Junior Consultant - Bristol, United Kingdom - NHS South Central and West Commissioning Support Unit

NHS South Central and West Commissioning Support Unit

Verified Company

Bristol, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The primary responsibility of this role is to work as a member of a designated team (and independently) to deliver a range of transformation projects and assignments for our internal and external customers.

The post-holder will be required to provide project support, business change, business analysis, and project management input as required for programme/project teams.

Working closely with project stakeholders to communicate (and develop) clear key messages, timeframes and estimates. This may include explaining technical/architectural complexities in an understandable form and the strategic vision and project scope
Analysing and summarising relevant information from a wide range of sources (conference papers, national guidance, local policies and standards, financial reports and budgets, technical specifications and capabilities) for colleagues
Managing programme/project templates and filing
Proactively arranging and booking meetings
Taking minutes for meetings, typing up and distributing meeting minutes
Supporting project managers and leading themselves on a range of project management activities

The post-holder will work autonomously with mínimal daily supervision.

He/she will support and lead on the delivery of the programme of work/projects/assignments - as delegated by the Programme Manager and/or Project Managers.

They will undertake some or all of the following types of activities as and when required:

Supporting project managers and leading on a range of project activities including:
Planning, monitoring and controlling projects using the PRINCE2 and other methodologies e.g.

Agile

Ensuring the appropriate project governance is in place
Monitoring and regularly reporting upon project progress
Monitoring dependencies, risks, issues and divergence from project plans
Generating contingency plans and recommendations
Collating lessons learned
Delegated responsibility for monitoring project budgets and spend ensuring projects remain within financial tolerances
Delegated responsibility for the management of project resources e.g. people including assignment of tasks and input into performance management