Project Support Officer

Job overview

INTERNAL IOW AND PHU APPLICANTS ONLY

Project Support Officer

Location : Across sites, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust ( frequency of visits to each site, to be agreed locally.)

Band 5 : Salary £29,970- £36,483 per annum

Hours: Full- time 37.5 hours per week

Type: Permanent

The Planning & Strategy team are a dynamic and friendly group of Programme and Project Managers led by the Head of Planning & Strategy, who are responsible for supporting the delivery of specific programmes aligned to the Trust’s key strategic priorities and operational plan. The team plays a crucial role in ensuring that the appropriate frameworks and processes are in place to manage the annual operational / business planning process and agreed strategic priorities. They also provide essential  leadership and support to the clinical divisions and corporate services in developing their operational and business plans.

In addition, the team facilitates the implementation of the Trust’s Strategy deployment, through the Strategy into Action framework,  ensuring that all planning and programmes are aligned to the Trust Strategy, Strategic Aims and True Norths.

Main duties of the job

Key responsibilities:

• The Project Support Officer provides high quality, comprehensive and effective project and administrative support to the function in order to facilitate the effective management of the Strategy Portfolio.
• The post holder also undertakes discrete projects as required and plays a key part in supporting, facilitating and monitoring ongoing projects across various workstreams, and supporting drive performance improvement in these areas.
• Overseeing and managing the administration of the Joint Business Case Review Committee (BCRC) process by supporting the Programme Manager and Head of Planning & Strategy . Ensuring Business Cases progress through the correct approvals and delivery routes, scheduling meetings, logging and tracking the approval outcomes, tracking progress and realisation of associated Benefits whilst maintaining data in an easy and usable format to provide governance and assurance to the Trust Leadership Teams (TLT) that Business Cases are delivering benefits to the Trust as outlined in the Business Case.

For a full list of roles a responsibilities, please see the attached job description.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details, please see enclosed Job Description.

Please note, this position has also been advertised on the Portsmouth Hospitals University Trust's jobs page. If you are interested in this position and wish to apply, there is no requirement for you to submit two separate applications.

Please note your application may be transferred to the Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Applicant Tracking System (ATS) if you are selected for an interview.