Project Support Officers

We are seeking a proactive and driven Project Support Officer to join our Project Management Office (PMO) team within the ICB.

This role offers an excellent opportunity to deliver high-quality project support across multiple projects in Financial Improvement and UEC, including tasks such as strategic research, providing benchmarking data, maintaining project plans and managing risk logs amongst other responsibilities.

You will have regular contact with senior professionals within the ICB and key stakeholders across the system and will need excellent communication and motivational skills to encourage collaborative working., The Project Support Officer will work within a specific programme area but will be expected to work flexibly across other programme areas as needed, providing high-quality project support including information and analysis across a number of identified programmes of work. The postholder will support Partners and Project Managers in running their projects and will actively work in partnership with providers and other system colleagues, ensuring robust project management maintenance of the project plan, updating risk and issues logs, chasing actions to help ensure the programme progresses at pace, identifying issues or delays, and contributing to report writing and engagement sessions. The post will involve exposure to a wide range of projects and services across the health and care system.

NHS STW was established on 1 July 2022 as part of the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care System (ICS) and is responsible for the strategic planning, commissioning, and monitoring of health and care services from a range of providers, to support our local population. These include GP and primary care services, hospital care, community healthcare and mental health services. We also have a duty to monitor these services to ensure they provide a high level of care and are value for money. We are clinically led and work closely with the 51 GP practices across the county.

In return, we provide a supportive environment in which to learn and develop, with the opportunity to further your skills and career within an exciting and evolving environment. Joining our inclusive and innovative team comes with a range of benefits including flexible & agile working arrangements, pension scheme and generous annual leave allowance. With our training schemes and support networks, you will be empowered to play a leading role in the future of healthcare, whatever your specialism or interest.

NHS STW currently have an agile working policy, with a combination of working from home and office-based work. The role will require a minimum of 40% of the working week to be spent in the office at Wellington Civic Offices.

The existing team is supportive, friendly, and hardworking and this is a fantastic opportunity to raise your profile and develop your skills within PMO.