# Senior Project Manager > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-project-manager/27baed2a-dc62-49b6-b46b-1cc24a382679 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-project-manager/27baed2a-dc62-49b6-b46b-1cc24a382679.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust - **Town:** Wolverhampton - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 per annum - **Contract type:** 2 x permanent posts: (1 x Early Diagnosis/Primary Care, 1 x Post Operational Performance/Quality Improvement), 1 x Fixed Term Contract for 12 months focus on Treatment Variation - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-22T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-17T10:33:30.423Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Birmingham/The_Royal_Wolverhampton_NHS_Trust/Cancer_Alliance/Cancer_Alliance-v8059053 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8059053?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalwolverhampton.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This advert is for 3 positions: 2 x permanent posts focusing on Early Diagnosis and Operational Performance and Quality Improvement and 1 x FTC for 12 months focusing on Treatment Variation. An opportunity has arisen in the West Midlands Cancer Alliance for a Senior Project Manager to join this dynamic, high profile and busy team on a permanent basis to provide professional expertise to lead and enable delivery of the West Midlands Cancer Alliance Delivery Plan; overseeing projects that contribute to operational performance and pathway improvement that result in improved outcomes for patients. The role will focus on the priority cancer pathways therefore we are seeking individuals with a strong operational and service improvement background in the NHS and preferably cancer services. ### Main duties of the job Key responsibilities include: - -  Manage projects aligned to the Cancer Alliance Delivery Plan, providing leadership to ensure delivery. -        Monitor progress and report within agreed timescales. -        Managing effective relationships with a range of stakeholders, with a particular focus on Providers. -      Engage with clinical and operational teams to understand the case for change, support the development and delivery of action plans to improve pathway performance and outcomes for patients. This is a really exciting time to be joining an exceptional team with the ambition to be the best in the country. We are looking for applicants with passion, enthusiasm and drive to improve services for all of our population. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached role description for full details of main responsibilities for further information. ## Job Details This advert is for 3 positions: 2 x permanent posts focusing on Early Diagnosis and Operational Performance and Quality Improvement and 1 x FTC for 12 months focusing on Treatment Variation. An opportunity has arisen in the West Midlands Cancer Alliance for a Senior Project Manager to join this dynamic, high profile and busy team on a permanent basis to provide professional expertise to lead and enable delivery of the West Midlands Cancer Alliance Delivery Plan; overseeing projects that contribute to operational performance and pathway improvement that result in improved outcomes for patients. The role will focus on the priority cancer pathways therefore we are seeking individuals with a strong operational and service improvement background in the NHS and preferably cancer services. ## Job Description Key responsibilities include: - Manage projects aligned to the Cancer Alliance Delivery Plan, providing leadership to ensure delivery. - Monitor progress and report within agreed timescales. - Managing effective relationships with a range of stakeholders, with a particular focus on Providers. - Engage with clinical and operational teams to understand the case for change, support the development and delivery of action plans to improve pathway performance and outcomes for patients. This is a really exciting time to be joining an exceptional team with the ambition to be the best in the country. We are looking for applicants with passion, enthusiasm and drive to improve services for all of our population. ## Responsibilities Please see attached role description for full details of main responsibilities for further information. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Knowledge of healthcare policy and current cancer priorities/deliverables - Extensive experience of managing improvements and projects in the NHS environment - Highly developed communication skills with the capability to analyse, review and make sense of highly complex, sensitive or contentious information across a diverse range of subjects relevant to post portfolio - Experience of building and maintaining effective working relationships ### Qualifications **Essential** - Master’s Level Qualification or equivalent management experience - Programme Management Qualification (Managing Successful Programmes or similar) ## Documents - [wolverhampton map (pdf, 600.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2032) - [flexible working commitment (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2380) - [rwt professional standards (pdf, 95.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3048) - [employee rewards booklet v.14 (pdf, 1.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2083) - [band 8a senior project manager (pdf, 1.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10349186) - [rwt health & wellbeing offer (pdf, 945.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3027) - [joint behavioural framework v1. 2024 (pdf, 2.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2858) - [nhs staff offer - national express (pdf, 963.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2612) - [using ai when completing application forms (pdf, 320.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2969) - [transforming care together strategy 2026-2031 v4 (pdf, 2.8mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2618) ## 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.