Digital Health and Care Wales is seeking a dynamic and experienced professional to join our team as a Portfolio Management Office (PMO) Standards Lead. Digital Health and Care Wales has set an ambitious objective to provide world leading digital services, empowering people to live healthier lives. We are an NHS organisation which has a national digital and data remit for Wales. Digital innovation plays a crucial part in enabling front line services to deliver effective treatment and care for patients.
We need an experienced PMO Standards Lead to ensure we are directing our resources to digital solutions which deliver real value to clinicians and patients. Our programmes and products need to be delivered to meet user requirements to agreed timescales and within available funds. This role gives management the oversight of how we are doing and what needs a refocus. This requires a consistent and high quality adoption of programme and project methodologies and reporting standards and management of lifecycles, dependencies, demand and capacity, finances and benefits.
Main duties of the job
The right candidate will have a strong understanding of PMO industry standards and best practices, have a PMO qualification and can develop and lead the adoption of standards across cross-functional teams using the latest digital tooling. You will need excellent leadership skills, strong analytical and problem-solving abilities and attention to detail. If you relish a challenge this job will stimulate you.
Main Duties:
1. Develop and implement portfolio management standards and processes across the organisation. This covers areas such as delivery methodologies, governance structures, risk management, benefits, investment principles and cases, dependencies and more.
2. Ensuring that our portfolio management practices are aligned with industry standards and best practices. This includes a strong appreciation of how technology can support the PMO.
3. Provide guidance and support to project managers and other stakeholders in the application of portfolio management standards.
4. Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of portfolio management practices and make recommendations for improvements.
About us
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) is part of the NHS Wales family and has an important role in changing the way health and care services are delivered through technology and data. The organisation supports frontline staff with modern systems and access to important information about their patients, while empowering the people of Wales to manage their own health through digital NHS Wales services.
Working for DHCW offers lots of employee benefits, including flexible working, a competitive salary, 28 days of annual leave plus Bank Holidays and opportunities for career development. We are committed to recognising and celebrating our staff as the most valuable part of our organisation.
Join our game changing, life-saving team and start making a real difference to health and care services in Wales.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Qualifications also essential are: Project (such as PRINCE2), Programme (Such as MSP), Portfolio (such as Management of Portfolios) or PMO (such as P3O) qualifications.
This job description and person specification is due to be reviewed in line with the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework, and therefore is liable to change.
If you wish to have a more detailed conversation please contact:
Lindsay Hodge Head of Portfolio Management - Lindsay.Hodge@wales.nhs.uk
Ruth Chapman Assistant Director of Planning - Ruth.Chapman@wales.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
* Educated to masters level or equivalent plus knowledge in staff management, performance management and financial management.
* PRINCE II and/or Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) qualification.
Experience
* Significant practical experience of setting up and managing strategic portfolio offices (PMOs).
* Experience of developing deliverable projects across the full project life cycle, including scope and design, project plans including timescales and resources, and project benefit realisation.
Skills and Attributes
* The ability to interpret large amounts of complex information and make appropriate strategic and operational decisions.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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