Job summary Are you an aspiring project manager eager to contribute to impactful healthcare projects? Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Assistant Project Manager to join our team on an 18-month fixed-term contract, with the potential to progress to a substantive Band 6 post. This post is a career-grade development opportunity, designed to support your progression from Band 5 to Band 6. If you have already completed a period of project management study or have a project qualification but lack applied experience this role is a great next step. Main duties of the job As an Assistant Project Manager, you will be: Responsible for managing the delivery of specific and defined elements of a project or projects, which may span Trust-wide or System-wide initiatives. Supporting the coordination of tasks, facilitating, and monitoring progress of project status across the life cycle to meet cost, quality, and time models. Improving performance across projects and the wider department. Providing day-to-day supervision or coordination of staff working on specific projects. Delivering training on your own project to clinicians, management, and staff at all levels. You will also champion and demonstrate exemplary leadership behaviours as part of the Trust's Improving Together programme, fostering a culture of continuous improvement in your practice and encouraging these behaviours in the wider team and across the Trust. Additionally, you will: Support requirements gathering by evidencing the need for change through business analytical skills and benchmarking of current activity ("As Is"). Carry out process mapping activities and produce visual maps to support the scoping of change and develop change requirements. About us Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff. We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff. We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 27 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme. Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk Date posted 24 January 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 5 Salary £29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum Contract Fixed term Duration 18 months Working pattern Full-time, Flexible working Reference number 269-SFT8958 Job locations Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Odstock Road Salisbury SP2 8BJ Job description Job responsibilities This post is a career-grade development opportunity, designed to support your progression from Band 5 to Band 6. Appointment to the substantive Band 6 post will depend on: Successfully demonstrating that all key assessment criteria and role requirements are fully met. Completion of the development pathway from Band 5 to Band 6. If these requirements are not met during the 18-month contract, the post will end at Band 5. Apprenticeship Eligibility During the fixed-term contract, the successful applicant will be fully supported in their professional development, including potential enrolment into an apprenticeship. Apprenticeships are subject to specific visa and residency requirements. They are typically suitable for individuals with the right to live and work in the UK, such as: UK nationals. EU/EEA citizens with settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme. Individuals with indefinite leave to remain in the UK. Please note, overseas students on a student visa are generally ineligible for apprenticeships due to working hour constraints (e.g., 20 hours per week during term time). Ensure you understand your visa obligations before applying. If you have commenced an apprenticeship and wish to transfer employers, this may also be considered There may also be potential to offer this opportunity on a permanent basis which would be considered on a case-by-case basis, subject to full hiring panel approval. Please include full details in your Supporting Information if you wish to be considered under these criteria. Job description Job responsibilities This post is a career-grade development opportunity, designed to support your progression from Band 5 to Band 6. Appointment to the substantive Band 6 post will depend on: Successfully demonstrating that all key assessment criteria and role requirements are fully met. Completion of the development pathway from Band 5 to Band 6. If these requirements are not met during the 18-month contract, the post will end at Band 5. Apprenticeship Eligibility During the fixed-term contract, the successful applicant will be fully supported in their professional development, including potential enrolment into an apprenticeship. Apprenticeships are subject to specific visa and residency requirements. They are typically suitable for individuals with the right to live and work in the UK, such as: UK nationals. EU/EEA citizens with settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme. Individuals with indefinite leave to remain in the UK. Please note, overseas students on a student visa are generally ineligible for apprenticeships due to working hour constraints (e.g., 20 hours per week during term time). Ensure you understand your visa obligations before applying. If you have commenced an apprenticeship and wish to transfer employers, this may also be considered There may also be potential to offer this opportunity on a permanent basis which would be considered on a case-by-case basis, subject to full hiring panel approval. Please include full details in your Supporting Information if you wish to be considered under these criteria. Person Specification Experience Essential One years' experience of working in the field of project management or change management plus some project leadership experience Understanding of a range of work procedures and practices in the field of project & programme management (e.g. project governance, risk management) Experience of process mapping & producing visual maps and/or gathering business analytics to support change Desirable Experience of working in a health care setting or large scale organisation Experience of system wide working and planning Day to day supervision of staff Awareness of budgets and budget management Continuous/quality improvement (A3 thinking, PDSA, improvement huddles) Qualifications Essential Degree qualification or an equivalent level of knowledge of project management/change acquired through significant experience in the field and some training (e.g. diploma, apprenticeship) Desirable Working towards a project management qualification (such as Prince2 or APM) or apprenticeship in the field of projects or change Person Specification Experience Essential One years' experience of working in the field of project management or change management plus some project leadership experience Understanding of a range of work procedures and practices in the field of project & programme management (e.g. project governance, risk management) Experience of process mapping & producing visual maps and/or gathering business analytics to support change Desirable Experience of working in a health care setting or large scale organisation Experience of system wide working and planning Day to day supervision of staff Awareness of budgets and budget management Continuous/quality improvement (A3 thinking, PDSA, improvement huddles) Qualifications Essential Degree qualification or an equivalent level of knowledge of project management/change acquired through significant experience in the field and some training (e.g. diploma, apprenticeship) Desirable Working towards a project management qualification (such as Prince2 or APM) or apprenticeship in the field of projects or change 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. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). Additional information 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. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). Employer details Employer name Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Address Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Odstock Road Salisbury SP2 8BJ Employer's website https://www.salisbury.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)