Project Management Office Lead

Job overview

Working Full Time hours: 37.5 per week

The post holder will ensure that the standard project management methodologies are applied in accordance with industry best practice, i.e. provide high quality support in developing, maintaining and managing various dashboards, logs, plans, reports and other tools in accordance with a control methodology.

A key function of the role is to support the delivery of the programmes and projects, as well as highlighting testing and challenging where necessary and escalating risks, issues and obstacles to the Executive Sponsor and overall Programme Lead when required, including development of any recovery plans.

Main duties of the job

• Providing specialised programme and project management support for transformation projects  involving partners across the system and in particular enabling integration of actions by health and local authority partners and projects to reduce health inequalities.
• Maintaining consistency in PMO processes and monitoring progress on all the associated COCH programmes, ensuring robust regular reports to be delivered to a range of committees and Executive sponsors.
• Facilitate and co-ordinate the development of highly complex, sometimes overlapping, and specialised  COCH programmes and projects in conjunction with PMO Project Managers, Management Teams,  Operational and Clinical Leads, Directors and Executive Sponsors, to develop and enhance the range of  services, level of care and health outcomes provided by the West Kent system as a whole.
• Facilitate joint workstream methodologies and reporting to ensure that any efficiencies and/or benefits are allocated correctly.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.