Location

Manchester, North West England, M1 3BN

About The Job

Job summary

The Assistant Project Manager will play a key role in the delivery of the clinical directorate work programme, with a focus on the fixed term work to incorporate technology appraisals into guidelines and support the development of implementation toolkits, developing and implementing processes aligned to methods agreed in collaboration with other internal NICE teams. The Assistant Project Manager will work alongside other operational staff including programme and project managers to plan, co-ordinate and monitor the progress of individual projects, ensuring consistency across the work programmes. The Assistant Project Manager will be responsible for providing advice and support to coordinators and administrators in the directorate and act as a key point of contact for internal and external stakeholders.

Job Description

As an assistant project manager, you will support the Medicines Optimisation team across its varied portfolio of projects and activity, with the following key responsibilities:

Lead on various projects and activities, including regularly reviewing operational procedures, identifying areas for improvement, and overseeing the implementation of agreed changes.
Provide project management support including developing and managing systems for projects, recording activities and tracking progress
Provide day to day support and advice to the coordinators and administrators in relation to administrative duties
Ensure consistency across the work programmes and take the lead on projects where appropriate
Contribute to the delivery of the functions of the Medicines Optimisation team
Developing, updating and maintaining processes and systems used by the Medicines Optimisation team to support business operations

Person specification

To be considered for this role, you should be able to particularly demonstrate the person specification criteria in the job advert in your application. However, applicants should be able to demonstrateall essential criteria through the entirety of the recruitment process to be considered for the job.

Please see job description attached for full list of responsibilities.

Benefits

NHS pension scheme which is one of the most generous in the UK.
We promote flexible working to help staff achieve a healthy work life balance including work from home, compressed hours and flexi start/finish times.
Access to a Blue Light Card which includes a wide range of discounts from major retailers, restaurants and more.
Holiday entitlement which starts from 27 days plus Bank Holidays
Access to modern offices with showers, bike storage facilities and refreshments such as tea and coffee.
Access to Staff Networks including Disability Advocacy and Wellbeing Network, Women In NICE, Race Equality Network, NICE and Proud, Eco-NICE, Change Agent Network. Equality and Diversity is highly valued in the organisation.
Personal development tailored to your needs.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

Competency based interview questioning and a test

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Medical

Successful candidates will be expected to have a medical.

Nationality Requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window) .

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Alex Curwen
Email : alex.curwen@nice.org.uk

Recruitment team

Email : careers@nice.org.uk

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Assistant Project Manager