Job Summary
Are you passionate about workforce development and digital innovation? Join Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance as our ePortfolio Manager, driving the evolution of the GM Cancer ePortfolio to support healthcare professionals in delivering outstanding cancer care.
As ePortfolio Manager, you'll oversee the development and maintenance of the GM Cancer ePortfolio, ensuring it meets workforce needs across the region. You'll analyse workforce data to identify trends, collaborate with senior colleagues to support NHS trusts, and work with the Business Intelligence Team to develop insightful data dashboards. As the primary contact for cancer alliances using the platform, you'll handle stakeholder enquiries, provide user support, and facilitate engagement.
Your role will also include managing project timelines, coordinating platform updates with the development team, and overseeing the education directory to ensure learning resources align with the ACCEND framework. Strong analytical skills, stakeholder engagement experience, and project management expertise are key to success.
If you're ready to make a lasting impact on cancer workforce education and thrive in a dynamic, data-driven role, we want to hear from you!
The post is 1.0 WTE and is fixed term for 12 months from start date. For staff working in the NHS currently this is a secondment only opportunity. For external candidates this is 12 months fixed term.
Main duties of the job
The ePortfolio Manager will support the Workforce and Education Programme to:
* ePortfolio Management & Development - Oversee the operational management of the GM Cancer ePortfolio, ensuring smooth functionality, coordinating platform updates, and supporting the delivery of mobile app developments.
* Stakeholder Engagement & User Support - Act as the first point of contact for enquiries, providing guidance to users, facilitating forums and training sessions, and maintaining strong relationships with NHS trusts and cancer alliances.
* Data Analysis & Reporting - Work with the Business Intelligence Team to collect, analyse, and present workforce and ePortfolio usage data, creating dashboards and reports to support senior leaders in strategic decision-making.
* Project Planning & Risk Management - Contribute to ePortfolio development projects by tracking progress, setting deadlines, monitoring risks, and ensuring timely delivery.
* Governance & Compliance - Maintain accurate records, ensure data security and compliance with GDPR, and support financial and budgetary processes related to ePortfolio developments.
About Us
Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance (GM Cancer) is a venture that brings together patients, charities, NHS and academic institutions with the aim of securing world-class cancer outcomes and experience for our population. Greater Manchester Cancer is the cancer programme of the Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board.
The GM Cancer Academy is a Programme of work within the Workforce and Education Programme. The team are dynamic, diligent, and passionate about supporting the cancer workforce to ensure they have equitable access to training and education to develop the right skills to respond to the needs of people affected by cancer, adapt to new, improved ways of working, continue to modernise the way they work, and embrace technology to deliver the best quality healthcare.
This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of cancer workforce and education in Greater Manchester, and to essentially improve outcomes for people affected by cancer.
Date posted
19 March 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
413-92283-GMC-MS
Job locations
The Christie, Manchester, M20 4BX
Job Description
Job responsibilities
The ePortfolio Manager will support the Workforce and Education Programme to:
Leadership and Expertise
* Support the GM Cancer Workforce and Education strategy by aligning the ePortfolio with workforce development priorities.
* Lead the ongoing management and enhancement of the ePortfolio, including mobile app functionality and platform improvements.
* Act as the primary contact for ePortfolio enquiries, providing expert guidance, training, and engagement support to NHS trusts, cancer alliances, and system partners.
* Collaborate with stakeholders to drive platform adoption, improve user experience, and secure funding through bids with pharmaceutical companies and other partners.
* Identify and engage key stakeholders using data-driven approaches such as surveys and audits to inform workforce planning and service improvements.
* Present complex information to Boards and governance groups, ensuring stakeholder buy-in and alignment with strategic priorities.
* Influence and negotiate with stakeholders to support project objectives and workforce initiatives.
* Prepare and deliver formal reports, providing clear updates on project progress and insights.
* Act as a subject matter expert, offering specialist guidance on ePortfolio use and digital learning developments.
* Continuously monitor workforce challenges, gathering feedback to inform system improvements and best practices.
Set-Up and Organisation
* Manage the ePortfolios operations, ensuring smooth functionality and alignment with strategic objectives.
* Plan and facilitate user engagement activities, including forums, demonstrations, and training, to drive adoption.
* Support mobile app development, liaising with suppliers and tracking progress for timely delivery.
* Maintain up-to-date project documentation, including plans, meeting minutes, and task lists.
* Capture user feedback through focus groups and use insights to inform platform improvements.
* Work with the Communications Team to create promotional materials and awareness campaigns.
* Collaborate with cancer alliances to share best practices and align ePortfolio developments with workforce education strategies.
