AMS PSR

On behalf of NHS Business Services Authority, we are looking for a Project Director (Inside IR35) for an 11-month contract. This is a remote working role.

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.

Through our seven regional teams NHS England supports local integrated care systems, made up of public services that provide health and care – NHS organisations, primary care professionals, local councils, social care providers and the community, voluntary and social enterprise sector – to improve the health of the population, improve the quality of care, tackle inequalities and deliver care more efficiently.

From February 2023, NHS England, Health Education England and NHS Digital will be one single organisation, putting workforce, data, digital and technology at the heart of our plans to transform the NHS.

Job Purpose:

Responsible for direction and leadership of the Transforming Dental Systems project and related change initiatives within NHSBSA, a major project with high level of complexity, providing leadership support to the SRO and Project Executives within the NHS Primary Care Services portfolio.

As a Project Director, your main responsibilities will be to:

• Provide professional direction, project delivery SME knowledge and project discipline and leadership to SROs, Project Executives, Suppliers and users within the business areas.
• Build and develop a strong delivery-focused culture, driving to meet project milestones and maintain the projects on the critical path.
• Provide senior project delivery leadership within the Dental Services department (as key priority) and overarching Primary Care Services change portfolio, driving coordinated delivery of the individual projects, increasing resilience and leadership and identifying and resolving any additional capability gaps
• Collaborate with the Primary Care Services SROs, Project Executives and Suppliers to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of committed change
• Engage and collaborate with NHSBSA Senior Leadership Team, Portfolio Management Directorate Senior Management Team, DHSC Dental Policy, commercial and finance teams and all other identified stakeholders as the senior representation for the Buyer project delivery team
• Effective functional management of the project teams team working within the Dental Services and Primary Care sub-portfolio, and potential matrix management of other PMD professionals as required, linking with line managers as needed.
• Review of medium-long term resource need, to include development and approval of any additional permanent roles required to ensure continued stability in the allocated programmes and projects.

Essential:

• Prince 2
• Managing Successful Programmes
• Knowledge and awareness of Government Functional Standards GovS 002 Project Delivery
• Knowledge and awareness of the Governments Project Delivery Capability Framework

Desirable:

• Project Leadership Programme 
• Chartered Project Professional 

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, NHS England guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

NHS England guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".