Project Manager

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information, please refer to the job description and person specification.

• Actively participate and co-operate with any audits carried out by internal and external auditors and the implementation of any associated recommendations. Ensure that a comprehensive record of projects is maintained for any such audit.
• Develop and maintain with users and supplier(s), and agree with Project Board(s), project initiation documents, and project plans which identify core dates, deliverables and critical paths for delivery. Update project documents regularly and communicate them to the project board and team as relevant and directed.
• Manage 3rd party suppliers from contract negotiation through to service delivery ensuring that the requirements of the project are documented in the contract, and that suppliers meet their obligations against the needs of the project plan and PID.
• Assessing project issues, scheduling resources, and managing capacity and conflicts across multiple projects.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
• Prince 2 Foundation level or equivalent project management experience

Desirable criteria

• Detailed knowledge of project planning, implementation & project management gained through experience of using formal project planning tools
• Practical experience and an understanding of how to adapt standard methodologies such as Prince2 to suit the project at hand

Experience

Essential criteria

• Demonstrable experience of working in a complex change environment with multiple stakeholders and securing their engagement to deliver change
• Experience of influencing staff at all levels to ensure that all members of the team including users and stakeholders own project objectives
• Experience of working across organisational boundaries to achieve results
• Detailed knowledge of the NHS & implementation of projects in a hospital environment
• Demonstrable experience of managing project budgets

Desirable criteria

• Experience in Requirements Gathering
• Experience of organising training for projects

Skills Abilities / Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Ability to communicate confidently with staff at all levels, including external Senior Management and at Board level meetings
• Must have excellent presentation and report writing skills
• Skilled in negotiation and influencing techniques including the ability to challenge and reality test other's positions constructively
• Able to collect, collate multi-stranded data from a variety of sources
• Regularly analysing highly complex and detailed information
• Proven strong organisational, project management and time management skills
• Ability to prioritise workload of others while balancing own workload(s)
• Practical experience of applying and adapting Prince2 techniques
• Experience of a range of IT programmes
• Using strong proven capability with MS Office applications including Excel & PowerPoint
• Proficient in the use of MS Project or an equivalent tool
• Must have excellent written and verbal skills showing ability to clearly explain very complex processes and procedures relating to IT hardware and software and data, and their interaction with each other and relate this to other job roles

Desirable criteria

• Experience of communicating effectively with all levels of staff in the NHS, with technical staff and suppliers
• Experience of using judgement in projects to differentiate between critical path tasks and non-critical
• Proven ability in sifting through information provided by technical staff, managerial staff and suppliers to extract the important criteria for successful outcomes in managing a project
• Proven ability to engage all stakeholders and include the D Application form, right tasks in the work breakdown structure of a project Interview & Plan
• Use of MS Visio or equivalent Experience of business analysis

Other Requirements

Essential criteria

• Ability to ensure progress of project and correct plan(s) as necessary
• Ability to deal with interruptions whilst producing complex reports and undertaking analysis
• Maintain a positive and enthusiastic attitude towards tasks and their goals
• Capable of working alone and with a team

Desirable criteria

• The ability to cope with the change and financial pressures that are typical of any NHS Trust
• Proven ability to deal with high pressure and high-profile projects
• Capable of dealing with changing working conditions with a flexible attitude

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied on your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.

Flu Vaccination - What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.

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Documents to download

• Job Description Person Specification (PDF, 824.3KB)
• Job Features Forms (PDF, 128.6KB)
• Royal Marsden Trust Values (PDF, 715.5KB)
• Workplace Wellbeing and Rewards Guide (PDF, 1.2MB)