Job Summary
The Planning & Strategy team are a dynamic and friendly group of Programme and Project Managers led by the Head of Planning & Strategy, who are responsible for supporting the delivery of specific programmes aligned to the Trust's key strategic priorities and operational plan. The team plays a crucial role in ensuring that the appropriate frameworks and processes are in place to manage the annual operational / business planning process and agreed strategic priorities. They also provide essential leadership and support to the clinical divisions and corporate services in developing their operational and business plans.
In addition, the team facilitates the implementation of the Trust's Strategy deployment, through the Strategy into Action framework, ensuring that all planning and programmes are aligned to the Trust Strategy, Strategic Aims and True Norths.
Main duties of the job
The Project Support Officer provides high quality, comprehensive and effective project and administrative support to the function in order to facilitate the effective management of the Strategy Portfolio. The post holder also undertakes discrete projects as required and plays a key part in supporting, facilitating and monitoring ongoing projects across various workstreams, and supporting drive performance improvement in these areas.
About Us
Working as a partnership, both IWT and PHU have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this. The creation of a single corporate service (SCS) is essential for us to support our clinical and operational services, and our wider transformation programme.
This vacancy is part of the SCS Division.
Be an employer of choice for corporate talent, attracting and retaining people who share our values for excellence in care and welcome the opportunity to benefit from the broad range of flexible career and development opportunities we can offer.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
* Overseeing and managing the administration of the Joint Business Case Review Committee (BCRC) process by supporting the Programme Manager and Head of Planning & Strategy. Ensuring Business Cases progress through the correct approvals and delivery routes, scheduling meetings, logging and tracking the approval outcomes, tracking progress and realisation of associated Benefits whilst maintaining data in an easy and usable format to provide governance and assurance to the Trust Leadership Teams (TLT) that Business Cases are delivering benefits to the Trust as outlined in the Business Case.
* Supporting the Trust's Strategy Deployment, PMO and Transformation teams, by ensuring governance and assurance arrangements are in place and adhered to and that all projects support the delivery of the Trust's Strategy and operational objectives. This involves providing an effective, high quality document writing, collation, administrative and process service to the Strategy function, in order to facilitate the effective management of the portfolio.
* Working in collaboration across IWT and PHU NHS Trust, to support the implementation of a single set of governance processes helping to reduce duplication and efficiently deliver Single Corporate Services across both organisations.
* These functions and responsibilities will be shared between the Project Support Officers, with each taking a particular lead in certain aspects and coordinating with the relevant Programme Manager(s).
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
* Degree Level or equivalent experience in a related subject area.
* Evidence of additional ongoing training and development in-line with the specific requirements of this role.
Desirable
* Working towards Project management qualification, PRINCE2, ITIL, MSP etc. or equivalent.
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. #J-18808-Ljbffr