Assistant Project Director

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Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

Join the Redevelopment team as Assistant Project Director for St Mary's Hospital , a pivotal role in transforming the Trust's clinical plans and long-term objectives into actionable project plans. Reporting to the Capital Delivery Director, you will lead capital planning, oversee procurement and contract management, and manage professional teams to deliver high-quality healthcare facilities that meet clinical, research, and educational needs.

This role involves managing the entire project lifecycle, ensuring compliance with national priorities like the New Hospitals Programme, net zero carbon commitments, and Hospital 2.0 guidelines. You will lead on town planning, technical assurance, and business case preparation while fostering collaboration with clinical, estates, and infection prevention teams. A strong focus on building relationships and managing interdependencies will ensure the seamless delivery of Redevelopment goals.

This role demands expertise in project management, leadership, and capital planning, with a proven ability to balance technical precision and strategic vision. You will shape cutting-edge facilities and directly contribute to advancing patient care, clinical excellence, and innovation. Join us to make a lasting impact on the future of healthcare.

Main duties of the job

As Assistant Project Director, you will oversee the [SMH] redevelopment project, ensuring high-quality design and delivery within agreed budgets and timelines. You will lead the internal/external project team, ensuring accurate and transparent reporting for effective oversight of all project aspects. Key responsibilities include managing decant projects, site logistics, and delivering projects that meet patient safety, engineering, and sustainability standards, including net zero carbon aspirations.

You will ensure statutory compliance, support high-quality business case production with detailed cost and design information, and engage contractors under appropriate contracts to monitor and correct performance. Collaborating with Digital, Sustainability, Infection Control, and Engineering teams, you will drive quality outcomes, minimize operational disruption, and deliver projects within the £1.2bn budget.

In this role, you'll provide leadership, distill complex ideas into clear, actionable language, and build relationships with stakeholders, including Boards, clinicians, staff, and the public. You will ensure project communications align with key milestones and oversee design processes to meet technical standards. Your responsibilities extend to financial management, ensuring value for money and compliance with Trust financial guidelines.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential criteria

• First degree or equivalent in a construction related profession
• Postgraduate qualification at masters level or equivalent. Formal DH Project Directors accreditation

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of continuous education and training
• Diploma in Project Management
• Prince 2 Project management qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working in a complex public sector organisation at senior management level. Demonstrable experience of having managed senior teams, operational budgets, and multiple construction or refurbishment projects.
• Track record of leading complex organisational change.
• Significant experience of managing complex change or capital projects
• Managing significant budgets for all areas relating to the role for both pay, non-pay and capital including the identification &delivery of savings targets
• Successful negotiation and contract management.
• Completing business cases for Capital investment.
• Experience dealing with the Department of Health and HM Treasury

Desirable criteria

• Senior manager level experience in public sector for 2 years
• A good understanding of performance management methodology and processes

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

Essential criteria

• Leadership skills and able to influence across internal and external boundaries and get results
• Highly developed verbal and written communication skills
• Strong business acumen, commercial knowledge and awareness
• Extensive knowledge and experience of working across health systems at or near Board level
• Ability to manage and meet priorities and deadlines

Desirable criteria

• Confident and positive approach to work

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

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Documents to download

• Job description (PDF, 552.3KB)
• Functional requirements (PDF, 232.6KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)