Project Manager

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Thank you for your interest for the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT), it is an exciting time to join us and being part of our journey to improve mental health care across North London and deliver excellent services to our local people. We will achieve this through the North London Way, as we:

• Collaborate at every level by living our Values to create the right conditions for us all to work together.
• Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care.
• Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes.
• Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance and ensure consistently high-quality care across all our services.
• Ensure that research, Quality Improvement, and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services.
• Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do

We proactively welcome diversity in our workforce and pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer. We aim to recruit from our local communities and provide opportunities to all including apprenticeships, veterans, care leavers and more.

The North London Way to deliver, Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities.

Our trust website is: https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/

Job overview

The NCL ICB and Provider NHS Trusts have committed to redeveloping and improving service for children and young people with Neurodiverse conditions, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). To support this, we are establishing a Programme Management Team led by a senior clinician and supported by experienced Programme and Project Management resource.

This change programme will be required to:
• Mobilise a NCL wide standardised service model across all 5 Providers
• Implement NCL Standardised Pathway, diagnostic processes and reports
• Assist in the service reconfiguration to have a distinct Borough neurodevelopmental pathway delivered by a team of highly skilled clinicians from a range of professions who can assess and diagnose neurodevelopmental disorders

The Programme Team will be responsible for developing the overall detailed project plans to support the improvements and outcomes as set out in the Project Delivery Plans, reporting into the ND (ASD/ADHD) Steering Committee.

Main duties of the job

The Project Manager has responsibility for the development and delivery of projects assigned to them, they will work across NCL to ensure the lifecycle of projects is documented, managed and supports delivery of the Neurodevelopmental (ASD/ADHD) change programme.

The Project Manager role is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of projects to time, on budget and the appropriate levels of quality. The key Programme is the neuro developmental service improvement work, but other project work associated with improving children's mental health services may be assigned by the Nth London NHS Trust Director of Partnerships and Transformation. These may vary in size and scale and will include some elements of increased complexity such as political sensitivities, technical complexities or significant approach tailoring.

You will deliver projects allocated by the Neuro Developmental Programme Manager and work collaboratively with all members of the Programme Team and operational and support teams. The post holder is responsible for:
• Supporting the use of a robust, common project management approach to assist with planning and delivery of the intended outputs and outcomes
• Presenting complex information about projects, initiatives and services to a stakeholders

Working for our organisation

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:

1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Project Manager has responsibility for the development and delivery of projects assigned to them, they will work across NCL to ensure the lifecycle of projects is documented, managed and supports delivery of the Neurodevelopmental (ASD/ADHD) change programme.

The Project Manager role is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of projects to time, on budget and the appropriate levels of quality. The key Programme is the neuro developmental service improvement work, but other project work associated with improving children's mental health services may be assigned by the Nth London NHS Trust Director of Partnerships and Transformation. These may vary in size and scale and will include some elements of increased complexity such as political sensitivities, technical complexities or significant approach tailoring.

This is not an exhaustive list, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.

Person specification

Qualifications/ Registrations

Essential criteria

• Project management practitioner qualification (e.g., Prince2).
• Degree or relevant management qualification, or significant work-based experience in a middle management role

Desirable criteria

• Project Delivery specialism e.g. • Risk Management • Agile PM • Change Management
• Further education/Training Course certification(s) in change management discipline

Skills/ Abilities

Essential criteria

• IT skills: MS Office 365 suite, MS Teams, MS Project, MS SharePoint etc
• Ability to build effective relationships with, and influence, stakeholders
• Able to deliver to time and be able to effectively prioritise and re-prioritise work on a regular basis

Desirable criteria

• Working knowledge of the wider NHS agenda including sound understanding of NHS targets and national initiatives.

Experience/ Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Significant track record and experience in successful definition and delivery of projects using a recognised delivery framework (e.g., Prince2)
• Ability to plan and design transformation project plans for each project and proactively monitor overall progress, resolve issues and initiate corrective action as appropriate
• Ability to manage both the dependencies and the interfaces between projects

Desirable criteria

• Experience of project delivery within the NHS
• Experience of Procurement and tendering

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

• Resilient and determined, with strong negotiation skills and ability to constructively challenge
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to multitask
• Self-aware, motivated, confident and enthusiastic

References will be required to cover your last 3 years of employment/training. One has to be from your current or most recent employer and the others from your previous employer. The references should be from persons with management responsibility or HR.

If you have been unemployed for a period of four years or more, please give the details of your last employer and one character referee of your choice (not members of your family). If more applicable, references will be requested from your teacher or head of faculty. Please ensure you provide full contact details.

Vacancies that are advertised as Fixed Term Contracts will also be available as secondment opportunities for substantive internal staff.

Please be aware that your documents eg. Passport/NI Card, will be electronically scanned using Home Office accredited Verification System.

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts, we will close vacancies before the stated closing date once the first 50 applications are received. Therefore, please apply as soon as possible.

All non-medical posts with the Trust are subject to a probationary period of six months, during which time you will be required to demonstrate to the Trust's satisfaction, your suitability for the position in which you will be employed.

Should you not hear from us within three working weeks of the closing date for this post, then regretfully in this instance, you have not been shortlisted.

By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at improving efficiencies within the NHS both to make costs savings for NHS organisations but also to save you time when your employment transfers.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• JD/PS Band 7 Project Manager (PDF, 560.3KB)
• JD/PS Band 7 Project Manager (PDF, 632.3KB)