Digital Project Lead

Digital and Data Services have recently refreshed the TEWV Digital Strategy for the next two years and we currently have an opportunity for a fixed term (12 months) Digital Project Lead to join the Digital Projects Team and work on delivering key elements of our digital programme. The post-holder will play a key role in the successful delivery of the Digital Delivery roadmap. The successful candidate will manage workstreams within a larger scale project, always ensuring their work is in-line with best practice and project methodologies.

The Digital Projects Team is part of the Digital Delivery Section of the Digital & Data Department. The team delivers projects working towards the Trust's Digital Delivery Roadmap and Digital Strategy.

You must have the Right to Work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role. Please note, this role does not meet the required eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa and therefore the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular role.

Main duties of the job

The ideal candidate will have experience in working within a digital projects team previously. They should be proactive and flexible with their approach to all tasks, and understand the organisation and coordination needed to lead project workstreams and contribute to the production of project documentation. If you are an enthusiastic team player who relishes working in a challenging, exciting environment and one who is willing to engage and contribute fully to the success of the digital roadmap, then this role is for you.

About us

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby. From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care -- our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for. We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health. We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it. We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

Job responsibilities

The successful postholder will project manage one specific IT project or IT work streams which is part of a programme, helping to develop the project/work stream business case and/or scoping and requirements and ensuring that the outputs specified in the scoping are delivered on time and to specification. You will keep the relevant Programme or Project Board aware of progress and risks (escalating as appropriate). The postholder will ensure the Trust's project management framework is fully utilised and that the planning, monitoring and governance of the project are carried out in line with relevant Trust policies and procedures, raising any concerns to the programme manager in a timely manner. In addition to this, the postholder will establish and sustain effective arrangements to plan, manage and monitor the outputs of any work streams that underpin the project, ensuring that they deliver the required outputs to the agreed specification and deadlines.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to postgraduate diploma level in a relevant subject or equivalent experiential learning
• Evidence of training in programme or project management principles and techniques (or willingness to achieve within agreed timescale)
• The Trust's QIS (Quality Improvement System) for Leaders Certificate (or willing to achieve within agreed timescale)
• Quality improvement qualification, or evidence of training in quality improvement principles and techniques

Experience

• Experience in supporting change initiatives
• Proven experience in engaging successfully with a range of stakeholders
• Experience of producing written reports and relating to complex information and data
• Developing and monitoring project plans or change implementation plans
• Experience of using influencing and negotiation techniques
• Experience of presenting complex issues to management in order to trigger a decision
• Able to make reasoned judgements even when key information is missing or uncertain
• Use of appropriate communications and coaching techniques to motivate and inspire others to act
• Experience of participation in a project or working group governing a change initiative
• Line management, motivation and development of staff
• Experience of developing project scopes, initiation documents and business cases
• Experience as a formal project manager
• Experience of using a quality improvement system
• Experience of leading a change initiative which had to be re-planned after it had started

Knowledge

• Has an awareness of nationally recognised project management systems
• Specific knowledge required to have credibility with the stakeholders for the project (or an indication from past experience that this can be gained quickly)
• Understanding of the issues and context underlying the specific programme/projects to be managed (within agreed timescale)
• Good understanding of the Trust's Programme/Project Management framework (within agreed timescale)
• Good understanding of the Trust's Quality Improvement System (QIS) (within agreed timescale)
• Awareness of the political and managerial context of the NHS and drivers of reform and change within the NHS
• Understands coaching tools and how to manage and influence both directly managed staff, peers and more senior staff
• Understands own strengths and weaknesses and able to seek advice/support accordingly
• Understanding of mental health and/or learning disability issues and service
• Specialist knowledge and understanding of the subject matter of the project(s) to be managed

Skills

• Excellent facilitation, influencing and negotiating skills
• Able to analyse and understand complex information and uncertainties about future risk
• Able to identify interdependencies and the potential impact of these
• Workshop design and facilitation skills

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.