Project Manager - Service Improvement

Fruition IT are proud to be supporting Care Quality Commission as they look to recruit a number of key positions into their technology team.

CQC play a crucial role in the UK health and social care sector, ensuring health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and they encourage care services to improve.

CQC offer a supportive and inclusive environment where you will get the chance to make a real difference.

Salary: Up to £55,000.

There is also an additional homeworking allowance of £553 per annum for those working from home.

Location: CQC offer remote working but there will be a requirement to occasionally be onsite at one of their main office locations (London, Leeds and Newcastle). Any travel would be fully expensed and timings flexible to allow people to travel at realistic times.

They are looking to hire a Project Manager with a broad background in Service Improvement / Optimisation. This role will see you working on recovery planning to improve their services externally as well as improving internal credibility.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with both internal and external senior stakeholders to ensure their interests are identified and addressed to influence and engage work to manage the programme effectively.
• Communicate regularly and engages in professional debate to resolve issues and differences between stakeholders and to challenge assumptions.
• Provide visible leadership and line management (which may include matrix management) for the Project team and lead by example to evidence the organisational core values.
• Responsible for the overall integrity of the project plan, leads the project, and project team, through recognised project lifecycle phases
• Develops and owns the project budget, in line with the business case, and tracks delivery of the project in line with the budget allocation.
• Cascade vision and translate into delivery objectives for the team.
• Stay abreast of best practice and ensures continuous evaluation and improvement of their approach to project management.

Required Skills/Experience

• Proven experience in a Project Management role
• Experience working within the Public Sector
• Working across business change / service improvement projects at scale
• Technology led programmes of work with a focus on business change
• Project Management methodologies (Prince2, Agile etc)

CQC are committed to promoting a fair and inclusive workplace. They want all their staff to be able to flourish and reach their full potential. They are registered with a number of national schemes and initiatives that promote a diverse and inclusive workplace.

If this role would be of interest, then please apply to this advert and I will be in contact to give you more detail.

Fruition are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.