* Oversee the learning library's development, ensuring content aligns with the ACCEND framework and national offers to avoid duplication.
Communication and Support
* Act as the first point of contact for ePortfolio enquiries, providing specialist advice and escalating complex issues as needed.
* Liaise with GM Cancer partners, NHS trusts, Learning and Development leads, and other cancer alliances to share insights, support workforce initiatives, and drive engagement.
* Collaborate with the Communications Team to develop promotional materials and campaigns that enhance awareness and adoption of the ePortfolio.
* Manage and update website content, ensuring alignment with workforce development priorities.
* Build strong relationships with cancer alliances, NHS GM Integrated Care, and external partners to facilitate knowledge exchange and best practice sharing.
* Serve as a key liaison between stakeholders, including Gas Mark 8, system suppliers, and internal teams, ensuring clear and effective communication.
Data and Information
* Lead the collection, analysis, and reporting of ePortfolio usage data, identifying trends, gaps, and workforce development opportunities.
* Assess engagement with capability frameworks like ACCEND, providing insights into workforce competency and areas for improvement.
* Produce benchmarking and workforce capability reports to support NHS trusts and cancer alliances in workforce planning.
* Collaborate with the Business Intelligence Team to refine data dashboards, ensuring they provide actionable insights.
* Present data-driven findings to senior leaders, supporting strategic workforce development decisions.
* Ensure compliance with data protection regulations, including GDPR, by maintaining secure and accurate data management.
Planning and Reporting
* Play a key role in the planning and implementation of ePortfolio development projects, ensuring alignment with workforce strategies and programme objectives.
* Lead on the preparation of quarterly reports for cancer alliance stakeholders, capturing progress, risks, and areas for improvement.
* Maintain oversight of how hosted frameworks are utilised across different NHS trusts, tracking adoption rates and identifying barriers to engagement to inform future workforce and education initiatives.
* Support financial oversight of ePortfolio developments, assisting with budget management, invoice processing, and income tracking.
Person SpecificationQualifications Essential
* Educated to postgraduate degree level or equivalent or significant experience of working at a similar level.
Desirable
* Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 or Agile and Managing Successful Projects.
Experience Essential
* Has experience of leadership without direct authority.
* Experience of writing complex reports for a range of audiences.
* Has worked with senior colleagues to improve services.
* Experience of triangulating data from different sources and demonstrate an appreciation of the differences that might occur in large datasets.
* Has led projects in complex and challenging environments.
* Experience working with a range of stakeholders.
* Has managed and reported on risks and issues.
Desirable
* Has experience of cancer services in Greater Manchester.
* Has experience of working in the NHS, Local Authority, voluntary or private sector at a senior level.
Skills Essential
* Can use Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint software to a high standard.
* Can create and deliver presentations to a broad range of different stakeholders.
* Can produce concise and insightful written materials for senior stakeholders or a broader audience as appropriate.
* Can use segmentation and or clustering to better understand the workforce being modelled.
* Can influence others to develop a shared vision.
* Can competently monitor and track financial information.
* Can analyse highly complex information from a wide range of sources where material may be conflicting.
* Can use experience to make inferences and advise/act where information is incomplete.
* Can make judgements where there are conflicting views on the project and there is a need to make decisions on complex issues.
* Can analyse highly complex data sets from a wide range of sources where material may be conflicting.
* Can use experience to make inferences and advise/act where information is incomplete.
* Can develop plans for the short and long term to support delivery of project aims and adjust in light of new information.
* Can monitor progress against plans, escalating risks and issues as appropriate, and the ability to making adjustments if targets are not met.
* Can manage own workload.
* Can make informed decisions in the absence of complete information.
* Can work to demanding and changing timescales.
Knowledge Essential
* Has an understanding of workforce and education.
* Has an understanding of educational frameworks.
* Has an understanding of building and documenting complicated and varied types of model including forecasting ePortfolio performance.
Desirable
* Has an understanding of cancer services in Greater Manchester.
Values Essential
* Committed to quality in all that they do.
* Values diversity and difference and promotes equality of opportunity.
* Committed to working to help clinicians deliver better outcomes for patients.
* Committed to patient and carer involvement in the development of health services.
* Committed to the use of evidence and clinical consensus to bring about change.
* Operates with integrity and openness.
* Committed to personal development and supporting others to do the same.
* Energetic and enthusiastic, capable of generating enthusiasm in others.
* Challenges received wisdom and acceptance of the status quo.
Other Essential
* Travel around Greater Manchester.
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.
Employer detailsEmployer name
The Christie NHS FT
Address
The Christie, Manchester, M20 4BX
Employer's website
https://www.christie.nhs.uk/
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