Project Manager

Role description

Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this.

The single corporate service is delivered across both organisations. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.

This vacancy is open to employees of Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust only.

NHS Band 6 Salary: £39,959 - £48,117 per annum

Hours Per Week: Full time 37.5

Contract Type: Permanent

The post holder will work alongside a team of programme and project managers in the delivery of a challenging programme of work across the Strategy portfolio (Strategic Planning and Strategy & Transformation).

The Project Manager will convene and manage project teams and provide project management support to the operational and business leads within Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust to enable the delivery of transformation and change initiatives.

To Project manage the delivery of work assigned by the Directors, Trust’s Executives and Trust Leadership Teams, and those acting on their behalf in line with the standard Programme Management framework to support improvements using various change management techniques.

The post holder will support performance improvement across both organisations as required.

The post holder will:

Act as project lead and/or support specific developments and projects that will impact on services across both Trusts.

To have responsibility for specific areas of the Trust business, across the strategy functions (Planning, Strategy Deployment, PMO & Transformation).

Work flexibly in response to project needs across multiple sites.

Be driven, ambitious and passionate about providing excellence in care for our communities.

Specific Core Functions

Develop, refine, maintain, monitor, and manage relevant project plans, ensuring progress is tracked and reported in accordance with the agreed-upon methodology.

To support the delivery of the Trusts’ strategies, through participating in the delivery of Trust wide projects (as part of the strategy deployment approach) and / or projects to support the delivery of the annual operating plans. These are agreed through the Trusts’ prioritisation processes

To support, manage and coordinate projects to achieve their objectives which will include;

Co-ordinating meetings and management of relevant documentation

Facilitating project meetings

Analysing and presenting data to assist workstreams and programme boards in making informed decisions.

To develop key performance indicators for relevant projects and ensure these are monitored regularly to assure project delivery.

To ensure risks and issues are identified and escalated to the appropriate senior leaders responsible for the project.

To ensure the Trusts’ Impact Assessment (IA) process is followed for all projects ensuring appropriate version control and that IA outcomes are properly identified and tracked with a clear audit trail in place.

To develop post-project evaluation reports detailing lessons learnt and benefits to be realised by the business.

To work closely across finance, workforce, analytics to ensure the production of aligned plans.

Develop excellent relationships with staff at all levels, colleagues, divisional clinical and management teams and service leads.

Develop joint understanding of the implications and potential of service development and productivity improvement activities in relation to each service area as well as making links across the Trust overall

Deputise for Programme Manager(s) as required.

For full job details please refer to enclosed Job description.

Essential

First degree and evidence of further study or equivalent experience

Post Graduate Diploma or demonstrable equivalent professional development

Desirable

A recognised Project Management qualification

Experience

Essential

Experience of hands-on project management, service development, transformation and change management, and/or business planning

A high level of experience of all standard

MS Office applications (including O365 and Teams)

Experience of assisting in the planning of organisation-wide change activities

Evidence of supporting the successful Implementation of change

Experience of working in a team where cross-pollination of skills is essential

Experience of operating in an environment of conflicting priorities and managing the trade- offs and compromises that result

Able to present with confidence to a variety of audiences

Desirable

Experience of using project management software

Experience of complex change programmes

Skill & Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge, gained through experience, of developing standard processes to enable successful project delivery

Knowledge and practical experience of Lean tools and their use in an improvement environment

Knowledge and experience of assisting in the deployment of organisation-wide change activities

Computer literacy to include working knowledge

of Microsoft Office software (e.g., Teams, Project,

Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook)

Desirable

Knowledge and understanding of the NHS and both Trust’s strategic objectives.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.

For more information, please see our People and OD Strategy 2026