Job vacancy: Senior Project Manager, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield

Job summary

Main area: Construction Project Management
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 190-0806-DIR

Employer: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Town: Sheffield
Salary: £55,690 - £62,682 pa/pro rata for part time staff
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 21/09/2025 23:59
Interview date: 09/10/2025

Senior Project Manager

NHS AfC: Band 8a

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

Previous project management experience with indepth technical and financial knowledge. Experience of working in Estates Capital Management team level/contributing to directorate level topics. Extensive experience in Project Management.
Experience of deputising for Senior Colleagues within the directorate.
Clarity about project and organisational expectations throughout the planning process.
Ability to assess the relative priority of competing objectives, activities and events.
The ability to differentiate between symptoms and causes in complex situations, making decisions, which incorporate the views of others whilst addressing key issues.
Extensive project management experience working within a large organisation.
Experience of managing multiple projects in a live environment
Experience of contributing to business cases in accordance with the Capital Investment Manual.
Extensive experience of estimating budget costs, cost control and cash flow forecasting.
High level technical competency able to plan and manage complex health facilities.
Extensive experience of managing capital schemes within the remit of SFI's/SO's in a healthcare environment.
A knowledge and understanding of NHS Design Guidance, Health Building Notes, Health Technical Memoranda and Directorate Cost Allowance Guides (DCAG's) in the briefing, costing and design stages of project development.
A wide experience and sound knowledge of engineering technology including an appreciation of the function of building elements. An understanding of building regulations and building contract conditions is also essential.
Experienced change manager with a demonstrable track record of success in a large organisation.

Desirable criteria

Experience of both public and private sectors.
Completed Finance Training Programme.

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Educated to Degree level or equivalent
In depth managerial knowledge and skills to at least post- graduate level or equivalent.
An Estates Management related professional qualification and professional membership e.g. RICS, MCIBSE, MCIOB, RIBA.
PRINCE 2 (Managing Successful Projects) Foundation and Practitioner certificate.

Desirable criteria

MBA
Formal project management qualification.

Further Training

Essential criteria

Engineering Design, Construction H&S, CDM regulations, Building contracts

Special Skills/Aptitudes

Essential criteria

Able to demonstrate:- Successful team leadership/motivation of others and ability to build relationships with clinical based staff.
Ability to plan and adjust plans, operationally and strategically over long periods.
Proven financial awareness and business acumen and ability to implement, manage and monitor value for money property support.
Exceptional interpersonal/ communication skills and the ability to gain trust and credibility.
Proven ability to operate/think laterally at a project level.
Creative, industrious and versatile, able to work on a diverse range of projects at one time within tight timescales.
Must be a team player and have personal initiative and drive and a commitment to customer service.
Strong and competent management skills; capable of team building and able to create space to shape longer-term strategic direction of the directorate and organisation.
A role model for project team staff, using appropriate interpersonal styles creating a team culture which values diversity, encourages openness and promotes learning and understanding.
Must be capable of translating the vision of the Director of Estate Management into an effective policy with clearly defined tasks to deliver this vision in respect of Estates Management.
Must have experience and ability in human resource, finance and information issues associated with managing a large organisation.
Must have proven skill in negotiation and ability to persuade others.
Management of change - capable of contributing to organisational changes in the department. To understand the change management process and build local change management capability.
Experience and ability in human resource, finance and information issues associated with managing major capital project delivery.
Must be competent in the use of computer software packages such as: Computer Aided Design (CAD), Spreadsheets, Word Processing, Project Management Analytical Tools, World Wide Web (internet), Stakeholder Management and Mapping development packages, Data Processing and Data Bases

Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here.

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Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.

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