Junior Project Manager

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the 'Supporting Documents' heading. So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the 'Candidate Essentials Guide' that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how 'we care for you as you care for others'. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Education to Degree or equivalent level of experience within Informatics,
• Prince 2 Foundation
• Educated to GCSE/O'Level English and maths or equivalent level

Desirable criteria

• Prince 2 Practitioner
• Microsoft Project Foundation
• Agile Project Management

Training

Essential criteria

• Evidence of Continued Professional Development, including specialist training in areas such as: - Risk Management - Programme and Project Delivery methodologies (including Prince 2) - MS Project Planning - Change Management and Control

Experience/Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Ability to leading change projects utilising project management methodologies
• Ability to working with teams from both technical and nontechnical backgrounds in a matrix environmen
• Ability to apply budgeting, benefits tracking and demand management principles to projects
• Ability to apply and appreciate project finances, risk and issue and dependency management within projects.
• Ability to apply all aspects of project documentation and administration relating to successful management and communications of projects
• Able to use of Microsoft Project, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint

Desirable criteria

• Experience in leading change projects utilising project management methodologies in a health and/or social care environments.

Attributes

Essential criteria

• Ability to manage a range of activities to formulate plans that have effect across multiple disciplines
• A solid understanding of the application of information technology and how it can be used to achieve organisational effectiveness.
• Demonstrates a good level of communication skills
• Ability to manage, motivate and develop project staff in a matrix environment
• Demonstrates a collaborative approach and good team working
• Ability to work effectively and efficiently under pressure
• Excellent business, and financial management skills
• Demonstrates problem solving skills and the ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands in their own area of responsibility
• Strong planning and organisational skills
• Ability to deliver at pace in complex environment
• Demonstrable excellence interpersonally; articulate, creative, self-aware, controlled and confident
• Ability to prioritise and respond to planned and unplanned situations on a daily basis
• Strong delivery focus, with the ability to drive progress forward and a passion for results and achieving goals

Desirable criteria

• A solid understanding of the application of information technology and how it can be used to achieve organisational effectiveness within the healthcare
• An ability to influence others in a positive manner with the confidence to deal with different priorities and differing views in order to achieve change and or improvement
• Ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise

Other requirements

Essential criteria

• Ability to undertake shift working including out-of hours, weekend and Public Holidays

Desirable criteria

• Ability to travel

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Documents to download

• Junior Project Manager (PDF, 316.6KB)
• Junior Project Manager (PDF, 316.6KB)
• Junior Project Manager (PDF, 354.8KB)
• Candidate Essential Guide Non Medical (PDF, 1.3MB)