Project Officer

We have a great opportunity for a project officer to join the Leicester Maternity & Neonatal team. It's an exciting time to be part of the multiple projects which are pivotal to improving standards of care for all our women and babies throughout their maternity and neonatal journey. This opportunity follows the successful trial of the Project Officers role into our Quality Improvement team. Our Maternity & Neonatal team is creative and innovative and, like all maternity services, has investment and support from the national team. We work with women and their families to make changes based on their experience. Our project officers oversee multiple projects within the four workstreams of the Maternity & Neonatal Improvement Plan. We are seeking a Project Officer who are organised and systematic with the ability to manage project plans. Effective communication skills are essential as you will be working closely with workstream leads, sharing information with the multi-disciplinary team and preparing reports for board. The Project Officer will provide a coordination role to increase the team's capacity to deliver multiple projects., The Project Officer is responsible for the operational management of the Maternity & Neonatal Services Improvement Programme, providing project and administration support to:

• Perinatal Programme Manager
• Senior Project Manager
• Lead Midwife, Quality Improvement
The Project Officer will also support various workstreams and projects across the Maternity & Neonatal Improvement Programme The post holder is required to provide leadership, direction and support to other members of the team, whilst developing effective working relationships, efficient practices and a motivated workforce. The post holder further functions as the expert resource and first point of contact and on-going liaison for all internal and external parties on matters relating to the Maternity & Neonatal Services Improvement Programme Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030). We have four primary goals:
• high-quality care for all,
• being a great place to work,
• partnerships for impact, and
• research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities. Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
• we are compassionate,
• we are proud,
• we are inclusive, and
• we are one team
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve. About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust: https://www.uhleicester.nhs.uk The post holder will support positive working relationships with staff across the clinical management groups (CMG), corporate directorates and other provider and commissioner organisations, including the Local Maternity & Neonatal Services (LMNS) partnership, Maternity Voice Partnership, Neonatal Voices Partnership (NVP), local authorities and social enterprises. Demonstrate outstanding motivational skills and influencing skills in driving the work forward, encouraging collaborative working throughout Ensure clinicians, the CMG and relevant Trust committees are suitably appraised on the purpose and progress of work programmes. Operational Management and Leadership Create and maintain forward looking work-programme for Maternity & Neonatal Services Improvement Work under own initiative to resolve issues and manage work load requirements, be self-motivated and proactively seek and resolve difficulties. To be the first point of contact first for internal and external parties for all matters relating to the Maternity & Neonatal Services Improvement Programme, and aim to resolve issues whenever possible and when required direct queries to other staff in a timely manner. Summarise key messages for Board and Committee meetings and circulate to team on a weekly basis. Author delegated papers, project plans, and coordinates the agenda and other papers for the Maternity & Neonatal Services and other Programme Boards as necessary. Papers will require the post holder to gather data from multiple sources and manipulate/interpret the data to present information in an accessible format to a multidisciplinary audience. Take action for designated project meetings. Prepare and circulate monthly Maternity & Neonatal Improvement Programme papers to all CMG. Attend internal and external meetings as required, take responsibility for appropriate actions and report back formally to the relevant member(s) of the team. Support programme and project delivery activities, including project support for key work streams

Applicants should have a project management qualification (APM, PRINCE2, AgilePM or similar is ideal), experience of communicating with a range of stakeholders and experience in managing projects using project management software, ideally Monday.com or similar. Previous experience in managing NHS projects would be an advantage.