PMO Benefits Change Risk Management Lead

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Main area: Redevelopment Grade: Band 7 Contract: Permanent Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref: 290-CR-810

Site: Redevelopment, Working across all 3 sites Town: London Salary: £54,320 - £60,981 pa inclusive Salary period: Yearly Closing: 19/01/:59

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With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

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Job overview

Join the Redevelopment team as PMO Benefits Change Risk Management Lead, a pivotal role in ensuring the Redevelopment Programme is executed on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards. Key responsibilities include managing project risks, issues, dependencies, and benefits, maintaining high-quality documentation, and ensuring clear communication flows. The role requires preparing detailed reports, RAID logs, change logs, and presentations for various governance boards.

You will excel in identifying and mitigating risks, managing change, and ensuring project benefits align with organisational goals. You must possess strong analytical, organisational, and communication skills to handle complex data, run risk assessments, and coordinate with diverse stakeholders. Knowledge of project management principles, risk frameworks, and change management strategies is essential.

This role is pivotal in navigating challenges, streamlining processes, and ensuring project outcomes drive meaningful results. The candidate will work alongside the Head of PMO to deliver significant value and ensure the programme's success.

Main duties of the job

This role ensures the smooth delivery and reporting of the Redevelopment Programme by managing projects to meet time, cost, and quality objectives. Key responsibilities include identifying and managing risks, issues, dependencies, assumptions, changes, and benefits while maintaining high-quality, accurate documentation and governance.

The post holder will prepare and manage essential project documents, including RAID logs, benefit logs, change logs, flow charts, and reports for presentation to key boards and stakeholders. The candidate will develop risk management plans, conduct risk assessments, and implement clear communication flows. They will maintain the central Risk and Issue Register, regularly updating it to reflect changes in mitigation efforts and residual risks. Additionally, they will design and implement change management strategies to ensure smooth transitions, minimize resistance, and align stakeholder expectations.

Strong analytical, organisational, and communication skills are essential, alongside knowledge of project management principles, risk frameworks, and benefits realisation processes.

The successful candidate must synthesise complex information, identify and mitigate cross-project dependencies, and track benefits to ensure alignment with organisational objectives. This is an opportunity for a proactive individual with expertise in structured programme management to drive meaningful outcomes.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative, and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working, and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan, or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time, or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required.
For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

• Educated to Bachelors level in a related discipline, management, or at least 5 years equivalent experience relevant to healthcare project management.
• Evidence of numerical or technical subjects at GSCE or 'A' level.
• Good understanding and experience of using Power Bi.
• Good understanding and experience in Excel with advanced spreadsheet skills.
• Relevant project management qualifications in any of the following: P30, Portfolio Management, Programme Management, MSP, APM, or Prince 2.
• Qualification in Management of Risk, change, or qualified by experience.

Experience

• Proven practical experience of working in projects, programme, and portfolio management.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Risk, change, benefit management, or related role.
• Demonstrable experience in risk management, project assurance, reporting, and analysis.
• Strong Excel skills and expert user of Risk Management/Analysis software.
• Experience in setting up and running reporting, risk, assurance processes.
• Experience of working with large and complex programmes in private or public sector construction or infrastructure delivery.
• Experience of managing multi-disciplinary relationships in a relevant organisational setting.
• Proven track record in data analysis and assurance.
• Experience in construction healthcare projects/programmes.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Excellent relationship management and communication skills.
• High level IT literacy skills, demonstrable spreadsheet skills for multiple project reporting.
• Excellent capability in developing risk strategies and guidance, assuring data quality, mitigation, QRA risk assessments.
• Good report writing and presentation skills.
• Ability to work with complexity and ambiguity, e.g., around professional and managerial imperatives.
• Robust understanding of NHS processes and procedures.

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted, you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).