Project Manager
Job overview
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance and advice on promoting high quality health, public health and social care.
Our role is to improve outcomes for people using the NHS and other public health and social care services. We do this by producing evidence-based guidance and advice for health, public health and social care practitioners; developing quality standards and performance metrics for those providing and commissioning health, public health and social care services and providing a range of information services for commissioners, practitioners and managers across the spectrum of health and social care.
The Facilities, Improvement and People Directorate is responsible for managing our human resources, facilities and improvement functions in alignment with NICE's core purpose. You will be joining a multi-disciplinary team at an exciting time when NICE is on a journey of transformation to become more agile to be able to respond to the needs of the health and care sector.
Main duties of the job
The Project Manager will work within programme and will be responsible for managing key work activities and priority development projects in the Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) area, ensuring that deadlines are met and that stakeholders are informed of progress.
The Project Manager will work across a large portfolio of CQI projects supporting NICE’s provision of National guidance to the NHS to process, time and quality. They will be primarily responsible for supporting the successful delivery of two large-scale collaborative improvement programmes that are integral to NICE achieving our strategic objectives for 2025-26.
As the first point of contact for key CQI projects and programmes, the Project Manager plays a key role in coordinating Institute staff and input from a wide range of external stakeholders.
Significant and recent experience of managing complex project portfolios will be essential to the successful delivery of the responsibilities required of this role.
Working for our organisation
The Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) team is responsible for coordinating the learning and application of CQI across NICE. We support colleagues to learn and apply improvement methods and tools to help them tackle complex problems in their individual work and the work of their teams, helping to accelerate progress on strategic priorities.You will be joining a small team of 7 people with mix of improvement, analytical and administrative backgrounds.
We can offer you a great place to work with good benefits, flexible working, and a supportive, friendly, and inclusive environment.
Our benefits include:
Generous NHS Pension – Secure your future with one of the most rewarding pension schemes in the UK.Flexible Working – Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with options like remote working, compressed hours and flexible start/finish times.
Exclusive Discounts – Save on shopping, dining and more with a Blue Light Card.
Time to Recharge – Start with 27 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays.
Inclusive Staff Networks – Join supportive communities like Women in NICE, Race Equality Network, Disability Advocacy and more – we celebrate diversity.
Tailored Development – Grow your career with personalised learning and development opportunities.
If you feel this is the type of environment you will enjoy working in, apply today!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To be considered for this role, you should be able to particularly demonstrate the person specification criteria in the job advert in your application. However, applicants should be able to demonstrate all essential criteria through the entirety of the recruitment process to be considered for the job.
Please see job description attached for full list of responsibilities.
Interviews for this role will likely take place W/C 2nd June.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria- Agile project management qualification
Education
Desirable criteria- First degree or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through experience and further training/development
Experience
Essential criteria- Demonstrable experience in the management and delivery of concurrent complex projects involving multidisciplinary teams
Experience
Essential criteria- Significant experience in an agile project manager role, ideally involving business / service redesign
Experience
Desirable criteria- Experience of successfully using communication skills, tactfulness and diplomacy to establish effective working relationships with a range of internal stakeholders, including at very senior / executive level
Experience
Desirable criteria- Demonstrable experience gained in a health and / or social care environment
Skills
Essential criteria- Ability to analyse and interpret complex information and present it in a simplified manner to a varied audience
Skills
Essential criteria- Ability to think and plan strategically and to exercise sound judgement in the face of conflicting pressures
Skills
Essential criteria- Confidence to challenge established practices and accepted authorities