Education Reform Project Manager
Job Description
Job summary
This role sits within the Education Reform Programme, in the WT&E Education and Training sub-directorate.
The role will support a programme of work underpinned by the need for a flexible, productive and affordable healthcare workforce that meets the needs of patients, reflecting evolving care pathways and the values set out in the NHS Constitution, NHS Long Term Plan and NHS People Plan.
The role can be undertaken from any NHSE region.
Main duties of the job
The post will support a programme of work that will deliver a national strategy, working with key partners to ensure that the NHS has available the right number of trained staff to deliver current and future demands on the NHS.
The post holder will:
- Project manage the portfolio whilst supporting other projects/workstreams within the team.
- Manage the team's business support functions, including developing and managing the team's plans, progress and report risk and issue management through the PMO.
- Liaise with appropriate functions across national portfolios.
- Manage corporate and directorate business returns, including planning and workforce returns.
About us
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visithttps://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you'll usually need to be paid the 'standard' salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the 'going rate' for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.
Job responsibilities
You can find further details about the job in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
- Develop clear work plans with realistic targets, milestones and performance indicators monitoring and establishing accountability on progress to ensure completion within agreed timescales.
- Participate in relevant internal and external working groups/projects, services and initiatives.
- Produce timely and accurate information analysis and reporting with information in suitable format for audience and available in detailed reports to enable and enhance decision making at senior levels.
- Plan, co-ordinate, deliver and monitor a broad range of complex tasks or programmes of work to ensure the expected outcomes of the portfolio objectives.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level in relevant subject or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as Agile, Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Project or equivalent experience.
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Experience of monitoring budgets and financial and business planning processes.
- Track record in stakeholder management and engagement with the ability to influence key decision makers and drive change.
- Experience of direct line management and achieving objectives by working with others not under direct line management control
Skills and capability
Essential
- Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information and support delivery of such information to a wide range of differing groups, often at a very senior level.
- Ability to effectively support a programme of delivery, which changes to reflect the needs of Portfolio and co-ordinate the delivery of a broad range of complex tasks or programmes.
- Advanced IT skills in the use of Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
NHS England
Address
Any NHSE office
Nationally
LS1 4PL
Employer's website
https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/working-for/ (Opens in a new tab)
