Project Manager

The NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA) is the national body responsible for prevention, detection and investigation of economic crime across the NHS.

We are recruiting 2 Project Managers to develop and deliver an organisational change programme. If you are someone who loves taking on new challenges, bringing structure to complex projects and driving change this could be the role for you. You would join a dynamic and enthusiastic team committed to transformation and change. The role will work across multiple diverse functions, sitting within an established structure that enables collaborative working and continued development. You will be supporting a real culture shift towards the exploitation of technology and automation. It’s an exciting time to join the NHSCFA with opportunities to shape its new structure and look at the way we deliver our services from the ground up.

Interviews will be held in person at one of our offices w/c 18th May 2026.

Main duties of the job:

• Deliver against the NHS CFA project and programme strategy.
• Manage systems and processes for monitoring, review of programme and project delivery, escalation of delivery concerns and targeting of action to improve delivery in key areas of activity.
• Ensure organisation projects are deliverable, timescales, benefits and KPIs are well defined to support ongoing monitoring to drive successful achievement.
• Provide expertise in project management to ensure delivery using the appropriate frameworks or methodologies applicable to area of work.
• Work collaboratively with the Heads of Services support activity in relation to project delivery.
• Provide expert support to SRO’s and workstream leads in relation to project management ensuring visual delivery and progress tracking.
• Support the delivery of key projects and programmes of work within NHS CFA.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

• Preparing detailed analysis of highly complex information held on current and projected delivery and performance issues that may impact success.
• Develop and inform reports to the NHS CFA Management Groups, SRO’s, Board and relevant Committees as required.
• Negotiate with and motivate project delivery, including linking in with other initiatives.
• Communicate sensitive information about project performance delivering complex formal presentations to large groups.
• Ensuring effective processes for monitoring and review of programmes and projects through NHS CFA Management Groups and Board Committees.

We have offices based in Coventry, Newcastle and London and offer flexible, hybrid, office and home‑based working. In addition to the advertised salary, working in the London area will attract a High‑Cost Area Supplement where appropriate.

Person specification:

• Recent and ongoing continuous professional and personal development action and activity.
• Project Management experience relevant to the role in an NHS or other complex organisation.
• Project planning (in full).
• Expertise in initiation, documentation and mapping delivery e.g. programme/project lifecycle including appropriate governance.
• Can demonstrate successful financial management, rigorous financial monitoring and control in relation to projects.
• Relevant project/programme and performance management.
• Experience in a large and complex organisation.
• Significant experience of producing/delivering management reports and presentations on project related issues.
• Expertise in project management.
• Charing project meetings and accounting for delivery.
• Specialist knowledge of policy and framework development in relation to project delivery and inclusion in business planning.
• Experience of project and programme management tools.
• Experience of delivering a range of projects e.g. business improvement, business collaboration, technology implementation and supporting change.
• Experience of project negotiation implementation and management.
• Well‑developed knowledge of the Internal Audit function and its relevance to effective project/ programme delivery.

Specialist Knowledge:

• Project management KPI and metric development, improvement methodologies and delivery monitoring.
• Project planning aligned to strategy development.
• Benefits realisation derived from projects including planned and unplanned benefits and disbenefits.
• Accountable reporting structures. Ability to visualise project life and progress, including documents, presentations and planning sessions.
• Current broad knowledge of the wider NHS environment.

Qualifications:

• Knowledge of specific area, acquired through degree or equivalent experience or training, plus further staff and project management knowledge to postgraduate diploma level equivalent.
• Formal Programme or Project Management qualification such as MSP, PRINCE2, APM Accredited PMO practitioner / Leader or demonstrable recent and relevant successful project/performance management experience.

Skills and Abilities:

• Advanced written and verbal communication skills, including the presentation of complex information, writing and presenting corporate reports, option appraisals and other documentation to both internal and external stakeholders in relation to the role.
• Proven computer literacy in the use of business/office software packages including MS Excel, MS Access, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Project.
• Excellent analytical, numerical, and critical reasoning skills.
• Highly capable of effective problem solving.
• Can evidence innovative and strategic thinking ability.
• Ability to prioritise tasks and make sense of conflicting demands and ensure project work is delivered to tight deadlines utilising efficiently all available resources.
• Is credible to internal and external stakeholders.
• Able to translate project goals into effective and achievable project plans and capable of monitoring their progress and outcomes.
• Highly developed negotiating and influencing skills.
• Able to assess risks, anticipate difficulties and successfully address them.
• Able to cost, resource, plan and deliver key projects, often running multiple projects at the same time.

The NHSCFA values and respects the diversity of its employees and aims to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities. We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.