Project Manager

2 weeks ago


Cardiff, United Kingdom Public Health Wales Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a dynamic and fast-growing team within the newly formed Improvement Cymru Programme Management Office.

Our aim is to support the creation of the best quality health and care system for Wales so that everyone has access to safe, effective and efficient care in the right place and at the right time across the whole care system.

We are keen to hear from you if you are looking for the next step in your career in project management that will expose you to projects that will hone and develop your project management skills.

We are recruiting to 1x full time secondment and 1x full time permanent post based in Cardiff. The secondment is until 31/05/25

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY NHS WALES FOR THE SECONDMENT POST.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR THE SECONDMENT POSITION, YOU MUST OBTAIN PERMISSION FROM YOUR CURRENT LINE MANAGER PRIOR TO APPLYING.

Main duties of the job

The PMO Team is a busy, high-volumeand friendly environment that will suit an organised person with a great eye for detail and plenty of team spirit. Reporting to Senior Project Manager and working with Business & Project team members, you will be adept at managing, supporting and consulting on projects. You will already have experience in project management methodologies and a background in managing complex projects.

About us

The NHS Wales Executive provides a central guiding hand, working in partnership for and on behalf of Welsh Government, in and with the NHS in Wales. The Executive is hosted by Public Health Wales.

We are a national support function delivering 'A Healthier Wales' vision of a whole-system approach to providing excellent health and social care across Wales.

The Executive's role in supporting this vision is to provide strong national leadership and strategic direction enabling, supporting and, where necessary, intervening to ensure the delivery of national priorities and standards, to improve the quality and safety of care. The Executive will drive improvements to achieve better, fairer healthcare outcomes for the people of Wales.

Our organisation is guided by Public Health Wales' Values, 'Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference'.

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values equality, diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications which represent the rich diversity of the communities we serve and from those wishing to work part time or on a job share basis.

To find out more about working for us and the benefits we offer please visit

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Job description

Job 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.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree level or equivalent professional / managerial qualification. Project Management Qualification (APM PMQ, PRINCE2 Practitioner or similar) or equivalent experience Evidence of continued professional development / further training

Experience

Essential

Experience of project/programme management to a practitioner level, managing multiple projects at a time. Experience of designing, implementing and managing projects. Evidence of experience in managing large complex projects. Successful introduction of management methodologies to teams and individuals. Effective management of resources. Developing documents (, reports). Developing performance indicators. Experience of Policy development. Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams at varying levels of seniority and a commitment / proven experience of partnership working. Experience of negotiating and influencing others in a positive manner, with confidence to deal with different priorities and differing views in order to instigate and achieve change and improvement. Experience of managing expectations of stakeholders within a project.

Desirable

Experience of managing budgets associated with a Programme/Project.

Skills

Essential

Methodical, analytical problem-solving skills. Excellent overall management and organisational skills. Ability to interpret legislation and national guidance. Effective leadership and communication skills with experience in motivating, managing and developing effective teams. Evidence of ability to contribute to strategy implementation across the organisations. Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences in a variety of ways. First class planning and organisational skills. Be technically competent with various software programmes (, Microsoft Office). Effective leadership, interpersonal and communication skills including facilitation, negotiation, obtaining, providing and presenting information. Ability to confidently and effective chair meetings. Ability to produce business cases and strategic documents. Ability to prepare and present reports to management teams on project status and advising on issues and risks to detailed specification for Trust and others as requested.

Desirable

Ability to speak Welsh / willingness to learn. Ability to work across directorates/services to understanding operational and corporate needs and requirements. Use of Microsoft Project to develop and maintain project plans. Use of Microsoft Teams to manage a project and to communicate with the with wider Improvement Cymru Team.

Knowledge

Essential

Solid understanding and appreciation of finances and risk, issue and dependency management and benefits realisation. Information governance and security guidance. Microsoft Office trained including use of Word, Excel & PowerPoint. Detailed knowledge of budgeting, benefits tracking and resource allocation processes.

Desirable

Knowledge and understanding of Public Health Wales. Knowledge and understanding of Improvement Cymru. Knowledge of Improvement methodologies. Knowledge of Microsoft SharePoint.

Personal Attributes

Essential

Strong delivery focus, with the ability to drive progress forward and a concern for results and achieving goals. Sets high standards of performance and seeks to improve previous performance levels. The ability to find ways of solving or pre-empting problems. Ability to think clearly, reach decision, prioritise and recommend appropriate action through the assessment of relevant information. Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines including changing demands and priorities.

Other

Essential

Flexible approach during times of change.

Desirable

Be able to travel where work requires.
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