# Senior Project Manager 8b > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-project-manager-8b/9baf1a0e-cc01-4e99-aed1-cc1675dee755 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-project-manager-8b/9baf1a0e-cc01-4e99-aed1-cc1675dee755.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust - **Location:** Maidstone Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Project manager - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £66,582 - £77,368 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 18 months (Secondments Considered for Internal Staff) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-17T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-03T08:15:17.309Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Kent/Maidstone/Maidstone_Tunbridge_Wells_NHS_Trust/Senior_Project_Manager/Senior_Project_Manager-v8209619 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8209619?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.mtw.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Senior Project Manager is a business-critical role that enables the Trust to deliver its capital programme, maintain legal and regulatory compliance, manage infrastructure risks and provide healthcare environments that support excellent patient outcomes. Failure to recruit to this position would create significant patient safety, operational, financial and compliance risks across the organisation. ### Main duties of the job - Lead the delivery of capital, infrastructure and compliance projects across the Trust, ensuring completion to agreed quality, cost and timescales. Manage project plans, budgets, risks and governance arrangements while providing expert advice to clinical, operational and corporate stakeholders. Ensure compliance with statutory legislation, NHS guidance, HTMs, HBNs, Building Regulations, CDM and fire safety requirements. Oversee procurement, contractors and consultants to achieve value for money and successful outcomes. Lead building safety, asbestos, water safety, ventilation and electrical infrastructure programmes. Embed health and safety, infection control and risk management throughout project delivery. Support service developments, estate improvements and the Trust's Capital Programme, Estates Strategy and sustainability objectives. Key Accountabilities Safe delivery of capital and infrastructure projects. Compliance with statutory and NHS requirements. Effective budget, programme and risk management. Protection of patient, staff and visitor safety. Delivery of modern, compliant healthcare facilities. Achievement of Trust strategic and operational objectives. - Safe delivery of capital and infrastructure projects. - Compliance with statutory and NHS requirements. - Effective budget, programme and risk management. - Protection of patient, staff and visitor safety. - Delivery of modern, compliant healthcare facilities. - Achievement of Trust strategic and operational objectives. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities We’ve provided all the details you need about this role in the job description and person specification. Please take a moment to review the criteria in the person specification and share specific examples in your application that demonstrate how you meet these requirements. Please also check your application for errors/omissions prior to submission. Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check at Standard Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children). If a role involves regulated activity and requires a DBS check with a barred list check, you cannot apply if you are on the barred list. All successful applicants will be required to complete our corporate trust induction once a start date has been agreed. Please note: This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship. In line with the UK Immigration Rules and Home Office Sponsorship Guidance, employers may only sponsor individuals for roles that meet strict eligibility, salary, and compliance requirements. Where a role does not meet these criteria, organisations are prohibited from assigning a Certificate of Sponsorship. Applicants must therefore already hold a valid immigration status and ongoing right to work in the UK in order to be considered. ### Applicant requirements The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Excellent Numeric and analytical Skills - Ability to make sound judgements and decisions involving highly complex facts and conflicting demands - Able to produce concise reports both financial and information based - Ability to interpret national and local guidelines. Able to interpret and act upon new guidance from NHS or Professional bodies ### Qualification **Essential** - Educated to MSC level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in Building construction or Engineering services - Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development - PRINCE 2 Practitioner or equivalent project management qualification - Membership of a professional institute such as APM, WIFM, IHEEM, CIBSE or RICS - IOSH Healthcare (Risk & Safety Management) or NEBOSH general certificate (Construction). **Desirable** - Management qualification - Extensive knowledge of range of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to Degree level or equivalent ### Experience/Knowledge **Essential** - Experience of working at a senior level in Project Management within Healthcare. - Experience of working within Estates bias discipline. - Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development. - Detailed knowledge of the NHS HBN’s - Experience in facilitating formal tendering processes. - A thorough understanding of fire prevention, building construction and services, fire safety legislation, Codes of Practice and Building Regulations. ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 63.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2762) - [tips when completing your application (pdf, 50.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2920) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 472.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10569862) ## 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.