Senior Project Manager - Wakefield, United Kingdom - NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board

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    Job summary

    Are you passionate about improving the populations health? Do you want to work for an ambitious dynamic team? Are you interested in embedding a trauma informed approach across West Yorkshire, with all organisations and sectors? Are you an enthusiastic, sensitive, and dynamic person with the experience of persuading and supporting others to change their views and practice? If so, this may be the perfect job for you.

    The West Yorkshire Adversity trauma and resilience programme supports people to manage or overcome the effects of negative life experiences (including trauma, mental health challenges, poverty, and inequality) so that they can build on their strengths and aspirations in order to live their best possible lives.

    The purpose of the job is to Develop, co-ordinate and implement trauma-informed training, resources, packages, and personal development opportunities to colleagues across West Yorkshire.

    Please note:

    Shortlisting will take place from 21st May 2024

    Interviews are scheduled to take place on 3rd and 4th June 2024

    Main duties of the job

    A dynamic and motivated leader, you will work across multiple partners and sectors to strategically a lead the health and care staff and volunteers strand of the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership Adversity Trauma and Resilience Programme

    As ATR Workforce Development Facilitator, you will contribute to the delivery of the other strands of the adversity, trauma, and resilience programme, helping us achieve our ambition for West Yorkshire to be trauma informed and responsive by 2030.

    You will bring an understanding of health inequalities and the impact of the wider determinants of health, and the life course approach to this work.

    You will work in a complex and changing system-wide including health and care organisations, violence reduction partnership, local authorities, voluntary sector organisations, including people with lived experience.

    You will be an integral part of the Improving Population Health Programme Team, reporting to the Head of Improving Population Health and working alongside the Adversity Trauma and Resilience Project Officer. You will develop strong working relationship with System and Leadership Team in the WY Health and Care Partnership and the West Yorkshire Violence Reduction Partnership.

    About us

    NHSWest Yorkshire ICB is responsible for improving population health and reducinginequalities to meet the diverse health needs of its population and is part ofthe West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership which includes organisations,local councils, health and care providers and voluntary, community and socialenterprise organisations.

    Weare passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and valuesdiversity; we see this as a strength and part of our founding mission, valuesand behaviours. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectivesand backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment thatdelivers patient outcomes.

    Weare committed to creating the best place to work, where your contribution isvalued, your wellbeing is supported and all our colleagues can reach their fullpotential. We welcome and encourage applications from all areas of thecommunity, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of their protectedcharacteristics.

    We operatea Carer friendly working environment that is supportive and inclusive. Weactively encourage Carers to self-identify themselves and are offered a workingCarer passport.

    As a MindfulEmployer we are positive and enabling towards all employees and job applicantswith a mental health condition.

    We are a DisabilityConfident Employer and commit to shortlisting suitable applicants who meet theessential criteria for an informus of any adjustments you may require.

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    As ATR Workforce Development Facilitator, you will be responsible for:

    Developing and delivering multiple projects to time, cost and quality criteria and meeting a range of stakeholder requirements.

    Developing, coordinating, and delivering ATR training in a clear, engaging, and high-quality manner, gaining feedback from attendees and using it to continuously improve.

    Establishing and proactively maintaining constructive relationships and two-way communication with key internal and external stakeholders.

    Supporting organisations across the partnership and beyond to develop and implement their own bespoke ATR prevention plans and strategies and become trauma informed organisations.

    Working with people with lived experience of trauma and adversity.

    Fostering the development of trauma informed and compassionate workplace cultures.

    Ensuring that learning and feedback from the network feeds into the ATR Strategy Board, Improving Population Health Programme and WY Violence Reduction Partnership

    Leading and supporting evaluation plans for the programme and feedback from a broad range of stakeholders

    Planning the programme of work across the fixed term period for this post and working with colleagues to organise and deliver outcomes within the time frame.

    Planning and organising a broad range of complex activities including meetings, workshops, training sessions, presentations, and demonstrations to support the delivery of specific events such as campaigns, staff events or partners work.

    Developing staff and volunteer ATR Training and Development policy that can be shared, adapted, and adopted across a broad range of organisations and support others, often in more senior roles, to implement organisational change.

    Collaborating with partners across WY to develop an ATR training the trainer Model for West Yorkshire

    the development of the WY ATR Suite of training, bespoke training, and resources.

    In addition, this post will be responsible for establishing excellent project management processes and will contribute to and where necessary provide the overall monitoring and co-ordination of projects.

    As the Senior Project Manager, you will be working in a fast-paced environment handling sensitive information and will work with the Improving population Health teams to support vicarious trauma and good health and wellbeing.

    Person Specification

    Qualifications

    Essential

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
  • Desirable

  • Qualified as an MSP or Prince2 practitioner
  • Experience

    Essential

  • Experience of developing positive relationships new partners
  • Experience of using Microsoft Office IT packages such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint
  • Experienced facilitator and/or trainer, with the ability to enthuse others and excellent interpersonal skills
  • Experience of conveying complex and highly sensitive information including analysis of data and statistics in a concise, accurate and understandable way to a range of audiences.
  • Detailed knowledge and experience of project management tools, techniques, and methodology
  • Practical experience of managing multiple successful projects, including the development of complex project management frameworks, monitoring and review processes and delivering to timescales
  • Ability to efficiently prioritise own workload and the workload of others whilst working within very tight deadlines and with differing priorities.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and experience of collaborative working essential, with proven ability to communicate with colleagues at all levels across a wide range of organisations.
  • Experience of conveying complex and highly sensitive information including analysis of data and statistics in a concise, accurate and understandable way to a range of audiences.
  • Desirable

  • Experience of systems change work
  • Skills & behaviours

    Essential

  • Passionate about training and development and the benefits this can deliver to improving outcomes for organisation, workforce and population.
  • Ability to plan and organise a broad range of complex activities including meetings, workshops, training sessions, presentations, and demonstrations to support the delivery of specific events such as
  • Able to lead the design and implementation of a monitoring framework of activities and outcomes as well as ongoing management of cross programme interdependencies, resources and project level risks an
  • Able to exercise independent judgement, work through ambiguity where appropriate and problem solve.
  • Has a planned and organised approach with an ability to prioritise their own workload to meet deadlines.
  • Has attention to detail, able to work accurately, identifying errors quickly and easily.
  • Ability to interpret and achieve results through influence and negotiation with a wide range of stakeholders.
  • Skilled in qualitative and quantitative data interpretation and analysis, including interpreting and analysing complex facts or situations
  • Excellent organisational and planning skills.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • To work autonomously and as part of a team.
  • Competent to work in flux, uncertainty, and change
  • Additional Requirements

    Essential

  • Knowledge of the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership and West Yorkshire Violence Reduction Partnership including key priorities
  • Understanding of adversity, trauma and resilience and protective and risk factors for prevention and early intervention
  • Understanding of The West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership and the West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
  • A keen interest in tackling health inequalities
  • An in-depth knowledge and understanding of whole system working and how integrated working can improve outcomes.
  • Knowledge and awareness of national policy initiatives with regards to Improving Population Health specifically a Public Health Approach to prevention and reducing health inequalities and smoking.
  • Demonstrate drive and energy. Commitment to personal, staff and organisational development.
  • Able to work with upsetting, sensitive and triggering subject matter
  • Well-developed understanding of own wellbeing and how to proactively manage this when dealing with very distressing subject
  • A strong commitment to improving population health, wellbeing care and quality services, improving outcomes, tackling health inequalities.