Job summary
- Main area
- Strategic Estates
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 405-25-AC367SPM
- Employer
- Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- South Walks House
- Town
- Dorchester
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Senior Project Manager
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Outstanding Care, Outstanding Careers
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Job overview
To project manage major projects and initiatives to deliver the masterplan, a key organisational strategy to enable the Trust strategy, clinical strategy and people strategy to be realised.
Main duties of the job
- Day to day project management of masterplan and other projects.
- Develop and maintain key programme and project documentation (for example business cases, risk register, communications plan, project plans, issues logs, equalities impact assessments, benefits templates and other relevant documents) Prepare, manage and evaluate options appraisals.
- Ensure effective stakeholder management and communications to create key links both internally and externally, holding to account for delivery where necessary.
- Work flexibly, diligently and autonomously to meet tight timescales.
- Plan and manage project budgets and resources.
- Support capital projects from feasibility through to timely completion and within budget working alongside project teams and partners.
- Work with the wider Estates team to ensure projects are delivered compliant with relevant legislation and best practice.
- Support planning and building control application processes for capital work To support the delivery of effective communication through leading focus groups, developing newsletters and other communication methods where required.
- To provide effective leadership to and management of design teams and other consultants/specialists engaged for project delivery
Chair and support project boards and working groups. - Prepare and present reports to diverse groups internally and externally.
- Ensure engagement of relevant service leads or clinicians throughout the life of the project.
Working for our organisation
At DCHFT, we pride ourselves on the care we provide for our patients, and on the culture, we are creating for our staff. We work hard to create a fair, inclusive environment for our staff
Our Mission is to work in partnership to provide high quality, compassionate services and to nurture an environment where people can be at their best. Our vision is healthier lives, empowered citizens, thriving communities.
We are a Trust that celebrates diversity, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from people in all under-represented groups.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Our DCHFT Job Description and Person Specification (attached) tells you all about this role, what to expect and what is needed to succeed. When completing your application please make sure to tell us how your experience and skills fit the person specification.
Please contact us at [email protected] if you are unable to view or download the attachment.
For all our roles, we are looking for staff who hold our Trust Values of Integrity, Respect Teamwork and Excellence, and who are passionate about providing the best patient care. To read more about our Trust and our Values search Dorset County Hospital online.
Person specification
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATION S & TRAINING
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level or equivalent level of experience working at a similar level
- PRINCE2 or equivalent or experience to a masters level equivalent
KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Experience in managing complex projects
- Experience in managing change
- Experience in communications and stakeholder management.
- Experience in leading teams
- Experience of working in public sector or health care
- Experience of working with a wide range of stakeholders both internal and external.
- Experience of working on capital projects
SKILLS & ABILITIES
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate efficiently verbally and in writing
- Ability to work effectively in a team
- Organisational and administrative skills for managing a highly complex workload
- Project management skills; demonstrating the ability to lead the design, delivery and evaluation of complex projects
- Demonstrated ability to analyse situations and provide solutions.
- Excellent IT skills including Microsoft office (Word, PowerPoint and Excel) and Outlook
- Ability to exercise tact and diplomacy
- Demonstrated ability of presentation skills
- Ability to lead and inspire change
Desirable criteria
- Ability to motivate others
- Ability to work on own initiative and unsupervised
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Fiona Richey
- Job title
- Clinical Design Implementation Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01305 251150
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