Employer: Digital Health and Care Wales
Job Title: Project Manager
Location: United Kingdom
Salary: £48,527 to £55,532 per annum
Job Type: Full-time
Closing Date: 30 November 2025
Job Summary
Are you passionate about how digital can transform community and mental health services, for patients and staff? There is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Project Manager to join the Connecting Care Programme team to work collaboratively with colleagues across DHCW and Health Boards across Wales. The role will focus on managing a project to coordinate the procurement and implementation of critical digital systems across community and mental health services in Wales.
The successful candidate will join the programme at an exciting time and must be an experienced project manager and skilled communicator able to hit the ground running as the organisation delivers to ambitious targets and timescales.
This post is fixed term for 5 months due to funding.
Main Duties of the Job
What you will do:
Lead and manage project teams, deputising as necessary.
Oversee project delivery, ensuring objectives are met within agreed time, cost, and quality constraints.
Contribute to project governance and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver outputs and realise benefits.
Develop and maintain excellent stakeholder relationships across clinical, technical, and operational groups.
Develop and maintain project plans, coordinate complex activities, and manage dependencies across multiple projects.
About Digital Health and Care Wales
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) is an expert national body and part of NHS Wales. The organisation works in partnership with NHS Wales colleagues and other stakeholders to provide national digital and data services supporting the delivery of health and social care in Wales.
DHCW delivers major national digital transformation programmes, works with more than 100 services, provides expert advice in cyber security and information governance, and ensures frontline staff and the public have digital tools to support better care and improved wellbeing.
Employee benefits include flexible working, competitive salary, 28 days of annual leave plus Bank Holidays, and opportunities for career development. Staff are recognised as the most valuable part of the organisation.
Job Description
Accountabilities Include:
Communicating highly complex information relating to specific service changes, often contentious and with major impacts on established workflows.
Managing a wide range of internal and external stakeholder relationships with conflicting priorities.
Using strong influencing skills to build alliances and act as a key contact for external parties.
Ensuring effective coordination and reporting to relevant boards or committees.
Supporting a major procurement project across seven health boards.
Supporting communication and tracking of benefits realisation across stakeholders.
A full job description and person specification can be accessed in the supporting documents.
Person Specification
Qualifications – Essential
Masters qualification in a relevant field (or equivalent experience)
Relevant Project Management professional registration such as PM Chartered Project Professional or PRINCE2 Registered Practitioner
Evidence of continuous professional development
Qualifications – Desirable
Certification such as Agile Project Management (APM), PMI Project Management Professional, Project Leadership Programme (PLP), P3O Practitioner
Knowledge of NHS Wales or the health sector
Experience
Essential
Experience successfully leading and managing moderate to complex transformation projects
Knowledge of stakeholder identification, analysis, and relationship management
Experience working within frameworks and methodologies for compliance and quality standards
Ability to identify, assess, and mitigate programme risks and issues
Knowledge of programme management tools and techniques
Experience preparing and monitoring budgets
Proficiency in assurance processes and resource management
Experience identifying and promoting best practices and lessons learned
Desirable
Knowledge of NHS or health sector digital solutions
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential
Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills
Effective communication and interpersonal abilities
Change management skills
Resilience and adaptability
Ethical reasoning aligned with public service values
Desirable
Welsh language skills (level 1 or above)
Additional Checks
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This role requires a Disclosure and Barring Service submission under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers requiring Skilled Worker sponsorship are welcome. Additional requirements apply for applicants who have lived abroad for extended periods, in accordance with UK Visas and Immigration guidelines.
How to Apply
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