Job summary

At NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), theres no flow without you. As a Project Manager, youll play a vital part in delivering transformation projects that help save and improve lives across the UK. Working with senior leaders, operational teams and external partners, youll lead projects from start to finish, keeping them focused, well governed and on track. Youll balance time, cost and quality while managing risk, change and complex stakeholder expectations. This is a role for someone who enjoys solving problems, taking responsibility and seeing work through to successful delivery. You may manage several projects at different stages and will help strengthen how we plan, govern and deliver change across NHSBT.
Main duties of the job

• Lead transformation projects from initiation through to closure, delivering agreed outcomes
• Plan, monitor and control project scope, schedules, budgets, risks and dependencies
• Communicate clearly with Project Boards, senior stakeholders and delivery teams on progress and issues
• Chair project meetings and produce clear, timely management information and documentation
• Manage resources effectively, including staff and suppliers not under your direct line management
• Monitor project finances, approve expenditure within delegated limits and maintain accurate forecasts
• Identify and manage risk and change, ensuring projects remain within agreed tolerances
• Work with internal teams and external suppliers to secure best value and effective delivery
• Ensure projects comply with NHSBT governance, procurement legislation and information governance requirements
• Contribute to continuous improvement of NHSBT's portfolio, programme and project management approaches

About us

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, youll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need.Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do. By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever.You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applications from disabled candidates. We will talk with you to explore any adjustments that may help you during the recruitment process.

You can find more information about accessibility, our culture, and how we support applicants on the NHSBT Careers website:

• Read about our application process
• Learn more about our culture at NHSBT

To learn more, please see the job description and person specification. These can be accessed via the link below, or by clicking 'Apply' if you are viewing this advert on another site.

Job description
Job responsibilities

As a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applications from disabled candidates. We will talk with you to explore any adjustments that may help you during the recruitment process.

You can find more information about accessibility, our culture, and how we support applicants on the NHSBT Careers website:

• Read about our application process
• Learn more about our culture at NHSBT

To learn more, please see the job description and person specification. These can be accessed via the link below, or by clicking 'Apply' if you are viewing this advert on another site.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent project management qualification
• Degree qualification or equivalent relevant industry experience

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience managing projects through the full lifecycle, including change and risk management
• Proven ability to influence, negotiate and build trust with senior stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams
• Experience managing resources effectively, including those outside direct line management
• Strong financial management experience within a project environment, including budgeting and reporting
• Confident user of project management tools and Microsoft Office, including Microsoft Project

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent project management qualification
• Degree qualification or equivalent relevant industry experience

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience managing projects through the full lifecycle, including change and risk management
• Proven ability to influence, negotiate and build trust with senior stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams
• Experience managing resources effectively, including those outside direct line management
• Strong financial management experience within a project environment, including budgeting and reporting
• Confident user of project management tools and Microsoft Office, including Microsoft Project

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.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Blood and Transplant
Address

England

England

Bristol

BS34 7QH

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