Junior Project Manager Derby, England
Job description
Junior Project Manager
Derby, DE24
£33,706 with additional payments for unsociable hours
Enhancements / Benefits:
You will attract an additional 30% when working Monday to Friday evenings and 45% working weekends.
Generous annual leave entitlement & NHS Pension – we also honour NHS continuous service – bring your entitlement with you!
DHU Healthcare is a ‘not-for-profit’ community interest company providing a diverse range of services to the NHS frontline, including urgent and emergency care, primary care, out of hours services and NHS111. We care for patients across the West and East Midlands – a population totalling around 14 million. As a socially conscious organisation, we provide compassionate, high-quality care to our patients and offer a supportive work environment to our 2,500 DHU employees. If you would like to find out more about us, you can visit our website at Our profile: DHU Healthcare.
About the role
As a Junior Project Manager, you will primarily be responsible for leading small Projects within DHU Healthcare CIC & it’s divisions. The Junior Project Manager will manage a number of small projects, and will manage tasks, actions & risks appropriately to meet the needs of DHU Healthcare CIC. They will contribute to and maintain a PRINCE2 based project support system and associated functions.
This is a hands-on role, so there will be plenty of opportunities to not just successfully project manage our workload, but to also be part of the requirements scoping, planning and delivery of the projects, whilst working towards DHU’s Values, behaviours, and principles
We are always:
· Compassionate – we show kindness, consideration and understanding in everything we do – and demonstrate our caring nature to our patient, people, and communities.
· Accomplished – we are available day and night – a response, adaptable, professional NHS partner, providing the best advice, care, and treatment for every individual.
· Respectful – we recognise the value that individual and team difference bring – welcoming views, listening, being honest, and learning from others’ experiences.
· Encouraging – we believe everyone matters, so we inspire confidence in other – promoting ‘speaking up’, fostering career-long learning and development, and supporting improvement ideas.
Responsibilities:
- Manage the project process from Business Case through to project value realisation.
- Initiate and maintain all Project management documentation and tracking tools, including a detailed suite of project mobilisation plans, business cases, Project Initiation Documents (PIDs) Action Logs, Risk Logs, and regular reporting documentation.
- Support Project Managers & the Head of PMO in all aspects of their work including improving processes, maintaining DHU’s strategic portfolio of works, and allocations of resource to varying workloads & opportunities.
- Identify & agree tasks, milestones, owners, dates, timescales & dependencies - agree timescales and resources required for particular stages of development, implementation support and co-ordination of service change and project plans.
Essential Skills:
· Experience of matrix style working across organisation’s, influencing staff at all levels to work towards goals when there is no direct control or reporting line.
· Experience in identifying tasks, milestones, owners, dates, timescales, and dependencies in project mobilisation plans.
· Ability to organise, prioritise & multitask without supervision, working to meet tight and often challenging deadlines, managing conflicting demands for time and resources.
Desirable Skills:
· Formal Project or Program Management qualification(s) e.g., PRINCE2 Foundation or Practitioner level, MSP, APM Project Management.
· Experience in all aspects of project process, documentation, and administration relating to successful management, communication, and delivery of projects.
· Experience in business case completion, managing budgets, and financially reporting expenditure against Financial Model Templates & business cases.
In return, we can offer:
Joining DHU means you will receive some great benefits. This will include access to the NHS pension scheme – alongside a generous annual leave allowance that grows with your length of service or recognises your existing NHS commitment. We provide an incremental sick pay scheme and family friendly policies like maternity and paternity pay that match the NHS offer, alongside working enhancements including an additional 30 - 45% of annual salary for unsociable hours benefit (earning potential will vary on shift days / times). We will also support your health and wellbeing - with complementary Westfield Health Insurance membership which covers basic costs like your dental care, glasses, physiotherapy, chiropody and many more.
At DHU Healthcare, we are committed to fostering an environment where Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and a strong sense of Belonging are not only celebrated but actively promoted. We believe that every individual, regardless of their background, deserves the right to access quality healthcare services and to be treated with respect and dignity. Our commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging is at the heart of everything we do, from patient care to our organisational culture.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £33,706.00 per year
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Derby: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: In person
