NHS England Data Portfolio Management - Project Manager (AfC Band 7)
The Data Portfolio Management team manage the portfolio of data assets that are shared for research and commissioning purposes. Working across a number of teams to ensure that data assets are elaborated, meet all legal and information governance requirements, can be provisioned via a Secure Data Access Environment.
The team also manage a number of service improvement projects. The teams focus is on the information and metadata about the datasets, so this is not a technical role where you would be accessing record level data.
This post will be expected to deliver projects themselves AND oversee the delivery of all the other work undertaken within the team.
Duties specific to this role are:
• Managing project delivery using Agile principles as appropriate to the area of work (programme and operations)
• Planning and delivery in line with User Centred Design principles
• Development and delivery duties within Project Management Office
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.
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Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on theGovernment website.
The Project Manager must have:
• Experience of project delivery across different lifecycles of a project, reporting on progress and managing risks and issues, escalating where necessary to the project board.
• Experience of project delivery of data or digital products/services, using Agile principles and in line with User Centred Design principles.
• Experience of delivery and management of tasks and activities in Project Management Office.
• Ability to build relations with internal and external partners which are critical in securing the strategic objectives of the business.
• Ability to effectively plan and think strategically and analyse and resolve problems in a multidisciplinary environment.
• Ability to effectively facilitate communication and collaboration between workstreams, senior management and wider business areas
This role is Leeds based, with a Leeds/hybrid working pattern. Due to the upcoming Christmas holidays, the interviews may be held in January.
This advert closes on Monday 23 Dec 2024