Project Support Officer

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen in the West Midlands Cancer Alliance to join this dynamic, high profile, busy team, and support in the delivery of the National Cancer Programme priorities within the NHS Long-Term Plan.

As a project support officer, you will work as part of a dynamic team that provides support and expertise to help the Integrated Care Systems (ICS's), West Midlands Cancer Alliance and NHS England direct commissioners deliver their plans. You will be providing effective service and programme management supporting managers and staff to deliver several cancer projects.

The post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in the West Midlands Cancer Alliance hosted by The Royal Wolverhampton Trust.

Main duties of the job

Key Functional Responsibilities

Analytical/Judgemental

Undertake complex and detailed information analysis of specific projects/reports

Update, maintain, organise, gather and analyse information

Provide coordination of and participate in relevant meetings, providing information advice where requested.

Communication

Work with members of the team and key stakeholders.

Support the development of internal and external communications

Information Management

Operate within and provide enhancements to current management information, reporting to enhance decision making processes.

Updating, maintaining, organise, gather and analyse information to predict/meet future organisational and team needs by identifying best professional practice

Contribute to the review and development of existing information management systems

Key Working Relationships

Maintain good relationships with a broad range of stakeholders.

Participate in relevant internal and external working groups/projects, services, and initiatives which may be complex and contain contentious information with the aim of providing information and analytical advice to the teams.

Work with members of the team to develop and implement project data collection systems that will provide accurate and timely data

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Functional Responsibilities   Analytical/Judgemental

• Undertake complex and detailed information analysis of specific projects/reports
• Update, maintain, organise, gather and analyse information
• Monitor and evaluate risks and issues using a tracking mechanism to enable a proactive resolution and escalation processes.
• Contribute to the information management of performance, taking a lead for specific projects.
• Provide coordination of and participate in relevant meetings, providing information advice where requested

Communication

• Work with members of the team and key stakeholders.
• Support the development of internal and external communications
• Preparation of correspondence and complex papers, as required

Financial and Physical Resources

• Deliver against organisational objectives, achieving quality outcomes, prioritising own workload and working to tight deadlines.
• Support and inform teams on the targeting of resources, monitoring spends, implementing, evaluating and delivery of plans by providing high quality information and analysis.
• Pursue the delivery of project/function outcomes, emphasizing cost-effectiveness and improved efficiency.
• Contribute to the financial delivery of the service ensuring it is cost effective and delivered on time.

People Management (as required)

• Support the coordination of training, development and recruitment activity across the Team.
• Support training and induction of new staff.
• Team supervision as requied.
• Participate in the recruitment and selection process

Information Management

• Operate within and provide enhancements to current management information, reporting to enhance decision making processes.
• Updating, maintaining, organise, gather and analyse information to predict/meet future organisational and team needs by identifying best professional practice
• Lead on development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of new information systems.
• Contribute to the review and development of existing information management systems

Key Working Relationships

• Maintain good relationships with a broad range of stakeholders.
• Participate in relevant internal and external working groups/projects, services, and initiatives which may be complex and contain contentious information with the aim of providing information and analytical advice to the teams.
• Communicate information, risks, issues and dependencies, including briefings and reports to a range of internal and external staff.
• Work with members of the team to develop and implement project data collection systems that will provide accurate and timely data
• Liaise with other Managers to share best practice