Implementation Project Manager

Our Implementation Project Managers deliver projects of varying complexity and size and you can expect your work to be both rewarding and challenging.Implementation Project Managers at NHSP work closely with client project teams and therefore excellent interpersonal skills are something we look for in our team.Skills / Responsibilities:Responsible for planning and overseeing projects to ensure they are completed to defined project milestones. Provide guidance and direction to client project teams in the implementation of NHS Professionals’ services. Also includes organisational and process changes and establishing a basis for financial, operational and quality benefits realisation. Support and advise clients in evaluating their project plans to ensure the smooth transition services from the client’s internal or third-party temporary staffing service to NHS Professionals, including closure of any client temporary staffing service. Work alongside NHSP clients to identify project stakeholders inline with the NHSP project governance approach. Demonstrate an ability to be flexible to change and respond positively to problems that arise, formulating solutions whilst keeping the deadline of the project firmly in place. Escalation of project management issues to relevant parties as defined by the NHSP implementations team Standard Operating Procedure. Escalate lessons learned in projects to ensure they are incorporated into Implementation’s projects methodology. Facilitate communications between NHS Professionals’ operations management and key personnel in the client. In conjunction with the client project lead, ensure that sufficient and appropriately qualified resources are available to achieve project delivery within the specified timescales. Communicate both internally and externally on all levels necessary to achieve required outcomes. To be successful in this role you will be able to demonstrate:Degree level or with equivalent experience. Experience of developing project plans to facilitate the Client implementation process. Project management experience of 1-2 years. Prince 2 Practitioner level or equivalent APMG Qualification Experience of working in a structured project focused environment. Experience of major organisational change projects. Experience of organisation-wide, new IT system roll-out to large, multi-disciplinary user group. Working with senior management/ board level. Previous experience of evaluating and implementing processes. Experience of project quality, configuration and change management. Analysing and presenting statisticsExcellent influencing and interpersonal skills. Ability to communicate both internally and externally on a number of levels; track record of building internal and external relationships. Ability to Influence, persuade, negotiate, delegate, prioritise and organise multiple concurrent tasks. Excellent presentation and meeting management skillsDevelopment and management of communications plansIn return for your commitment, we will offer you some fantastic benefits:Generous annual leave allowance with the ability to buy and sell - 27 days per year, plus bank holidaysA commitment to talent management & developmentValues Star of the Month! - Our star of the month award enables you to recognise colleagues or teams that have gone the extra mile and they could win £100 worth of shopping vouchersPension - We’ll contribute up to 10% towards your pension if you join our stakeholder pension schemeLife AssuranceGroup Income ProtectionWellbeing ProgrammeEmployee Assistance ProgrammeEmployee Engagement & discounts platformAbout Us:NHS Professionals (NHSP) run the largest NHS flexible staff bank, placing highly skilled temporary workers in NHS Trusts to meet their short, medium and long-term needs. Uniquely we are owned by the Department of Health and Social Care and we therefore reinvest any surplus we make directly back into the NHS.NHSP is committed to being an inclusive employer of choice, working with a variety of partner organisations which provide valuable insights and best practice. We are accredited as a Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute and recognised as one of the Sunday Times Best Places to Work. As part of our ongoing commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion, we have been awarded the Race Equality Code Quality Mark and are a signatory of Disability Confident, Menopause Pledge and Mental Health at Work Commitment.Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI)As part of our commitment to EDI, as well as having a number of related staff support networks and calendar of activities, NHS professionals is also working to the following aims:To ensure we become an inclusive recruiter of choice, encompassing a fully diverse workforce, which truly reflects societyTo proactively embed the EDI agenda, in a meaningful way, in all that it does To ensure we create a psychological safe environment in which everyone can thrive and be at their best To actively support and Include disabled people as part of our commitment to the Disability Confident scheme, including offering an interview to applicants to meet the minimum criteria and choose to apply under the scheme. We particularly welcome applications from people from minority groups and will provide support to ensure an equitable process.