Senior Project Manager

Job Introduction

Job Title: Senior Project Manager

Starting Salary: £48,226 progressing to £53,460 per annum (pro rata for part time) - Pay award pending

Hours:37 hours per week

Location:Countywide, hybrid working. Office based is at Farnham House (Stevenage), with frequent travel required to other offices in Hertfordshire.

Contract Type: Fixed Term to March 2028

Directorate: Adult Care Services

Our ambition is to deliver person-centred, coordinated care that enables residents to live independently at home for longer. We aim to provide an integrated, seamless continuum of services across primary care, community health services, social care, the voluntary sector, and acute hospital care.

Hertfordshire is at the forefront of developing innovative models of health and social care. We have an ambitious vision for integrated care placing residents and communities at the heart of service delivery and ensuring that care and support are accessible, joined-up, and personalised.

To build on our strong track record, we are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead complex, high-profile transformation projects across health, social care and the wider integrated care system. We are looking for someone who can demonstrate a strong track record of leading complex transformation projects across multiple organisations, influencing senior stakeholders and delivering sustainable change.

You will join an adaptable team with a diverse programme portfolio, including:

• Hertfordshire Health and Wellbeing Board:
  Strategy and Health Inequalities
• Better Care Fund
• Discharge to Access and Intermediate Care
• Complex Care and Continuing Healthcare (CHC)
• Prevention of Admission
• Neighbourhood Health Integration
• Care Homes
• Social Care Digital Projects

As a Senior Project Manager, you will lead the delivery of complex projects that support the transformation of health and social care services across Hertfordshire. You will be responsible for driving change across organisational boundaries, influencing senior leaders and ensuring successful delivery of strategic priorities within a complex partnership environment. You will work closely with stakeholders across health and social care organisations, ensuring compliance with relevant policies, frameworks, and standards.

• Lead the planning, delivery and evaluation of complex projects across health and social care.
• Provide professional project management leadership, ensuring delivery against agreed outcomes, timescales, budgets and benefits.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with senior stakeholders across partner organisations.
• Lead complex project governance arrangements, preparing reports and presenting progress, risks and recommendations to boards and senior leaders.
• Manage complex project budgets, risks, issues, dependencies and resources to ensure successful delivery.
• Provide expert advice and guidance on project management approaches, supporting continuous improvement and best practice.
• Provide leadership, support and development to project team members, fostering a collaborative and high-performing team culture.
• Lead and contribute to service transformation and wider programme development across the Integrated Care Programme Team.

• Project Leadership Significant experience leading complex projects involving multiple stakeholders, competing priorities and organisational boundaries.
• Leadership, Influencing and Matrix Working Experience of managing and developing a team, alongside working within a matrix environment, influencing, negotiating and gaining commitment from senior stakeholders to deliver shared outcomes.
• Political and Organisational Awareness Understanding of the health and local government landscape and the ability to provide advice and guidance within complex environments.
• Financial, Governance and Contract Management Experience managing project budgets, monitoring expenditure, preparing governance reports and applying contract management principles.
• Health and Social Care Experience Understanding of integrated care systems, pathways and service delivery models, including…