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Meaningful Impact, Contributing to health and social care initiatives that enable people to lead healthier, more independent lives.
Dynamic Environment, Working in a fast-paced setting where you can actively participate in various projects and initiatives.
Collaboration Opportunities, Engaging with a diverse range of stakeholders, including ministers, health agencies, and local authorities, fostering a collaborative work culture.
Skill Development, Gaining experience in project management, data analysis, and reporting, valuable skills that enhance career growth.
Agile and Inclusive Culture, Being part of a department that values inclusivity, continuous improvement, and agility in its operations.
Professional Satisfaction, Enjoying the fulfillment that comes from playing a role in delivering essential public services and improving healthcare outcomes.
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is seeking a Project Support Officer for its Portfolio Management Office (PMO) in Leeds. The successful candidate will play a vital role in supporting the management of various capital infrastructure programs aimed at improving NHS services, with responsibilities that include stakeholder engagement, data analysis, information management, and dashboard reporting. Candidates should have experience in project environments, particularly related to infrastructure or capital projects, although this is not a strict requirement.
The role involves managing the PMO’s program information, coordinating reporting for ministers, supporting change control and business case assessments, and ensuring the ongoing improvement of knowledge management practices. The Project Support Officer will also oversee the maintenance of the Information Asset Register to ensure GDPR compliance and will contribute to post-project evaluations. Strong communication skills and an ability to work collaboratively within a complex framework are essential for this position.
The role involves managing the PMO’s program information, coordinating reporting for ministers, supporting change control and business case assessments, and ensuring the ongoing improvement of knowledge management practices. The Project Support Officer will also oversee the maintenance of the Information Asset Register to ensure GDPR compliance and will contribute to post-project evaluations. Strong communication skills and an ability to work collaboratively within a complex framework are essential for this position.
Location
Leeds, London
About The Job
Job summary
In the Department of Health and Social Care, we are proud of our purpose – to enable everyone to live more independent, healthier lives for longer. To achieve this, and create a great place to work, we have four values: we are inclusive, we constantly improve, we challenge, and we are agile. If this sounds like an environment you would like to work in, we would love to hear from you.
Departmental Purpose and Objectives
The DHSC supports ministers in leading the nation’s health and social care to help people live more independent, healthier lives for longer. We work closely with our partners in the health and care system, our arm’s length bodies (ALBs), agencies, local authorities, across government, and with both patients and the public, ensuring that we are all working with one focus – the people who use our services.
Our role and purpose is to:
About the Team:
The DHSC supports ministers in leading the nation’s health and social care to help people live more independent, healthier lives for longer. We work closely with our partners in the health and care system, our arm’s length bodies (ALBs), agencies, local authorities, across government, and with both patients and the public, ensuring that we are all working with one focus – the people who use our services.
As part of the Government’s plan to provide first class, fit for purpose health care for the public and as a response to demands on the NHS post Covid-19 pandemic, several capital infrastructure programmes have been centrally funded, by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to provide additional or improved services to the NHS.
The Portfolio Management Office (PMO) was established to provide oversight and to monitor deliver of a growing number of programmes designed to improve NHS services & facilities and manage NHS Elective Care backlog. The programmes vary in size, scope, and duration (nearly 2,000 projects sit within the overall Portfolio) with a combined value of £7.5bn, comprised of:
Job Description:
We are looking for a Project Support Officer to join the PMO. We are seeking a strong team player, experienced in working in a complex programme or project environment. This is a highly rewarding role and diverse in nature. The job holder will actively be involved in stakeholder engagement, and will have good knowledge of data analysis, information management, post-project evaluation/benefit management and dashboard reporting development. Experience of working on reporting of infrastructure, transformation and/or capital projects would be an advantage but is not essential.
Person specification
Role Responsibilities
Key skills and experience
Leeds, London
About The Job
Job summary
In the Department of Health and Social Care, we are proud of our purpose – to enable everyone to live more independent, healthier lives for longer. To achieve this, and create a great place to work, we have four values: we are inclusive, we constantly improve, we challenge, and we are agile. If this sounds like an environment you would like to work in, we would love to hear from you.
