Project Support Officer

Employer: The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Town: Birmingham

Salary: £29,970 – £36,483 PER ANNUM PRO RATA

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 27/02/2025 16:00

Project Support Officer

NHS AfC: Band 5

Job overview

The Project Support Officer role is a key position within both the Service Improvement and Digital Transformation Teams, in which the post holder will provide efficient and effective project and administrative support to senior staff in the planning, delivery and reporting of projects. The post holder will also frequently lead, offering support to senior staff and responding to the needs of the project, to support the delivery of Trust strategic priorities.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide project management support, leading on small to medium sized projects alongside administration and project support for large and complex projects. They will act as a key link to the Service Improvement and Digital Transformation teams and will support the realisation of project benefits through reporting and delivery.

The post holder is required to work autonomously to produce all aspects of project documentation, including reports that will be shared at an executive level, and to prioritise work to support delivery of several work programmes concurrently. They will use a variety of communication styles to effectively converse with both senior staff, external contractors and patients on a regular basis.

The post holder will be using a variety of systems and applications along with hard analysis skills to extrapolate intelligence from data to inform projects and improvement approaches.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest specialist orthopaedic units in Europe. We offer planned orthopaedic surgery to people locally, nationally and internationally.

Our Trust is a very special hospital; big enough to deliver world class services and small enough to offer exceptional patient and staff experience. We offer a working experience unique in the West Midlands and we\’re always on the lookout for passionate people to join our award-winning team.

The ROH is an equal opportunities employer. We employ people of difference and are committed to growing an inclusive culture, where difference is celebrated, and people feel able to bring their whole and authentic self to work.

We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a range of inclusive, family friendly and flexible working arrangements and policies, to support our people in the workplace. Flexible working requests will be considered.

The Trust is committed to the Disability Confident Interview Scheme and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy and consider them on their abilities.

If you have a disability and need any support with your application or require any reasonable adjustments to be implemented please do get in touch with the Recruiting Manager for this position so that the team can support you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more detail of duties and responsibilities, please see attached Job description and person specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level/equivalent experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Qualified QSIR practitioner or other project management methodology (e.g. PRINCE2)

Experience

• Demonstrable experience in administrative role
• Demonstrable experience in dealing with the public and handling sensitive and confidential information
• Experience of quantifying and recording risks and issues and managing a risk register
• Knowledge of QSIR methodology
• Experience of budget monitoring

Skills

• Ability to manage, maintain, write and develop programme/project documentation
• Intermediate knowledge of IT systems and software programmes such as Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access
• Clear communicator with excellent writing, data entry and presentation skills.
• Knowledge of IT applications including PICS and clinical portal
• Understanding of the Trust’s project frameworks

Personal Qualities

• Positive and flexible approach to work
• Professional, positive and engaging manner

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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