Job vacancy: Project Manager, Public Health Wales NHS Trust, Pencoed

Job summary

Main area: Project Manager
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday (with an expectation to work from the office 1-2 days per week))
Job ref: 028-AC271-1125-A

Employer: Public Health Wales NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Strategic Programme for Planned Care
Town: Pencoed
Salary: £39,263 - £47,280 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 11/12/2025 23:59

Project Manager

Band 6

Welcome to the NHS Wales Performance and Improvement, a new national support function, operational from 1 April 2023.

Our key purpose is to…

Drive improvements in the quality and safety of care - resulting in better and more equitable outcomes, access and patient experience, reduced variation, and improvements in population health.

To find out more visit NHS Wales Performance and Improvement.

Our values

Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference

Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English. To support our all Wales service, we particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:

Providing programme management and coordination support to multiple CINs, including planning, reporting, and tracking progress against outcomes, benefits, and spend.

Supporting the development of national guidance and standards and working closely with health boards to implement these effectively.

Applying structured project management approaches to facilitate delivery and improvement across health boards.

Leading stakeholder engagement and communication strategies, building strong relationships with clinical and managerial colleagues across NHS Wales.

Monitoring performance against key indicators using a range of data sources to inform decision-making and drive continuous improvement.

The post holder will be expected to work flexibly and collaboratively, adapting to evolving priorities and supporting the Strategic Programme as required.

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click "Apply now" to view on Trac.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Degree level or equivalent professional / managerial qualification.
Project Management Qualification (APM PMQ, PRINCE2 Practitioner or similar) or equivalent experience
Evidence of continued professional development / further training

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of project/programme management to a practitioner level, managing multiple projects at a time.
Experience of designing, implementing and managing projects.
Evidence of experience in managing large complex projects.
Successful introduction of management methodologies to teams and individuals.
Effective management of resources.
Developing documents (e.g., reports).
Developing performance indicators.
Experience of Policy development.
Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams at varying levels of seniority and a commitment / proven experience of partnership working.
Experience of negotiating and influencing others in a positive manner, with confidence to deal with different priorities and differing views in order to instigate and achieve change and improvement.
Experience of managing expectations of stakeholders within a project

Desirable criteria

Experience of managing budgets associated with a Programme/Project

Skills and Attributes

Essential criteria

Methodical, analytical problem-solving skills
Excellent overall management and organisational skills.
Ability to interpret legislation and national guidance.
Effective leadership and communication skills with experience in motivating, managing and developing effective teams.
Evidence of ability to contribute to strategy implementation across the organisations.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences in a variety of ways.
First class planning and organisational skills.
Be technically competent with various software programmes (e.g., Microsoft Office).
Effective leadership, interpersonal and communication skills including facilitation, negotiation, obtaining, providing and presenting information.
Ability to confidently and effective chair meetings.
Ability to produce business cases and strategic documents.
Ability to prepare and present reports to management teams on project status and advising on issues and risks to detailed specification for Trust and others as requested.

Desirable criteria

Ability to speak Welsh / willingness to learn.
Ability to work across directorates/services to understanding operational and corporate needs and requirements.
Use of Microsoft Project to develop and maintain project plans.
Use of Microsoft Teams to manage a project and to communicate with the with wider Improvement Cymru Team

Know

Essential criteria

Solid understanding and appreciation of finances and risk, issue and dependency management and benefits realisation
Understanding of Information governance and security guidance.
Microsoft Office trained including use of Word, Excel & PowerPoint.
Detailed knowledge of budgeting, benefits tracking and resource allocation processes

Desirable criteria

Knowledge and understanding of Public Health Wales.
Knowledge and understanding of the Strategic Programme for Planned Care.
Knowledge of Improvement methodologies
Knowledge of Microsoft SharePoint.

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria

Strong delivery focus, with the ability to drive progress forward and a concern for results and achieving goals
Sets high standards of performance and seeks to improve previous performance levels
The ability to find ways of solving or pre-empting problems.
Ability to think clearly, reach decision, prioritise and recommend appropriate action through the assessment of relevant information
Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines including changing demands and priorities

Other

Essential criteria

Flexible approach during times of change.

Desirable criteria

Be able to travel where work requires

NHS Wales Performance and Improvement, reserves the right to close this vacancy early. We therefore encourage early applications.

Priority is given to staff awaiting redeployment. We therefore reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any stage.

If you have a disability and have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application process, please contact [email protected]

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR APPLICANTS: Applications for our roles are carefully reviewed and shortlisted based on specific criteria, which varies from job to job. Using a generic application to apply for multiple roles or relying on automated AI application services, such as Lazy Apply or AI Apply, may not provide the necessary information, leading to your application being overlooked. To ensure your application is given full consideration, we recommend submitting a tailored application that directly addresses the criteria listed in the Person Specification section of the advert.

If you are successful and short listed for interview you will be contacted by email using the address with which you registered. Please ensure you check your email account regularly.

We are committed to fair, transparent recruitment and believe in equality of opportunity in our workplace and will not tolerate discrimination on grounds of age, disability, gender identity, religion or belief, race or nationality, marriage or civil partnership status, sex, sexual orientation, working pattern, caring responsibilities, trade union activity or political beliefs – or on any other grounds. We welcome applications from individuals who may wish to work part time or apply on a job share basis.

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

The salary scale shown is for a full-time member of staff, with the amount being adjusted pro rata for those working less than 37.5 hours per week.

In general, anyone joining our organisation who has not previously worked in the NHS will, by default, start on the first point of the advertised pay band. Pay progression will then be determined by annual Performance and Development Reviews in accordance with the NHS Wales Pay Progression Policy. An application for Incremental Credit may be considered, but can only be awarded based on evidenced, reckonable service and/or equivalent, relevant experience.