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Project Manager
Are you an experienced Project Manager looking for a new opportunity to lead and deliver complex projects within a large organisation?
Do you have experience managing projects in a fast‑paced environment, balancing competing priorities, risks and stakeholder expectations?
Are you passionate about working collaboratively with diverse teams and stakeholders to deliver meaningful change and real benefits?
Who We Are
As NHS Scotland's unique provider of a national tele-health and tele-care service, we are responsible for the delivery of health advice and information by telephone and online services to the population of Scotland 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. NHS 24 is a patient-focused service providing the people of Scotland with triage, advice, guidance, referral and information on health and healthcare services.
We have five regional centres – Aberdeen, Dundee, South Queensferry, Cardonald and Clydebank. NHS 24 supports hybrid working, and this post can be based within any NHS 24 regional centres. The successful candidate must be within commuting distance to a regional centre to attend if required and must also be able to travel to other regional centres when requested to attend meetings, undertake training and any other activities.
The Role
The Project Manager will play a key part in the growth and development of the Service Development directorate. The remit of the directorate includes supporting the implementation of organisational change initiatives and support to the various programmes within the Change Portfolio. Collaboration with colleague across the organisation and liaising with partners at national, regional or local level is key. The Directorate will also hold responsibility to support the transformation of NHS 24’s existing services and support functions through the provision of expertise across the Directorate’s structure: Engagement and Insights, Digital and Service Development.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage projects from initiation to implementation ensuring that the project produces the required products, to the required standard of quality, and delivers the expected benefits, all within the specified constraints of time and cost
- Continually implement and promote NHS 24’s standard project management methodology through best practice and national benchmarking
- Work with the project board and project team to develop an exit strategy or sustainability plan for beyond the conclusion of the project
- Work with the Project Management Office (PMO) to ensure accurate project status updates. Liaise with Finance representatives to update financial reporting, progress tracking, benefits base-lining and benefits monitoring
Successful Applicant will:
- Be educated to SCQF Level 9 or have equivalent experience of Project Management, preferably within the health service
- Demonstrate experience of Project Management methods e.g. PRINCE 2, Agile or MSP Accreditation
- Have significant practical experience in the management of projects of work. Ideally with a scope and range overarching several departments/an organisation.
- Be experienced and knowledgeable of budgetary and control processes
- Evidence analytical, investigative and problem-solving skills
Benefits
NHS 24 offers a complete benefits package, with a permanent contract on Band 6 £43,231 - £52,679 Per Annum (pro rata if applicable). Placement on salary scale is dependent on confirmation of previous relevant NHS service.
We also offer you many supportive policies to enhance your employee journey and have a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme Provider, Cycle to Work Scheme, bursary scheme and a range of learning and development. As an NHS Scotland employee you will be entitled to:
- 35 days annual leave (rising to 41) pro-rata
- Development opportunities including study bursaries, e-learning and classroom-based courses
- Enhanced pay for working public holidays
- Enrolment into the Scottish Public Pensions Agency (SPPA) pension scheme
- NHS discounts on goods and services
- HELP, employee support and assistance
This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated and experienced individual who is looking for a challenging and rewarding role that will contribute to the success of a public organisation.
Interested?
Please download the Job Pack and Person Specification for full details of NHS 24 and this opportunity as well as the Candidate Application Guide which will support you in your application.
We recommend that prior to application candidates read all the information provided in the Job Pack as it contains much of the information about NHS 24 and this vacancy to support a successful application.
Our mission at NHS 24 is to create a workplace where everyone feels welcome, valued and part of the team. As an organisation that promotes inclusion, we celebrate difference, and we encourage everyone who joins us to be themselves at work.
We are progressing an Anti-Racism Action Plan, which builds on our existing equalities work, and this will help us to measure our progress towards becoming an anti-racist organisation.
NHS 24 is an equal opportunities employer committed to advancing equality and particularly welcomes applications from groups of people currently underrepresented within the workforce. We are a committed participant in the Disability Confident Leader Scheme and guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for our vacancies.
To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.
As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visas as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here.
Please note that NHS 24 is NOT licensed to issue certificates of sponsorship under current UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) regulations. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship to work with us.
It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.