Project Manager - Walsall Together | Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

Posting date:	03 March 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£38,682 - £46,580 Per annum
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	02 April 2026
Location:	Walsall, WS3 1LZ
Company:	Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7753519/407-COMMUNITY-7753519

Summary

This vacancy is open only to applicants working within the Black Country Integrated Care System (ICS)

The Project Manager role within Walsall Together is central to supporting system-wide transformation across health, social care and wider partners. Working within a collaborative, multi-agency environment and a Project Management Office (PMO) structure, you will manage and support a portfolio of programmes and projects aligned to Walsall Together priorities, helping to design, deliver and evaluate initiatives that improve outcomes for local residents and reduce inequalities.

You will apply recognised project management methodologies and tools to ensure effective planning, delivery and reporting, while working closely with stakeholders across the NHS, local authority, voluntary and community sector and other partners. The role offers the opportunity to contribute to innovative, place-based approaches to integrated care, supporting change at neighbourhood, place and system level.

Joining Walsall Together means being part of a partnership committed to collaboration, inclusion and continuous improvement. If you are passionate about making a tangible difference for communities, thrive in complex environments and enjoy working with diverse stakeholders to deliver meaningful change, this role offers a rewarding opportunity

PLEASE NOTE, WE MAY CLOSE THIS VACANCY EARLY IF WE RECEIVE HIGH NUMBERS OF APPLICATIONS.
• Support the delivery and governance of complex programmes and projects, ensuring actions are completed to a high standard and within agreed timescales.
• Provide high-level, confidential administrative and coordination support to senior members of the team, enabling informed decision-making.
• Analyse and report on complex information and performance data, supporting assurance processes and reviews.
• Communicate and engage effectively with internal and external stakeholders, building strong multi-agency relationships and representing senior colleagues when required.
• Plan, organise, and facilitate meetings, workshops, and events, including managing resources, budgets, and authorised expenditure.
• Lead and manage PMO administrative functions, including staff recruitment, induction, training, workload management, and compliance with policies and targets

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 284,300. It provides inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010, and ongoing upgrades ensure the Trust now has state-of-the-art facilities, including a Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit. A new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre, opened in March 2023, has significantly improved emergency care facilities and capacity, providing almost 5,000 square metres of additional clinical space

Communication and Relationship Skills

· Provide comprehensive, confidential programme/project administration, overseeing the management of complex and sensitive information involving a wide range of internal and external stakeholders

· Communicate clearly and professionally with staff and partner organisations to support delivery of projects, ensuring cooperation and adherence to organisational deadlines.

· Support senior project managers and programme managers by conveying project objectives, progress, and outcomes to stakeholders.

· Assist in reviewing complex situations, taking appropriate action, and escalating where necessary, ensuring decisions are informed and timely.

· Prepare and deliver routine and complex presentations to groups of varying size, adapting content and style to suit different audiences.

· Build and maintain effective working relationships across multi-agency teams, promoting collaboration and engagement in project delivery.

· Support the facilitation of stakeholder events and workshops.

· On occasions represent the senior project managers or other senior members of the Walsall Together Team, within delegated meetings, forums and events.



Analytical and Judgement Skills

· Use analytical and judgement skills to interpret and evaluate complex information and situations, involving the comparison of a range of options, in order to support and inform decision-making by senior colleagues within the team, including senior project managers, programme managers and directors.

· Where appropriate support internal Gateway Reviews which will involve the analysis, interpretation and judgement of highly complex information.

· Developing and providing key operational management data and programme reports, for review and use by the Walsall Together Partnership Board.

Planning and Organisational Skills

· Support the day-to-day delivery of programmes, projects and activities. ensuring that all actions are completed to a high standard and within the appropriate timescales.

· Prioritise and plan own and others day to day tasks using own initiative to ensure an efficient service to the organisation.

· Demonstrate excellent planning and organisational skills in the arrangement of complex activities including workshops, multidisciplinary meetings, formulating plans/strategies as required.

· Be responsible for co-ordinating ad hoc work projects to a professional standard requiring knowledge of the full range of organisational objectives.

· Plan, prioritise and manage heavy workloads and multiple tasks effectively.

· Take on/lead project work from time to time as determined by the senior team.

· Maintain strict confidentiality around business matters.

· Assert a degree of authority to ensure agreement and co-operation with any matters being communicated on behalf of the director and PMO.

· Assist the senior colleagues within the team by taking responsibility for tasks that do not require their personal expertise, and by ensuring they remain fully informed of all matters within their direct or indirect areas of responsibility.

· Responsible for communicating complex sensitive and confidential information relating to a range of individuals within and outside the organisation, seeking the co-operating of staff to ensure organisational deadlines are met, reviewing complex situations and taking action following review of appropriate options.

· Possess specialist knowledge of business administration systems and procedures, a range of IT systems and managerial policies and processes in accordance with Trust Policy and Procedures.

· Ensure compliance with a range of local targets.

· Has contact with a range of people including incidental contact with patients.

· Acts as an authorised signatory for the PMO, for booking workshops and that expenditure is monitored closely.

· Be responsible for the recruitment and retention of administrative posts, to include shortlisting and interviewing.

· Act as a point of contact for the PMO, using own judgement to either deal with or pass on to the appropriate person and/or take the appropriate action.

· Be responsible for sickness review and disciplinary processes in line with HR policies.

· Be responsible for training and full induction of new staff to the department.

Research and Development

· Undertake research to support project activity.

· Keep abreast of changes to national policy and legislation applicable to the relevant projects they are working on.

· Where required, undertake research to support the partnership to prioritise activities.

· Contribute to the completion of monthly audits of performance and quarterly assurance requirements ensuring senior colleagues are adequately briefed and informed.

Policy and Service Development

· Assist in the development and implementation of new initiatives, promoting a culture of continuous service improvement, investigate a variety of issues and propose solutions, deal with complex enquiries.

· Support the development of Programme and project assurance processes, governance and standards.

· Support effective and appropriate usage of relevant project tools and techniques across the Programme, including the use of project management IT software.

· Use sound knowledge of the NHS and surrounding partners in decision making when required.


This advert closes on Tuesday 17 Mar 2026