Senior Project Manager

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DSFS requires a highly motivated Senior Project Manager to be based within the Project Team at Chesterfield Royal Hospital. The role will work within a team of project managers, providing lead project management services and contributing to the delivery of the Capital Programme, which includes clinical and non-clinical refurbishment and new build projects to the highest standard across the Trust.

The Senior Project Manager will use their skills, knowledge, and experience to deliver a variety of complex high-value schemes, small-scale capital schemes, minor works, and revenue schemes. This includes assisting project managers in delivering complex capital projects, providing support and guidance as required.

Extensive knowledge and experience in the development of capital schemes from inception to in-use are required, as is the ability to manage construction professionals, design teams, and stakeholders engaged in the design and construction process. Knowledge and experience of both NEC and JCT construction contracts and the Green Book 5 business case model are required. Candidates should also have demonstrable experience in commercial awareness and understanding of compliant procurement routes to market, including good governance arrangements.

The role will require occasional travel to our customers based outside Chesterfield Royal Hospital, such as the community clinics we manage for Royal Primary Care.

Main duties of the job Plan, manage and coordinate complex high-value schemes, small-scale capital schemes, minor works, and revenue schemes

The ability to effectively manage construction contractors and design professionals to ensure projects are delivered within the parameters of time, cost, and quality is a fundamental requirement.

Producing project-specific reports to ensure the Head of Capital Projects and relevant stakeholders are fully sighted on risk, budget, and progress.

Monitor project financial progress, analyse financial forecasts, and make judgements regarding changes to the project as needed to remain within the project constraints. Manage changes to scheme content within approved limits as the project evolves, following the change control process.

Complete design and specifications that will promote both realistic compliance with NHS and National Specification documents and the future cost-effective operation of buildings, plant and systems within the existing Estate.

Managing specialist contractors and estate team members in accordance with relevant policies, specifications, HTMs and regulations.

Educated to degree level (or equivalent experience), you will demonstrate a proven track record of scheme delivery within the NHS or a similar complex organisation. The successful candidate will form part of a multidisciplinary capital team reporting to the Head of Capital Projects for overall programme and project delivery.

Working for our organisation Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) is a subsidiary company that's 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

DSFS has just over 900 staff across Soft and Hard Facilities Services, and our corporate services including, ICT, Patient Records, Switchboard, Procurement, Finance and Clinical Engineering. Very much part of the 'Chesterfield Royal family', DSFS builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial approach that's dynamic, flexible, and proactive.

DSFS are proud to be striving to achieve a truly diverse and inclusive flexible workforce by valuing and welcoming everyone's abilities, uniqueness, and individuality. All our colleagues have the right to and should be able to feel 100% themselves at work; we believe that all our people add to and should improve our culture and not just fit in with it. By embracing our diverse backgrounds and differences our culture becomes richer and makes us stronger together.

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities The detailed job description and person specification for this post can be found in the attached document.

Person specification Qualifications and Training

• Educated to degree level (Or equivalent Experience)
• Project Management qualification such as APM / Prince2 or equivalent or demonstratable practical experience
• Evidence of continuing personal and professional development (CPD) in project management/construction disciplines.
• Full UK Driving Licence
• Professional body registration - e.g. RIBA, RICS, APM, CIOB

Experience

• Experience managing high-value complex projects within an acute NHS Trust or similar complex organisation
• Experienced in managing multidisciplinary teams on multiple projects at any one time
• Experience in communicating with all levels of professional staff and the public
• Experience managing a wide range of issues around procurement, contractors, planning, quality standards, governance and H&S matters
• Experience working in line with the RIBA stages of work, HTMs, HBNs, building regulations, ACOP and British standards.
• Experience in developing and presenting business cases.
• Advanced skills in various CAD software Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) and project management packages.

Skills & Knowledge

• Fully conversant with Health Service Building and Engineering guidance, Health Technical Memorandum (HTM) and Health Building Notes (HBN).
• Demonstratable knowledge of The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015.
• Demonstratable knowledge of good NHS project governance and Estates best practices
• Must have an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the complexities of working in clinical and non-clinical hospital environments.
• Ability to make sound decisions and judgements relating to a range of estates and facilities matters, considering conflicting factors and challenging environments
• Excellent analytical skills, providing the ability to interpret highly complex information providing appropriate options or solutions.
• Extensive knowledge of forms of contract including JCT/NEC contract administration
• Fully conversant with Infection Prevention and Control requirements within healthcare building design and the importance of the IPC approval process.
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of the NHSE derogation process.
• Excellent IT skills, able to create complex Excel, Word and PowerPoint documents and produce quality reports as required.
• Ability to work under own initiative and manage workload.
• Able to organise multi-disciplinary meetings and events.
• Excellent management and communication skills and knowledge.
• Good knowledge of the MICAD IPR system) and ability to analyse complex data and make informed decisions from it.

Personal Attributes

• Enthusiastic, highly motivated and able to determine priorities and achieve them using initiative and with minimal external input.
• High standard of written and spoken English.
• Able to communicate effectively with a wide-ranging audience.
• Effective negotiation and persuasion skills.
• Committed to continuous improvement and learning to bridge skill gaps.
• Able to continuously appraise situations and 'challenge the norm', creating new ideas in the process.
• Able to operate with high integrity in the work environment.
• Flexible and able to adapt to change quickly.
• Able to use empathy and tact plus effective listening skills to resolve occasional difficult situations with staff and customers.

Flexible Working

If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.

VISA's and Immigration system

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered at this point in time.

When DSFS Ltd are able to offer sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK), applicants will be required to provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK ()

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services ('DSFS') is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.

Communications

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