Full-time role and hybrid working with a minimum of 2 days in our London office
Due to the urgency of this role, we are looking for candidates who are available to start as soon as possible
The Health Foundation is an independent charity committed to bringing about better health and health care for people in the UK.
Purpose of the role:
The Project Manager role is based in the Strategy and Planning Team, which supports the planning, development and implementation of the organisation's strategy and the cross organisational improvement work.
The Project Manager is responsible for leading a variety of projects within the organisation, with a focus on corporate processes and systems change and implementation. Experience in process and system change and implementation improvement is a must, with a track record of achievements in identifying and implementing process and system improvements to increase efficiency and effectiveness.
The Project Manager also supports the monitoring of the delivery of the Organisational Improvement Programme (OIP), which oversees all cross cutting and corporate services improvement work, led by the Head of Organisational Change.
The postholder will collaborate closely with senior leaders, relevant teams, and external vendors to ensure the successful delivery of projects that meet business needs, are completed within scope, on time, and within budget. The postholder will also ensure that projects are aligned with the organisation's strategic objectives and regulatory requirements.
Key responsibilities and outcomes:
- Develop and manage project plans, schedules, and budgets, ensuring that relevant projects are completed within scope, on time, within budget, and provide a high degree of stakeholder satisfaction.
- Manage project documentation, including project plans, project status reports, and project deliverables. Ensure that all change requests are documented and approved. Develop mitigation plans to address project risks and issues and escalate issues, as necessary. Provide regular project status reports and updates to stakeholders, including senior management and the wider organisation as part of the internal communications plan.
- Ensure that projects are aligned with the organisation's strategic objectives and regulatory requirements.
- Work closely with senior leaders and subject matter experts to identify the requirements of each project, ensuring that the solutions meet the needs of the business and collaborating with key stakeholders to understand their goals, objectives, and strategies.
- Work closely with team leads to oversee and monitor the delivery of their work plans. Escalate risks, issues and changes where required and review and update overall plans.
- Oversee the testing and implementation of projects ensuring that projects meet quality standards.
- Identify, engage, and manage external vendors and contractors as necessary to deliver projects and manage the relationships with those suppliers throughout the project lifecycle.
- Foster a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement within the project teams and across the organisation.
Due to the urgency of this role, we are looking for candidates who are available to start as soon as possible
Application guidelines:
To apply for this role please submit your CV and a supporting statement which addresses the following application questions:
1. Describe how you would manage change projects in a hybrid working environment as part of a wider organisational change programme, working with other project managers and the programme lead.
Be sure to include how you would successfully manage projects involving widescale process and system change and implementation to time, quality and budget, drawing on and giving examples from your experience to date. (max 500 words)
2. Give an example of a project you have delivered successfully that is relevant to this role where you collaborated and communicated with a range of stakeholders at different levels of seniority. What challenges did you face in this project, how did you overcome them and what have you learnt from this that you would bring to this role? (max 300 words)
3. Excellent communication skills are an essential part of this role. Using your writing skills, what are the three key messages that would persuade us to invite you to interview? This could include why you want to work with us and what you can bring to the role. (max 300 words)
Applications without a supporting statement addressing the three requirements outlined above will not be considered.