Job Overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us. Please see below for a detailed job description of the role.
Main duties of the job
The NIHR Southampton BRC is improving people's health and resilience throughout life, generating the next generation of improved and individually personalised treatments. You will be joining a team of healthcare professionals, research scientists and experts in research. We are looking for a talented individual who can work on projects that build the research capacity and capability of our staff, whilst supporting equality, diversity and inclusion.
Suitable Candidates Will Be Able To
* Lead a remote/hybrid team
* Ask the right questions
* Actively listen to others
* Think critically
* Build trust
* Manage change
* Model self-care
What You’ll Do
Help us build the research capacity and capability of our staff through:
* Planning and delivering small and medium projects in conjunction with the NIHR BRC Senior Programme Manager and Infrastructure Leads.
* Producing and presenting robust, reliable, and valid options appraisals and recommendations for small, and medium scale projects.
* Producing regular progress reports to steering groups and at stakeholder meetings as required.
* Undertaking matrix staff management of project team members involving team leadership, motivation, task allocation and recruitment.
What We’re Looking For
Masters or equivalent specialist knowledge and experience. Knowledge and practical experience of the management and successful delivery of full project lifecycle (including pre-project phases) of medium projects. Knowledge of how to identify complex project risks and issues and develop detailed mitigation strategies. Understanding of relevant legislation and practice. Research experience, and understanding of healthcare research career pathways, is advantageous, but not essential.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Relevant Bachelor Degree (Tech, Business, Change) or equivalent specialist knowledge and experience
* Masters or equivalent specialist knowledge and experience
* Recognised Project Management qualification to practitioner level or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
* Recognised relevant change management qualifications e.g., relating to risk, benefits, change, business analysis, or continuous improvement
* Other project and change management training courses
* Staff management training courses
* Evidence of recent further professional development
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
* Knowledge and practical experience of the management and successful delivery of full project lifecycle (including pre-project phases) of medium projects.
* Practical experience of presenting complex and technical information to internal and external groups.
* Project management skills including use of multiple methodologies e.g., waterfall and agile.
* Knowledge of the creation, review, update and reporting of standard project artefacts.
* Knowledge of how to analyse complex technical information relating to programmes and present to a variety of audiences.
* Knowledge of how to identify, source, assimilate and apply relevant (clinical, system, setting) specific and technical knowledge
* Knowledge of how to identify complex project risks and issues and develop detailed mitigation strategies
* Understanding of relevant legislation and guidance
Desirable criteria
* Management and successful delivery of full project lifecycle of medium, small and very small change projects (including pre-project phases) in an Acute NHS Trust, a provider NHS (non-acute) or the NHS.
Values and behaviours
Essential criteria
* Patients First
* Always Improving
* Working Together
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Project Management and Information Technology
Industries
* Hospitals and Health Care
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