Departmental Purpose and Objectives
The DHSC supports ministers in leading the nation’s health and social care to help people live more independent, healthier lives for longer. We work closely with our partners in the health and care system, our arm’s length bodies (ALBs), agencies, local authorities, across government, and with both patients and the public, ensuring that we are all working with one focus – the people who use our services.
Our role and purpose is to:
- Support and advise our ministers by helping them shape and deliver policy that delivers the Government of the day’s objectives.
- Set direction by anticipating the future and lead the debate, ensuring we protect and improve global and domestic health.
- Be accountable, ensuring that the Department and our ALBs deliver on agreed plans and commitments.
- Act as guardians of the health and care framework, making sure the legislative framework, the financial framework, the administrative framework and the policy framework are fit for purpose and work together.
- Be trouble-shooters. In the last resort, the public and Parliament expect us to take the action necessary to resolve crucial and complex issues.
- Protecting the public’s health through the health and social care system’s response to COVID-19
- Improving healthcare outcomes by providing high-quality and sustainable care at the right time in the right place, improving infrastructure and transforming technology.
- Improving healthcare outcomes through a well-supported workforce.
- Levelling up the nation’s health, including through reducing health disparities.
- Improving social care outcomes through an affordable, high quality and sustainable adult social care system.
About the Team:
The DHSC supports ministers in leading the nation’s health and social care to help people live more independent, healthier lives for longer. We work closely with our partners in the health and care system, our arm’s length bodies (ALBs), agencies, local authorities, across government, and with both patients and the public, ensuring that we are all working with one focus – the people who use our services.
As part of the Government’s plan to provide first class, fit for purpose health care for the public and as a response to demands on the NHS post Covid-19 pandemic, several capital infrastructure programmes have been centrally funded, by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to provide additional or improved services to the NHS.
The Portfolio Management Office (PMO) was established to provide oversight and to monitor deliver of a growing number of programmes designed to improve NHS services & facilities and manage NHS Elective Care backlog. The programmes vary in size, scope, and duration (nearly 2,000 projects sit within the overall Portfolio) with a combined value of £7.5bn, comprised of:
- Hospital Upgrades
- Eradication of Mental Health Dormitories
- Removal or remediation of Reinforced Aerated Autoclaved Concrete from the estate
- Community Diagnostic Centres (increasing scanning capability)
- Digital Diagnostic Capabilities (improving digital infrastructure capability)
- Accident and Emergency improvements
- Targeted Investment Funding to tackle the backlog
- Public Sector Decarbonisation Funding
- Additional Capacity Targeted Investment Fund
- Mental Health Urgent and Emergency Care
Job Description:
We are looking for a Project Support Officer to join the PMO. We are seeking a strong team player, experienced in working in a complex programme or project environment. This is a highly rewarding role and diverse in nature. The job holder will actively be involved in stakeholder engagement, and will have good knowledge of data analysis, information management, post-project evaluation/benefit management and dashboard reporting development. Experience of working on reporting of infrastructure, transformation and/or capital projects would be an advantage but is not essential.
Person specification
Role Responsibilities
- Lead on management of the PMO’s Programmes’ management information, ensuring continuous improvement and relevant new updates are communicated to Single Point of Contact (SPOC) leads regularly.
- Support coordinating commissions for Minister and Portfolio level reporting.
- Support the Information Knowledge management ongoing improvement and update of the PMO’s intelligence, ensuring consistency and standards documents control /configuration management.
- Provide support to the PMO with Change control, Business case assessment, and roundtables.
- Be part of the management case key holder investment appraisals group providing assurance on capital Business Cases to Investment Committees.
- Implement the Business as Usual (BAU) twice yearly process for sending out Post Project Evaluation forms to completed projects.
- Serve as the Information Asset Owner (IAO) responsible for maintaining the Information Asset Register (IAR), ensuring accurate documentation of records to support GDPR compliance.
Key skills and experience
- Demonstrate strong
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