMCR programme through a range of project management activities. This will include working KMCR partner organisations and stakeholders to deliver the requirements of the programme plan, actively supporting the delivery of projects and programme activities Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship and therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom. ### Main duties of the job You'll facilitate the delivery of project outcomes by being responsible for the co-ordination and implementation of project processes, ensuring these are managed in accordance with targets and agreed timescales. Including communicating business sensitive information in a professional and compassionate manner; especially when there may be barriers to understanding or requires gaining the co-operation of others through tact, negotiation, or persuasive skills. Responsibilities include acting as a first point of contact for complex project enquires; assessing, resolving, or escalating issues; building relationships with colleagues within the organisation, wider system partners and external organisations and planning, evaluating, and recommending the appropriate use of resources within the project. You'll ensure the project operates effectively by being responsible for administrative tasks, such as developing project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility, management of project activities and workstreams, developing and maintaining the project library and reporting systems, organising meetings, taking confidential formal minutes, recording clear actions and initiating implementation, co-ordinating and allocating tasks, measuring and analysing project performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques, implementing changes to processes where necessary and completion of standard forms, surveys and audits. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via \[email protected\], quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further. The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate. Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert. We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job. At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve. Find out more about the community difference here. Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Advanced knowledge and understanding of Microsoft Office packages e.g. Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. - Data analysis - Design and development of standard and bespoke data reports. **Desirable** - Understanding of health and social care sector, including working knowledge of NHS structures, policies, and processes. ### Experience **Essential** - Management / leadership experience including experience of managing formal and informal HR processes. - Project management experience. - Experience of handling highly confidential and sensitive information. - Experience of working with internal and external stakeholders **Desirable** - Experience of project management tools. - Experience of managing budgets. - Experience of managing projects and undertaking evaluation. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Level 6 qualification (e.g. bachelor’s degree BA/BSc, NVQ level 6, ordinary degree without honours) or equivalent demonstrable experience. **Desirable** - Certificate in management or equivalent level 4 qualification. - Project management qualification. ### Ability to Manage **Essential** - Proven ability to manage staff including performance and absence management. ### Personal Attributes **Desirable** - Commitment to professional development ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - Ability to record notes of meetings and progress of project delivery presenting information to a high standard. ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 771.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10400043) - [staff privacy notice (pdf, 528.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2665) - [kchft values into action (pdf, 440.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=479) - [staff journey illustration (pdf, 2.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2277) - [a guide to completing your application (pdf, 296.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2025) ## 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.