Job summary
- Main area
- Digital Programmes
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 18 months (Maternity Cover until 01 February 2026. This post will require staff to occasionally attend sites and meetings at short notice)
- Hours
- 37.5 hours per week (Full time)
- Job ref
- 040-AC242-0624
- Employer
- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Mamhilad Park Estate
- Town
- Pontypool
- Salary
- £44,398 - £50,807 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Senior Project Manager
Band 7
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
This post is fixed term/secondment for 18 months to meet the needs of the service.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Project Manager within the Health Boards Digital, Data and Technology Division - Projects & Programmes, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB).
ABUHB is an integrated, progressive and ambitious teaching and research organisation who are in the midst of delivering a major Programme of change to transform healthcare for our patients and citizens. It has been pro-active in adopting and implementing new ways of working as part of its response to COVID, which has recently excelled the rate of digital transformation.
ABUHB recognises now more than ever, that digital technology has become fundamental to the way we live our lives and to the health and care of our population and through this recognition, have developed the ABUHB Digital Strategy – Transformation through Digital.
As a member of the dynamic and innovative Digital, Data & Technology (DDaT), you will be a member of the Programme & Projects team. The projects you will work on will allow you to build on your current skills and experience and provide you with opportunities for personal and professional development. You will work with a wide range of stakeholders from varying professions across the Health Board. If you are looking for a new challenge in a prosperous department then this role is for you.
Main duties of the job
The Digital Senior Project Manager will work as a member of the Digital, Data & Technology Programmes Team to support the realisation of the Health Board’s Integrated Medium Term Plan (IMTP). The Senior Project Manager will provide overall management and ensure the successful delivery of various informatics projects across clinical sites, through the defined stages of PRINCE 2 methodology. This includes the full delivery of the project including planning, executing, implementing, monitoring, and closing, to the required standard of quality and within the specified time and cost.
You will be responsible for leading and managing project teams, providing task management, mentoring and support training requirements as appropriate. You will identify and manage risks associated with projects, using relevant project documentation and developed approaches/strategies. The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for producing a result that is capable of achieving the benefits and performance improvements as defined in the project business case.
The post holder will need extensive knowledge and experience in project management and documentation. We are looking for an individual with experience of delivering complex projects to join our growing team of professional digital project managers.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Apptitude and Skills
Essential criteria
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to establish and lead a team
Desirable criteria
- Thorough understanding of health care informatics
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience of planning and managing complex projects
- Experience of stakeholder and relationship management
Desirable criteria
- Experience of managing informatics projects
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Prince 2 practitioner or equivalent knowledge
- Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge and understanding of NHS applications or IT infrastructure
Applicant requirements
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mike Harber
- Job title
- Programme Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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