Education/Training/Qualifications Essential criteria Educated to Masters level in a relevant area of academic practice or equivalent experience working at a commensurate band / level.To have one or more of the below project management qualifications or equivalent level of experience: Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner. PRINCE2 Practitioner. Managing Successful Programmes Advanced Practitioner. P3O Practitioner. APM Registered Project Professional. Project Leadership Programme.Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to role. Desirable criteria Member of relevant professional body Knowledge and Experience Essential criteria Significant experience of managing projects and delivering them within agreed timescales and budgets.Experience of leading change projects.Experience of providing support and input into complex programmes.Experience in managing stakeholders, taking account of their levels of influence and particular interests.Experience of preparing briefing papers and correspondence at project board level.Experience of managing a team.Must understand the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this.Must understand the relationship between the Department of Health & Social Care and individual provider and commissioning organisations. Desirable criteria Previous experience in similar role in a healthcare or public sector environment.Experience of working in portfolio and/or programme management environment. Skills/Abilities Essential criteria Able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information.Able to draw qualitative and quantitative information from a range of sources and present it in a clear and concise way.Able to take decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.Ability to effectively plan and think strategically and analyse and resolve problems in a multidisciplinary environmentGood analytical skills with an ability to analyse and consider complex information and develop a range of options.Ability to anticipate problems before they arise and offer appropriate solutions.Demonstrate the ability to plan over the short, medium and longterm altering plans to fit with the rapidly changing environment.Experience of identifying and interpreting national policy.Experience of researching best practice and developing solutions that can achieve optimal outcomes for all stakeholders.Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite and Advanced keyboard skills. Interpersonal Skills Essential criteria Excellent stakeholder management skills.Excellent communication and presentation skills and an ability to engage successfully with a wide range of people at all levels within the organisation.Ability to build relations with internal and external partners which are critical in securing the strategic objectives of the business.Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making. Equality, diversity and inclusion Essential criteria Commitment to equality of opportunity, focussed on removing barriers to full participation.Fosters good working relationships and values difference.Understands the importance of diversity and inclusion in delivering our role in the health and care system.Adherence to Confidentiality statement within the job description appendix and the Data Protection Act /General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).Upholds the Equality Act and the Public Sector Equality Duty.Upholds our commitments as a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer and Mindful Employer.Promotes high standards for improving diversity and equalityPromotes gender equality and supportive of closing our Gender Pay Gap
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