Innovation Project Manager

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Working Relationships

• The post-holder will be required to develop and maintain constructive relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders including member practices, clinicians, provider organisations, community service and the voluntary sector to help ensure the delivery of the service.
• Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, presenting information, to a wide range of stakeholders in a variety of formal and informal settings.
• Having the ability to deal with resulting potentially antagonistic situations.
• Committed to working and engaging constructively with internal and external stakeholders on a range of business sensitive issues in relation to the service.
• Link with innovation and CCG managers and members of other providers, to address inter-dependencies and ensure alignment.
• Apply a structured change management approach and methodology for the impact of implementation of the service.

Functional Responsibilities

Operational

• To support the identification and sharing of best practice.
• To operate in a highly political and sensitive environment.
• Support the portfolio of initiatives in demonstrating value for money through tracking, managing and delivering agreed benefits.

Programme Management

• Lead on the delivery of project plans, allocating tasks as appropriate, identifying risks, issues and dependencies, considering best practice and current options and ultimately making decisions in the best interest of the programme.
• Develop a comprehensive and cohesive plan for the transition period, which is consistent with the overall project timetable, meets the strategic direction of the team and minimises unnecessary disruption to stakeholders involved in the process and is operationally sound.
• Pro-actively manage stakeholders, respond to and resolve conflict between different stakeholders when this arises through facilitation or other appropriate mechanisms.
• Be responsible for a high standard of work supporting the delivery of projects on time, to quality standards and in a cost-effective manner.
• Maintain documents and associated plans with regular team meetings to monitor progress and resources.
• Develop an inclusive approach to service development, actively promoting the involvement of service users, carers and the wider public.
• Responsible for the planning and organisation of numerous events/meetings, ensuring communication tools are used to their maximum value for circulating the minutes, agenda and presentations in a timely manner.
• Demonstrate effective stakeholder management at all levels.
• Contribute to performance improvement, taking a lead for identified areas where agreed.
• Ensure that the projects maintain business focus, have clear authority and that the context, including risks, are actively managed in alignment with the strategic priorities.

Information Management

• Drafting reports summarising status on issues, appraising outcomes, and providing progress reports for the board.
• Collate as required, qualitative and quantitative information and lead appropriate analysis to develop robust business cases.
• Ensure timely and accurate information analysis and reporting to management on agreed areas of work.
• Analyse, interpret and present data to highlight issues, risks and support decision making.

Research and Development

• Plan, develop and evaluate methods and processes for gathering, analysing, interpreting and presenting data and information.
• Deliver projects to comply with key performance indicators.
• Lead on systematic review of existing service provision to explore opportunities for efficiencies, service redesign and reinvestment that will ensure value for money and adherence to best practice is achieved.

Planning and Organisation

• Contribute to the strategic planning of the agreed projects, identifying interdependencies across projects/functions, potential impacts on wider organisation, resource requirements and building in contingency and adjustments as necessary.
• Contribute to the development of performance and governance strategies and the development and implementation of improvement programmes.
• Contribute to short, medium and long-term business plans, achieving quality outcomes.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Educated to Master's level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable criteria

• PRINCE2 Practitioner

Experience

Essential criteria

• Considerable experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment.
• Experience of managing risks and reporting.
• Experience of leading a project that involves change.
• Experience of undertaking equality impact analysis.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of identifying and interpreting National policy.
• Experience of researching best practice, interpreting its relevance and processes/ practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve system reform.
• Experience of being responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes.
• Comprehensive experience of project management principles techniques and tools such as Prince2.
• Demonstrated experience of working with patient groups and VCSFE organisations.

Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to lead change and lead innovative ways of working.
• Ability to encourage change in others and foster a collaborative approach within a Multi-Disciplinary Team.
• Able to provide, prepare and produce highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
• Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options and an ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
• Demonstrate capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
• Demonstrates capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
• Must be able to prioritise own work effectively, use initiative to decide relevant actions and to make decisions autonomously.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Demonstrable working knowledge of developing and delivering innovation projects.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Teams with intermediate keyboard skills

Desirable criteria

• Awareness of national and regional developments in diagnostics.
• Understanding of research and evaluation methods

Values

Essential criteria

• Committed to quality in all that they do
• Values diversity and inclusion and promotes equality of opportunity
• Committed to working to support Programme Leads/Project Managers to deliver better outcomes for patients
• Operates with integrity and openness
• Brings enthusiasm and commitment to the team and capable of generating enthusiasm in others
• Committed to patient and public involvement and engagement in the development of health services
• Committed to personal development and supporting others to do the same
• Challenges received wisdom and acceptance of the status quo
• Putting the needs of our patient population first

Other

Essential criteria

• Ability to travel across Greater Manchester as required.

The closing date for this post may be extended if there are insufficient applicants or brought forward if there is a high volume of applicants.

We want to ensure that everyone who works at the Christie or uses our services is welcomed, valued and treated with dignity and respect. The Christie values diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for all and fair representation across the organisation at all levels. In support of these commitments, we particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and other ethnic minority people and people with disabilities for this post. Appointment will be only on merit.

We are committed to creating a balanced and diverse workforce. As such we welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Together we will foster inclusion and tackle inequity and health inequalities in cancer care.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy

All positions within the Christie are subject to the receipt of satisfactory written references, medical clearance and evidence of your Right to Work in the UK. Some roles will require a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check. Please note if you are successfully appointed to a post with this Trust, you will be required to pay for your own DBS Disclosure.

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If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, I regret that on this occasion your application will have been unsuccessful.

The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and will form part of the recruitment process. In the event that you are successful following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.

Overseas candidates wishing to apply for this position and who would require immigration sponsorship, may wish to self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the post on the UKVI website.

You should be aware the Trust operates a No Smoking Policy and therefore employees are not permitted to smoke at work.

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Documents to download

• Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 214.3KB)
• The Christie Values and Behaviours (PDF, 919.5KB)
• Strategy Brochure (PDF, 1.0MB)
• Trust Membership - Christie Talent (PDF, 23.0KB)
• Travel to The Christie (PDF, 3.8MB)