Project Manager INTERNAL

Job Overview

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY BETSI CADWALADR UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD

THIS POST IS FIXED TERM/SECONDMENT UNTIL END OF MARCH, 2026 DUE TO PROJECT WORK.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR THE SECONDMENT POSITION, YOU MUST OBTAIN PERMISSION FROM YOUR CURRENT LINE MANAGER PRIOR TO APPLYING FOR THIS POST.

Digital Project Manager – 8-Month Secondment Opportunity

Are you passionate about digital innovation in healthcare? We’re looking for a dynamic and driven Digital Project Manager to join our Digital Programmes team for until the end of the financial year. This is a unique opportunity to lead the delivery of key digital solutions that support local and potentially national transformation agendas and enable service improvements across BCUHB.

As part of the Digital, Data and Technology Department, you’ll manage a high-impact digital project within our wider portfolio. You’ll work collaboratively across the Health Board, applying your project management expertise to implement new clinical systems in a fast-paced, complex environment. Your ability to engage stakeholders, manage resources, and drive effective change will be essential to your success.

If you're an outstanding communicator, a skilled negotiator, and excited by the potential of digital transformation in healthcare, we’d love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• Support a portfolio of complex clinical and digital projects across the Trust.
• Provide project management support to the Programme Manager, including identifying required resources and skillsets.
• Assist Digital Services colleagues in estimating accurate timescales for project tasks to inform planning and implementation timelines.
• Collaborate with the Programme Manager to allocate project resources effectively.
• Manage and update all project plans and related documentation throughout the project lifecycle.
• Supervise project team staff and work collaboratively with wider project stakeholders.
• Monitor project budgets to ensure alignment with approved expenditure and business cases.
• Demonstrate strong communication, negotiation, and stakeholder engagement skill.
  
  

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

For further information please contact:

Paul Marchant

Programme Manager

[email protected]

Working for our organisation

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and ‘Proud to Lead’ competence framework.

Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.

Person specification

Qualifications And/or Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Educated to degree or equivalent level of experience
• Post graduate level in relevant area e.g. business administration, computing / information systems or equivalent level of work experience and knowledge
• Improvement / Change Management methodologies formal or informal
• PRINCE2 Practitioner/ Agile or similar qualification or equivalent level of work experience and knowledge
• Familiar with modelling and analysis tools, methods and standards.
• Evidence of Continual Professional Development
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Masters degree in Business Analyses or similar
• Recognised certification of skills from a professional body e.g. The Chartered Institute for IT (BCS)
• Continuous Improvement Practitioner qualification. Must complete within 2 years if not held
• ILM Management level 4, or equivalent qualification/ level of work experience and knowledge. Willingness to complete within 2 years if not held.
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Proven business analysis experience e.g. applying a variety of analytical techniques to information and quantifying result integrity based upon assessment of sources and techniques
• Experience of consulting activities and techniques including facilitating multidisciplinary stakeholder groups
• Extensive previous experience of business change management in a large and complex organisation
• Significant experience of managing a number of projects and teams ranging in complexity and value. Significant experience of managing projects through their lifecycle and associated techniques e.g. high quality outputs for planning and controlling projects
• Track record of delivering high quality work in demanding timescales
• Experience of budget control, contract negotiation, procurement and financial procedures
• Demonstrable success in building, leading, motivating, managing and developing teams.
• Proven ability to influence at all levels of the organisation.
• Problem identification and solving
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Understanding of the workings of Healthcare Governance, improvement programmes and information systems in the NHS
• Experience of implementing Systems Thinking methodologies
• Expertise with a majority of Business Analysis specialisms and techniques
• Experience of supervising others in the application of these specialisms and techniques
• Knowledge of quality management techniques
• Experience of working to agreed standards and applying best practice.
  
  

Values

Essential Criteria

• Demonstrates a strong commitment to and is focused on quality, promotes high standards in everything they do
• Ability to make a connection between their work and the benefit or the affect to patients and the public
• Operates with integrity and transparency at all times
• Promotes leaning and innovation for self and others by sharing best practice and knowledge, learning from others and reflection
• Works well with others and encourages team working. Is positive, helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
• Consistently looks to improves what they do, looks for tried and tested ways of working and also seeks out innovation
• Actively develops themselves and others
  
  

Other

Essential criteria

• BCU wide post so post holder must have the ability to travel within the geographical area.
• Self-motivated and enthusiastic professional
• Ability to work on own initiative and organise / prioritise own workload and that of the team to operate effectively and flexibly
  
  

Aptitude And Abilities

Essential criteria

• Ability to identify problems, causes and types of solutions/ corrective actions needed to address issues in a structured manner
• Ability to communicate findings in a range of high quality outputs that are suitable for the “audiences requirements”
• Ability to analyse and assimilate highly complex information from multiple sources in order to determine the options required
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing in a manner which is clear, fluent and persuasive
• Ability to manage a broad programme of work, which requires changes to planning, delivery and escalation
• Proven ability to influence, persuade and negotiate with staff at all levels
• Sound judgment, planning, decision making, and organisational skills
• Team Management skills Advanced user of tools to analyse data e.g. Excel or data warehouse. Must be able to create pivot tables and complex formulas
• Able to demonstrate situations where effective leadership and management skills have been used
• Ability to demonstrate the personal qualities and professional competencies required of all managers and leaders in line with local competence frameworks as evidenced in day to day work and through discussion at PADR
• Ability to lead by example and motivate teams
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Considerable experience in an information management or data analysis role
• Ability to speak Welsh