Responsibilities include: Liaising with Line manager to schedule projects. Liaising with operational teams and back-office functions. Ensuring project budgets are managed effectively. Monitoring project and managing risks and issues effectively on a daily basis. Dealing with business sensitive information on a regular basis to shape the direction and delivery of projects. Interpreting complex data to support decision-making, and the design and development of major information systems across departments and specialties. Effective project change management. Managing project transition to business as usual. Manage business change Planning and implementing Go Live and Post Go Live activities. To gather requirements from users and produce specifications documents. To work with Trust stakeholders to forecast, monitor and realise benefits during project implementation phase and post Go Live. Scoping, planning and implementation of specialist projects which impact across clinical and non- clinical areas. Set up projects, identify suitable project team members. To build, motivate and inspire a sense of ownership for projects in project team. To establish and maintain strong staff commitment within the project. To proactively monitor and report project progress. To manage several projects to successful implementation in parallel with each other. To fully understand key drivers for change in the organisation and manage change effectively using best practice methods. To ensure governance for all IT projects are established and led. To identify, monitor, escalate and mitigate risks of projects. To identify, monitor, escalate and resolve issues with corrective action. To matrix manage project resources and influence or negotiate stakeholders where appropriate. To ensure that all projects and documentation are undertaken to approved departmental standards - PRINCE2 methodology. Participate in the strategic development and planning of IT projects. Liaise with local primary care trusts/ suppliers and other external organizations. Manage multiple projects or project work streams simultaneously. To adapt to different projects within the programme in a changing environment. Provide regular reports to Line manager and other authorised governing bodies. To work closely with Finance Manager and monitor progress / forecast project costs. Prepare project budget costs for submission to Board for approval. Oversee installation of new equipment on projects. Ensure that users of any specialised equipment have the necessary training in the correct use. To plan and implement project transition to business as usual, project closure and post project reviews. Work autonomously in line with short to medium term strategic goals and objectives. Responsible for the design and development of policy for the management of projects within the programme/portfolio. Development of policies that affects the entire trust and directorates. KEY SKILLS / PERSONAL QUALITIES: Personal presence and positive representative for the trust/department. Ability to give clear, effective and customer sensitive advice. Ability to communicate IT issues to non-IT staff. Enthusiasm for working collaboratively with other departments and organisations. A willingness to maintain and acquire new skills in the area of project management. Ability to develop effective working relationships with peers and management across the organisation.