Senior Project Manager

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and professional individual to join the Greater Manchester Integrated Care, in a fast paced and dynamic team working as Senior Project Manager in the Greater Manchester Dementia United Team. 

The successful post-holder will join the team delivering the ambitions for Dementia United in the Greater Manchester area.  This role is available as a part-time 22.50 hours per week – with flexible/hybrid/agile working options available. 

In this role the successful candidate will work in partnership with people affected by dementia across all 10 boroughs, delivering improvements to the quality and experience, care, support and well-being of people affected by dementia and their families. 

You will be accountable and responsible to the Senior Programme Manager for Dementia United. 

Previous applicants need not apply

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Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for the role for more details.  The ideal candidate will have:

1. Excellent organisational and communication skills, with the ability to work to tight deadlines
2. Good working knowledge and experience of project management techniques
3. Experience of engagement with varied groups of stakeholders, including clinicians and people with lived experience of dementia 
4. A passion for co-production and quality improvement
5. The ability to research topics and produce concise written synopses
6. Competent IT skills with good experience using Microsoft Office Software and remote working
7. Some knowledge and interest in dementia and brain health 

There is a real opportunity in this role to help make a difference for people and families in Greater Manchester.  We value team members who can provide professional support, critical challenge and creative contribution but, above all, we want people who put people, carers and the quality of care they receive at the heart of all they do.  Applicants are also strongly advised to focus their application on the criteria in the person specification and to make it clear how they meet each of the selected essential and ideally desirable criteria.

Working for our organisation

NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care  
Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) are partnerships of health and care organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up services and to improve the health and wellbeing of people who live and work in their area. Their purpose is to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare; tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access; enhance productivity and value for money and support broader social and economic development in their area efficiency. This will be delivered in neighbourhood, place, combinations of places and GM system.

Our NHS People Promise 
Our NHS People Promise –the promise we must all make to each other, to work together to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Like many other employers, NHS GM currently has evidence of unwarranted inequalities in the workforce, most notably in relation to minoritised ethnic, female and\or disabled staff and their intersectionality. As a result, we will use positive action measures to bring benefits to our organisation, including a wider pool of talented, skilled and experienced people from which to recruit and a better understanding of the needs of a more diverse range of customers.