EPR Project Management Office Administrator

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

EPR Project Management Office Administrator

£27596

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool

  • Full time
  • Temporary
  • Remote working

Posted 1 week ago, 23 Apr | Get your application in now before you're too late!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 4d113687bd52494a8f1f85577307d013

Full Job Description

Working within the EPR Programme Project Management Office, the main focus of the post will be to provide a project administrative support service primarily to programme and project management teams., 1. To act as a central hub for receiving, processing and distributing programme and project information and documents, maintaining a database as required.

2. Set up and maintain a configuration library to identify, record and track all documentation associated with a programme or project, maintaining version control. Undertake word processing.

3. To support the production and tracking of project plans and associated reports in-line with internal project governance standards (PRINCE2/AGILE).

4. Maintain and provide a quality control function for programme management.

5. Be involved in the development of standards to support the successful delivery of programmes and projects.

6. Be responsible for coordinating the preparation of agendas and papers for meetings as well as the production of minutes.

7. Book venues and arrange meetings, seminars, training, travel and accommodation for team staff, as well as providing support with the preparation and running of events and workshops.

8. Make and receive calls, acting as the first point of contact on behalf of programme/project or other supported functions staff. The post holder must be able to field calls and provide information where appropriate.

9. Manage team members diaries

10. Monitor and sort incoming/outgoing correspondence for action (both electronic and written) and reply through verbal/written communication and email when required. Where the intended recipient is absent, reallocate correspondence appropriately.

11. Participate in the production of written procedures and protocols for within Programme and project management support and administration and inform staff of such procedures and protocols.

12. To provide a quality assurance role in respect of documentation and programme and project standards used.

13. Support the project teams and staff with the management of risks, issues and benefits. In particular develop and maintain up to date associated registers, ensuring that the owners are aware of when escalation is required.

14. To liaise with external agencies and suppliers, as required on behalf of the project office and project staff. This will include the processing and sharing of information relating to particular projects.

15. To provide cover where necessary for other Project Office staff., The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £18+£5 (standard disclosure) or £38+£5 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment.

From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.

Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.

All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

  • ECDL/ RSAII/OCR Advanced Text Processing (Modules: Text Production/Word Processing) or knowledge of Word Processing or equivalent

  • HND or equivalent, Ability to demonstrate experience and success in supporting projects

  • Experience of administration procedures

  • Experience of receiving, collating and updating numerous documents and logs.

  • Experience of working in a programme/project environment

  • Ability to comment on proposals for change in own work area, Excellent interpersonal skill

  • Ability to use different styles of communication at all levels

  • Ability to deliver training

  • Ability to appropriately communicate changes to project information

  • Able to manage own time and work unsupervised

    Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has embarked on a journey to provide great care for our patients. We are a front line digitisation trail blazer on the national EPR programme. Together we will underpin the care that our hospitals provide with a robust digital infrastructure, comprehensive suite of digital solutions and a wealth of digital intelligence. Our digital strategy clearly sets out our great ambition, which delivers a progressive and cohesive portfolio of digital solutions to front-line staff., Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.


  • The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

    The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

    It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.