Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.

Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.

We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.

Job overview

Here at Mid and South Essex Foundation Trust we are excited to offer an opportunity for a Senior Project Manager - Capital Delivery (Construction) to join our team at Southend Hospital .

In this role, you will play a key part in supporting the delivery of our capital construction programme.

You will lead the development of business cases and oversee the implementation of the extensive capital programme across Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

Main duties of the job

You will manage projects in a diverse capital programme as part of a multi-year portfolio of projects, with a value of c. £200m to £300m over the next five years. Projects range from minor works and backlog investment projects to major schemes of potentially £10m to £50m.

You will be part of a highly-skilled and motivated project delivery team (approx. 20 WTE and external project delivery specialists) across the MSB Hospitals group.

Ensure the delivery of capital investments to a consistently high standard, which ensures high quality and compliance and delivery to programme budget and time constraints.

Southend Capital Project team comprise of a Senior PM, PMs plus administration support.

You will be a key representative for Capital Project Team; engaging with wider stakeholders from other healthcare organisations and beyond, to develop and deliver joint estates-related initiatives in support of the transformation of healthcare across the Sustainability and Transformation Programme region.

Working for our organisation

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Are you looking for an exciting Senior Project Manager Capital Delivery role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to your application.

Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.

Person specification

Project Management

Essential criteria

• Project Management in NHS or similar
• Project Management

Desirable criteria

• Leading a team of Project managers
• Awareness hospital procedures, processes and standards

Budgetary control

Essential criteria

• Management of budgets up to £20m
• Budgetary reporting

Desirable criteria

• Managed NHS or similar budgets
• Budgetary reporting to Board or the like

Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.

Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn't accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• Senior Project Manager Capital Delivery - COR - EFM - SO - B8b - V5.1 (PDF, 688.3KB)
• Privacy Policy (PDF, 441.0KB)
• AFC Pay Poster 25/26 (PDF, 32.3KB)
• Behaviours Framework (JPG, 298.0KB)
• Trust 10 Year Strategy (PDF, 2.1MB)
• General Statements - AFC - V5.1 (PDF, 424.6KB)