People Project Manager

People And Organisational Development Project Manager

The postholder will be the lead People and Organisational Development (POD) project manager and will support projects across the full range of the POD function. Operating at a senior level, the role will provide a trusted and high level support to the Director of People and Deputy Director's including shaping and supporting the delivery of strategic workforce priorities, facilitating cross organisational collaboration, preparing high quality briefings and policy reports and acting as a key interface between the strategic HR function and internal/external stakeholders.

They will lead specific programmes of work, manage stakeholder engagement across Care Groups and Backbone Services.

This post will be considered for between 30 to 37.5 hours per week.

Main Duties Of The Job

As a key member of the POD team, the post holder will lead the implementation of a range of People projects and cross cutting initiatives across the Trust, ensuring that the organisation delivers on its commitment to make RDaSH an employer of choice. This role requires a strategic and operational approach, combining engagement, culture transformation and workforce development initiatives.

In addition, the post holder will provide high level senior support to the POD Senior Leadership Team assisting in the delivery of strategic priorities, co-ordination of cross cutting People projects, preparation of board-level reports and papers and ensuring alignment with national NHS priorities.

About Us

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are dedicated to the development of our people and hold a learning half day every month for our colleagues.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values.

Job Responsibilities

Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to Masters level or equivalent experience in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level.
• Evidence of CPD

Desirable

• Degree and/ or an appropriate professional qualification
• CIPD qualified or equivalent experience
• Programme and Project management qualification (e.g. Prince2 Practitioner; Agile Project Management Practitioner or APM qualification) or equivalent experience.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of managing projects, including project planning, project control and project management.
• Experience in managing stakeholders, taking account of their levels of influence and particular interests.
• Experience of preparing briefing papers and correspondence at senior management team level.
• Experience of managing risks, identifying issues and reporting.
• Experience of working with a variety of stakeholders on complex projects

Knowledge

Desirable

• Specialist knowledge in Human Resource Management Working knowledge of NHS People policies and national agendas.

Skills/ Abilities

Essential

• Well-developed data analysis and interpretation skills involving highly complex data, with good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
• Capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately to a diverse and varied range of audiences consisting of internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.
• Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools.
• Advanced working knowledge and proficiency in all Microsoft Office packages (e.g. word processing, spreadsheets, e-mail and internet use).
• Excellent stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to build relations with internal and external partners which are critical in securing the strategic objectives of the business.
• Able to deal with challenging people and to cope with confidential and sensitive information.
• Support decision making on difficult and contentious issues where there may be several courses of action.
• Clear communicator with excellent written and presentations skills.
• Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
• Able to demonstrate and role model behaviours consistent with Trust Core Values

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.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer Details

Employer Name

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT

Address

Tickhill Road Hospital

DN4 8QN

Doncaster

DN4 8QN

United Kingdom

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