Programme and Project Manager
| Posting date: | 03 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £53,755.00 to £60,504.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £53755.00 - £60504.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 June 2025 |
| Location: | Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE15 8NY |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | G9914-25-0133 |
Summary
In this role, you are accountable for Programme and Project Delivery: Stand up and deliver the programme / project in line with the NHSBSA Programme and Project Management Frameworks, and both internal and external assurance requirements, such as IPA standards as appropriate. Create and lead the programme / project to deliver the agreed outcomes within time, cost and quality constraints. Programme and Project Management: Day to day management and leadership of the programme / project and the team. Provide effective leadership and management controls. Set programme / project controls. Design the programme / project structure and organisation appropriate to stage. Set appropriate delivery methodologies. Manage effective transition between programme tranches / project phases. Leading reviews to ensure that lessons learnt are incorporated into future development by carrying out programme tranche evaluations, and the assessment of results. Provide delivery interventions for projects reporting low delivery confidence, or projects being managed by more junior members of the team as required. Business Case: Delivery and clearance of a cohesive programme / project Business Case including drafting as required, and securing collaborative input from subject matter experts. Budget: Develop the budget and track delivery within budget. Ensure all expenditure is governed in accordance with NHSBSA Standing Financial Instructions and DHSC / Cabinet Office spend controls. Resource Management: Secures resources and directs planning scheduling, resourcing and estimating for large scale programmes. Identify skill requirements; and deploy and develop resources. Manage medium sized programme / project team. Benefits Realisation: Delivery of the agreed Business Case scope in line with defined time, cost, and quality criteria to enable the realisation of benefits in post project Benefit Realisation. Ensure appropriate Benefits Realisation Strategy is in place to enable longer term delivery of benefits against the Business Case. Ensure realisation of programme benefits for customers through planning and designing and ensure that project outputs meet programme requirements. Stakeholder Management: Identify and manage stakeholder relationships and highlight need for senior level support. Manage internal and external relationships as appropriate. Risks and Issues: Identify and monitor project risks and issues. Develop mitigating actions and escalate as appropriate. Identify and work with related projects to manage interdependencies. Oversee programme risk and issue management. Ensures mitigations are in place and resolved through negotiated agreement. Leading risk management within programme / project teams in accordance with NHSBSA Corporate Risk Management Framework. Governance and Controls: Maintain overall integrity and coherence of programme and governance framework to support each project. Plan programme assurance activities. Support effective project governance and decision making. Provide reporting and engage in mechanisms that hold you, as Project Manager, to account for delivery. Engage with project assurance reviews and support action on recommendations. Organise assurance processes such as gateway reviews, as required. Lead projects through external assurance reviews, such as IPA gateway reviews. Manage progress and delivery confidence reporting in line with internal NHSBSA reporting cycles. Change Management: Define Change Management approach with programme team to provide consistent change management approach within programme and project activities. Ensure effective Change Management processes are in place to agree and document changes to deliverables as agreed with stakeholders. Programme Dependency Management: Work with project leads and business as usual to ensure programme dependencies are actively managed, act as an arbiter and enforcer and resolve issues between the various elements of the programme. Programme Leadership Vision and Objectives: Cascade programme vision and translate into delivery objectives for the team. Lead the programme to deliver the business case benefits and outcomes. Guidance and Support Programme and Project Management Community: Provide support, guidance, direction and coaching to team and more broadly across departmental profession. Show commitment to personal development. Promote effective individual and team performance. Ambassador for profession and best practice within the Programme and Project Management community. Active involvement in knowledge sharing and informal mentoring within the Programme and Project Management community.