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Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

About

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.

Contact

Address: Edward Jenner Court; Gloucester Business Park; Brockworth; Gloucestershire; GL3 4AW
Contact Number: 0300 421 8333

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Ref: 327-25-952 Vacancy ID: 7598267

TCD Senior Project Manager

Closed for applications on: 24-Nov-2025 15:15

Vacancy status: Closed

Closed for applications on: 24-Nov-2025 15:15

Location

Site: Edward Jenner Court
Address: 1010 Pioneer Avenue, Gloucester Business Park,
Town: Brockworth, Gloucester
Postcode: GL3 4AW
Major / Minor Region: Gloucestershire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: 12 months (Fixed Term)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £55,690 - £62,682 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 8a)

Specialty

Main area: Senior Project Manager - Digital Organisational Development

Interview date: 15/12/2025

We love what we do and we think you will, too!

We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you’.

We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.

Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.

It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us .

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To formulate, develop and adjust project plans and strategies to be delivered via Final Business Cases (FBC) and Project Initiation Documents (PID).

• To plan and organise a broad range of complex activities using best practice project management tools and techniques.

• To provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information; agreement or co-operation required; present highly complex, sensitive or contentious information to groups.

• To encourage collaborative working to improve services/performance where there may be resistance to change.

• To present at and facilitate workshops to large groups of staff and diverse audiences.

• To plan and implement new ways of working, facilitate collaborative working, capacity planning.

• To support the Programme through a senior role within the Project delivery teams ensuring continuity and quality as well as an initial point of escalation.

• To provide continuity and quality as well as an initial point of escalation.

• To work with local and national groups as required e.g., Gloucestershire Integrated Care System (ICS), third sector partners and NHS national teams, sharing complicated plans that need explanation.

• To work collaboratively with operational service staff to ensure their involvement in the development of services.

• To communicate effectively with stakeholders enhancing the Trust’s business where possible.

• To inform services, key stakeholders, and others on service direction even if this is unwelcome news.

• To monitor all aspects of project and business development and ensure that appropriate risk assessments are undertaken and acted upon.

• To ensure that workforce development issues are considered and managed within the business and project development, e.g., training, workforce planning and appropriate recruitment.

• To ensure that Business As Usual (BAU) Transition, Information Governance and Cyber documentation and agreements are in place prior to go live.

• To effectively and efficiently manage budgets in accordance with standing financial instructions.

• To analyse facts or situations and develop options and mitigations for consideration.

• To be responsible for ensuring the identification, delivery and monitoring including transition to BAU of project Benefits.

• To participate in identified meetings as required.

• To deliver standard Project Management products such as, but not limited to, highlight reports and exception reports.

• Matrix-manage multidisciplinary workstream delivery teams from Operational and Digital Services delivery teams.

• To facilitate a Project Managers Peer to Peer community with the Programme.

When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:

Free car parking at many of our sites
27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners.
Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when if you work unsocial hours
Flexible, family friendly and agile working opportunities
Recognition and long service awards
Fast Track physiotherapy
Our Wellbeing line
Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application.

For more information please see the attached 'Additional Information for Applicants' document.

Applicant requirements

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.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Educated to degree level, and additional knowledge acquired via formal training and accreditation at master’s level, or equivalent specialist knowledge acquired through experience.
A background in a multi project environment and experience of a wide range of projects, delivered in line with project management methodology.
Recognised project or programme management qualification (APM, Prince 2, MSP, or equivalent)
Evidence of continuing professional and managerial development

Desirable criteria

Recognised management qualification or equivalent experience

LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE

Essential criteria

Extensive experience of hands-on project management, service development, transformation and change management, and/or business planning.
Evidence of successfully leading and implementing Digital change projects and teams
Experience of collaborative working across organisational, regional and national boundaries.
Experience in creation of highly complex HM Treasury 5 case model documentation to contribute towards central funding applications.
Experience of benefits identification, management and realisation

Desirable criteria

Substantial NHS experience of facilitating and managing major projects and transformational change within and across healthcare organisations, effectively working in Teams at a Senior Project Level.

PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE

Essential criteria

Highly developed specialist knowledge, delivering a range of projects in complex environment
Knowledge and experience of budgetary management.
Ability to create and implement processes to support strategy.
A systematic approach to problem solving and risk assessment.
Skills in communicating, negotiating, and influencing with impact both verbally and in writing at all levels.
Ability to value, understand and synthesise complex information from many sources and to implement that knowledge to influence decision/developments.
Ability to make decisions in a rapidly changing environment.
Computer literacy to include working knowledge of Microsoft Office software (e.g., Teams, Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook).
Experience in a senior role within a project delivery team.

Desirable criteria

Knowledge of health service policy change management and service re-design.
A high level of knowledge of complex delivery in regulated services, with a working knowledge of enterprise digital systems and services.
Sound understanding of the modernisation and development issues facing the NHS.
Ability to build effective working relationships with a diverse range of colleagues.

PERSONAL SKILLS ABILITIES AND ATTRIBUTES

Essential criteria

Excellent communication skills both verbal and written Good negotiation skills and the ability to bring people not directly managed on board with new ideas and concepts
Analytical skills to diagnose a problem and understand complex situations or information; Judgmental skills to formulate solutions and recommend/decide on the best course of action/treatment.
Ability to review options, appraise and offer recommendations to the organisational development team and Senior Management
Excellent problem-solving skills to ensure prompt and effective resolution of matters arising during projects
Excellent planning and organisational skills to manage and co-ordinate day-to-day projects and workstreams, communicating with key stakeholders, clients and other interested parties as part of that process.
Self-motivated with the ability to respond to changing situations and work to tight deadlines, constantly redefining priorities
Resilient and able to deal with difficult situation
Ability to influence change
Ability to lead and motivate people who are not directly managed
Ability to adapt to changing needs
The post holder must be able to work autonomously and as part of a team

OTHER

Essential criteria

Incidental contact with patients or Experts by Experience whilst maintaining the Trust’s vision
Required to interpret Trust policies and develop relevant OD and leadership policies as required
Required to interpret and action related Government, Trust policies and regulations
Ensure financial plans and targets are kept online through management and liaison with the Trust corporate accountant.
Ability to work across all Trust sites and be flexible in working hours to meet the demands of the post