Job responsibilities

See attached detailed job description and person specification:

Staff benefits

• Pay Enhancements 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Excellent pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Wellbeing programme
• Blue Light Card Discounts

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
• Project Management qualification e.g. Prince2/MSP/AgilePM

Desirable

• Digital related qualification (ITIL, DBA, Cloud, Development)
• Recognised management / leadership qualification
• Master's degree qualification

Experience

Essential

• Proven ability of delivering complex, large scale projects preferably in a digital environment.
• Proven experience of managing projects following recognised Project Managements framework
• Experience of working with complex information and using persuasive and effective negotiating skills.
• Proven ability to manage budgets and human/financial resources effectively, demonstrating staff management and leadership skills.
• Experience of managing benefits realisation.
• Considerable experience in planning and delivery of significant organisational change.
• Experience of assessing requirements and the development of technical/functional specifications of requirements.
• Extensive experience of developing and implementing strategies, policies and action plans.
• Experience of process mapping and service redesign.

Desirable

• Experience of working for the NHS and/or in mental health.
• Experience of patient or health service user-based systems.
• Experience of interpreting and implementing national guidelines and policy.
• Experience of group facilitation and delivery of training

Knowledge

Essential

• To have knowledge of NHS Digital related areas, standards and expectations.
• Practical understanding of how NHS or social care organisations operate.
• Sound understanding and working knowledge of change management concepts such as process mapping, process redesign, stakeholder expectation management.
• Understanding of NHS IT procurement and tendering processes.
• Knowledge and practical application of financial and risk management.
• Understanding of Business Analysis techniques.

Desirable

• Understanding of the current NHS mental health policy and strategy

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Excellent verbal and written skills (with the ability to deliver presentations, and the ability to write clear, concise reports)
• Good organisation skills, with the ability to work under pressure and to deadlines.
• Ability to think strategically to deliver projects.
• Ability to be able to change focus quickly in response to changing demands.
• Ability to develop good working relationships with staff of all disciplines and at all levels.
• Ability to maintain focus whilst dealing with constant interruptions or changes in priority

Desirable

• Ability to interpret Trust wide priorities into departmental/team deliverables.

Qualities and Attributes

Essential

• Team player, open and honest.
• Ability to work creatively as required.
• Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines and prioritise conflicting tasks.
• Ability to learn and apply new skills to different subject areas.
• Ability to work effectively within a team or under own initiative and take decisions about an appropriate course of action without supervision
• Positive attitude towards learning and development, demonstrated by a record of CPD (Continued Professional Development)

Desirable

• Evidence of innovative and thought-provoking idea generation

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).