project manager

We are looking for a project manager to welcome into our Transformation Team, working on a range projects on a 12 month contract. This is an excellent opportunity for a confident project manager who is looking to gain experience managing some of the Trust's most high profile transformation programmes, including: the development of neighbourhood mental health centres, the Inpatient Quality Transformation programme and the Future Workforce Solution programme., This role sits in the Trust's Transformation Team; which manages a range of change projects and programmes that aim to improve service user and carer experience as well as to improve productivity across the Trust. They include service developments, pathway improvements, estate transformations, productivity projects, and culture change initiatives. This role will manage large change projects from inception to completion. The post holder will ensure projects are delivered effectively and achieve the intended measurable impact and outcomes for service users, carers and staff.,

• Ensuring projects are delivered effectively and achieve the intended measurable impact and outcomes for service users, carers and staff.
• Scoping projects by analysing a range of complex data sets to identify delivery options and required resources
• Ensuring project objectives are clear and the measurable impact on effectiveness, safety, experience and productivity can be assessed.
• Establishing strong project management approaches and governance that enable the project to be delivered on time and budget, as well as adapt to changes when required
• Developing relationships and directly working with a range of stakeholders, including partners in the wider health system
  
  Project Management Qualification or completion of a relevant training course
• First degree or equivalent experience, Essential criteria
• Experience of managing projects, including multiple workstreams
• Experience of managing change projects, preferably within a multi-disciplinary environment
Desirable criteria
• Experience of working in the NHS, Local Government or voluntary and community sectors, Ability to critically analyse complex data sets to inform decision making, and clearly present conclusions
• Clear communicator with excellent writing and presentation skills
• Proven relationship management skills, able to build and maintain positive and productive relationships across a range of stakeholders
• Knowledge of project managements tools and techniques, and ability to apply them in practice
  
  Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission
Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout, HPFT supports people with mental ill health, learning disabilities and autism across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Norfolk and Essex. We employ around 4,500 people who deliver these services within the community and in inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services and medium and low secure learning disabilities services. We have operated as a NHS Foundation Trust since our authorisation in August 2007.