About the role

We are recruiting a Project Co-Ordinator for a fixed period to cover maternity leave until May 2025.

The Flexible Resourcing Pool (FRP) sits at the heart of Operations within the Transformation Directorate and provides National programme team access to qualified and experienced project and programme professionals. 

The team operate a consultancy-based model, providing critical temporary capacity to support programme stability. Our focus is on delivery, parachuting into programmes to deliver a specific commission, provide capacity to support programme stability or to support recovery activity, ultimately impacting patient care.

You will be flexibly deployed with wraparound support, working as part of a National programme team to deliver a clear set of value-added deliverables, across a term of anywhere between 8 weeks to 6 months at a time.

You will learn our systems and processes and with support, navigate them to remove blockers and manage risks associated with delivery, commercials, budgets and people while working on assignment.

The Flexible Resource Pool is a busy but exciting place to work, no two days will be the same as you will work across the diverse professional areas that make up the Transformation Directorate – digital, data, improvement, innovation or clinical. This provides ample opportunity to develop your skills and experiences further.

The work is a fast-paced and the ideal candidate will be able to start quickly, assimilate the requirements and quickly get a tactical plan in place.

Your duties will include:

• Supporting activities for quality assurance, administering the portfolio management tool (Cora PPM), NHS Futures and Aspyre, collating and producing high quality reports, ensuring accuracy and consistency in the reporting of information.
• Supporting the maintenance of portfolio, programme and operational controls across the programme through the management of meetings, configuration management and producing timely and accurate communications to relevant parties (inc inbox management)
• Undertake information audit activities underpinned by appropriate methodology. 
• Identify and manage anomalies and inconsistencies in data and information sources; make recommendations for improvements. 
• Programme Governance and Controls key point of contact for the deployed programme
• Co-ordinate meetings and stakeholder consultation events, preparing agendas and supporting papers, and taking detailed minutes on complex issues. 
• Be responsible for file management, using robust version control and Information management techniques, adhering to Information Governance compliance within Future NHS and MS Teams.
• Carrying out the document management and assurance processes involved in drafting key documents
• Management of tasks and resources based on plans
• Supporting the escalation and working with the teams to resolve provider and programmes which do not meet assurance activities.
• Supporting yearly business planning activities


Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

About you

Some of the skills and experience we're looking for: 

  • A robust project and programme foundation, which provides you with the basic knowledge of the programme lifecycle, and key tools and techniques to underpin what and how you deliver.
  • A confident and can-do attitude to your work.
  • A delivery oriented, problem-solving style of working.
  • The ability to build and sustain relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.

You will be asked to complete a supporting statement as part of your application which we will use to shortlist. We ask that you please use your supporting statement to provide evidence of the skills and experience we're looking for which are listed above.

To view further information about the role please see the attached job description.

What's in it for you
 
  • a role as part of a dynamic team using data and digital technology to transform health and care
  • a range of opportunities to build your experience in an environment where your
    work has a direct and positive impact
  • a real commitment to your personal and professional development with access
    to a broad range of learning opportunities

About us

We are a great place to work. What we do matters.

From April 2023, NHS England, Health Education England and NHS Digital became one single organisation, putting workforce, data, digital and technology at the heart of our plans to transform the NHS.  Our mission, to use data and technology to improve lives remains and we are currently recruiting critical, priority roles. Successful applicants should be aware that roles may be subject to change in the new organisation.

NHS England leads the NHS in England to deliver high quality care for all. We support NHS organisations to deliver better outcomes for our patients and communities, work to get the best possible value for taxpayers, and drive improvement across the NHS. This includes improving the health of the population and the quality of care, tackling inequalities, and delivering care more efficiently. 
 
Our outstanding teams are passionate about technology and public service, making use of everyone’s skills to improve people’s lives.

We collaborate to deliver world class tech and intelligence, so come and join us. We are committed to sustainability, diversity and inclusion; our people are at the heart of what we do.

To find out more about the type of work we do, please take a look at our website.

Why you should apply

We value the different experiences our people bring to their work. We're working to create an environment where everyone can make a full contribution no matter their background, identity, or circumstances.  Which means, we encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities.  

Our work matters. You matter.

What we offer you:

  • we're moving to a hybrid working approach which offers you an informal, flexible way of blending home and office working
  • flexible working opportunities - we value and respect the diversity of our employees, and applications from prospective candidates who require flexible working arrangements are welcomed; these include part-time hours, job sharing, flexible hours and part-remote set ups
  • 27 days annual leave increasing to 33 days with service
  • a generous pension (with our contribution equal to 20.6% of your earnings)
  • NHS Discounts including shops, restaurants, gym, mobile phones, and insurance
  • employee benefit schemes including our Season Ticket Loan, Car Lease and Bike to Work schemes

We use NHS Terms and Conditions of Service (Agenda for Change) pay rates. Most new employees to the NHS will start at the bottom of the band. You can find more information about Agenda for Change pay rates here Pay scales for 2023/24 | NHS Employers.

Next steps

Interviews will take place in May. Applicants who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by email.

You will be asked to complete a supporting statement as part of your application which we will use to shortlist. We ask that you please use your supporting statement to provide evidence of the skills and experience we're looking for which are listed in the 'About You' section above.

Please note that:

If you are a permanent employee with NHS England, this opportunity is available to you as an internal secondment. We strongly encourage you to gain approval from your line manager prior to applying, to allow for a seamless recruitment journey and a planned and proactive approach to arranging your release date (should you be successful).

If you are currently on a fixed-term contract with NHS England, this role is available to you as a new fixed-term contract. 

If you are not employed by NHS England, this role is available to you on a fixed-term contract basis. 

If you require a reasonable adjustment or support with your application, please contact [email protected] 

This post is not exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. We only ask applicants to disclose convictions which are not yet spent / unspent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Following an offer of employment, we will carry out a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check as part of the pre-employment check process.

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