Project Manager

Role Overview

This exciting position involves leading and coordinating key projects aimed at enhancing health outcomes within health and justice environments. You will manage several programmes simultaneously, monitor progress relative to milestones, oversee risks and budgets, and support governance activities. Close collaboration with senior leaders and national stakeholders is essential to ensure successful delivery of programmes.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage multiple health and justice programmes ensuring alignment and well-governed delivery.
• Monitor project progress against objectives and milestones.
• Oversee risk management and financial controls across projects.
• Facilitate governance procedures and support decision-making processes.
• Engage with senior NHS leadership and national stakeholders effectively to drive programme success.

Who We Are Looking For

The ideal candidate is an organised, proactive, and strategic project management professional with a track record of delivering complex projects, particularly in challenging or dynamic settings. The role demands strong stakeholder engagement, robust programme governance, risk oversight, financial monitoring, analytical reasoning, and excellent communication skills.

Essential Skills and Attributes

• Expertise in project management methodologies and tools.
• Effective stakeholder relationship development and management.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Organisational and planning capabilities.
• Financial oversight and risk management experience.

Behavioral Competencies

• Leadership and initiative: ability to take ownership and steer progress effectively.
• Team collaboration: cooperate professionally across organisations and teams.
• Adaptability and resilience to navigate fast-changing, complex environments.
• Integrity and professionalism: maintain confidentiality and demonstrate transparency.
• Commitment to continuous quality improvement.
• Patient-centric focus: understanding the impact of your work on service delivery and outcomes.

About NHS England

NHS England undertakes statutory and regulatory functions to support the delivery of high-quality healthcare across the NHS. Our diverse workforce has expertise spanning clinical services, operations, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial areas. From March 2025, NHS England will increasingly integrate with the Department of Health and Social Care.

Additional Information

• Staff with designated office locations should spend at least 40% of their time onsite.
• Successful NHS internal candidates will undergo an Inter Authority Transfer through the Electronic Staff Record system.
• Appointments from outside NHS typically start at the base pay band level.

Contact Details

For further information or informal discussions, contact Angela Adams, Senior Policy Manager, via email at [email protected] or by phone at 07900715067.