Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dedicated and passionate project and programme professional to join the NWSSP as Assistant Head of Assistant Head of PMO will predominately be responsible for the effective delivery of the NHS Wales Decarbonisation programme, working with a small team of project managers and supporting the Decarbonisation individual must have excellent organisation skills to effectively support the NWSSP Steering Group, Senior Responsible Owner, Programme Lead and Key stakeholders to deliver a transformational change with impacts across NHS role will require work at all levels across NWSSP, Health Board, SHAs, Trusts and with Welsh understanding of NHS Wales and the relationship NWSSP has with Health Boards and Trusts would be advantageous but is not ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
The Assistant Head will be expected to have a sound understanding of NHS Wales and the relationship NWSSP has with Healthboards and post holder must possess excellent communication, stakeholder management skills, which will help ensure policies, processes, and methodologies are developed and adopted across the organisation and wider boundaries in support of the NHS Wales Decarbonisation will lead on data analysis within the programme and projects, reviewing complex data, communicating data issues and accurately analyse and interpret information to inform all aspects of post will also seek to support and embed best practice across the organisation, working closely with stakeholders from all services within NWSSP and NHS addition, the post holder must also be determined and passionate PPM advocate focused on delivering projects and programmes to the highest standard, following already in use good practice and clearly focused on benefit realisation and successful business is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team and help play an active role in continued success of NWSSP.
About us
At NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership we have high standards and expect everyone to embrace our values of Listening & Learning, Working Together, Taking Responsibility & Innovating, whilst ensuring trust, honesty and compassion are implicit in everything that we do. We are adaptable, agile and flexible and pride ourselves on being a learning organisation one where it is safe to make mistakes, where blame is replaced by opportunity, learning and improvement. Innovation is built into everything that we recognise our people regularly and have an Appreciation Station, to encourage staff to applaud exemplary behaviour in one another, alongside an Annual Staff Recognition Award ceremony aligned to our values. We respect and value our people and strive for a culture of compassion and inclusivity. We are a bilingual organisation, and we have a team of Change Champions who advocate 'This is Our NWSSP' our principal change programme. Similarly, PROUD is our new staff network welcoming LGBT+ colleagues and allies to come together in a safe space for discussions, event planning and the opportunity to build supportive have a comprehensive benefits package where there is something for everyone, supporting health, engagement and wellbeing and includes an Employee Assistance Programme. We have over 30 Mental Health First Aiders and work in partnership with local and national organisations to ensure the well-being and resilience of our people
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Profiad
Essential
1. Experienced in successfully managing the full life cycle of projects.
2. Working with managers and staff at all levels including Director / Senior level/ Executive level
3. Delivering change management
4. Experienced in managing staff and budgets
Desirable
5. Proven ability to successfully manage complex projects
6. Experience of working within a project structure, and managing complex change.
7. Experience with the three year integrated medium term planning process.
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential
8. Highly developed analytical, interpretational and comparative skills capable of dealing with highly complex and sensitive information.
9. Ability to work on multiple complex tasks simultaneously and produce high quality work within tight deadlines and within resource constraints
10. Ability to communicate with staff at all levels, with excellent verbal, written and presentational
11. Demonstration of personal effectiveness / making a difference
12. Ability to work on own initiative and organise / prioritise own workload to operate effectively
Desirable
13. Spoken or written Welsh language.
14. Leadership/ motivational skills
Values
Essential
15. Empathic
16. Flexible and adaptable approach to meet all aspects of the work
17. Leadership qualities and able to motivate others
18. Completer Finisher
Desirable
19. Innovator
20. Lateral Thinker
Qualifications
Essential
21. Educated to Masters Degree level / equivalent level of work experience and knowledge in Programme and Project Management
22. Specialist knowledge of Programme and Project management theory Managing Successful Programmes
23. PRINCE2 Practitioner, similar qualification or equivalent level of work experience and knowledge
Desirable
24. Knowledge of the current strategic direction of NHS Wales specifically NWSSP
25. Prudent Healthcare and the Value based agenda
26. Better Business Cases/ Five Case Model foundation