Job summary
- Main area
- Programme, project management
- Grade
- NHS AFC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 990-NUR-10006-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- London Wellington House
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum, HCAS to be added when required
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Nursing Workforce Project Coordinator
NHS AFC: Band 6
Our Organisation
The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
We are recruiting a Band 6 Project Coordinator to join the Nursing Workforce Policy and Implementation team within the Nursing Directorate.
This post plays a key role in supporting the Workforce Policy and Implementation team in ensuring that all aspects of its work portfolio are delivered to the highest quality.
The postholder will be used to working at pace, within in a complex environment with a focus on delivering outputs at an excellent standard. The role will require the postholder to work proactively and independently representing the team alongside a range of stakeholders. This role will work alongside and support members of the team to deliver its objectives, coordinating activity across various strategic projects. This will include supporting the full lifecycle of projects, working to foresee challenges, reporting on progress and supporting the management of risks and issues and escalating, as appropriate, to the Programme Manager.
Main duties of the job
This post plays a key role in supporting the Workforce Policy and Implementation team in ensuring that all aspects of its work portfolio are delivered to the highest quality.
Key responsibilities will include (but not be limited to):
- Supporting the scoping and design of projects during development to ensure the project is managed effectively
- Working with team members and wider stakeholders to ensure project outputs are delivered in a high calibre and timely manner
- Ensuring project work is tracked and reported adequately to ensure success in relation to both output delivery and impact on intended outcomes
- Identifying any key risks and escalating to senior team members as appropriate
- Drafting and maintaining project documentation, including project schedules, risk logs, decision logs and action plans
- Liaising with and sharing key information with stakeholders to ensure successful programme delivery
- Running meetings, taking minutes, managing follow-up, and preparing reports
- Preparing and coordinating project responses to strategic-level requests (e.g. board papers, presentations and briefings)
- Supporting the Chief Nursing Officer and Chief Midwifery Officer Support Worker Excellence Award pre-panel, panel and post-panel work, including regional notifications, query follow-up and nomination distribution.
- PMO development
- National travel may be required (subject to project involvement)
Working for our organisation
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 visit https://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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities can be found within attached JD and Assignment brief.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to a degree level or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
- Further training or significant experience to post-graduate diploma level in project management.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience in supporting project/programmes.
- Experience of identifying risks, issues and dependencies.
- Experience in planning, preparing, monitoring and reporting of project plans to progress.
- Experience in communications and stakeholder management.
Desirable criteria
- Comprehensive knowledge of project and/ or programme management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, MSP etc.)
- Previous experience in similar role in a healthcare or public sector environment
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to work on own initiative, organising and prioritising own and others workloads to changing and often tight deadlines.
- Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
- Strong report writing and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately from or diverse audiences.
- Ability to analyse and interpret information, pre-empt and evaluate complex issues, and recommend an appropriate course of action to address the issues.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Essential criteria
- Fosters good working relationships and values difference.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Silke Moxon-Riedlin
- Job title
- Senior Project Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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