About this role
Job summary
An opportunity has arisen in the West Midlands Cancer Alliance to join this dynamic, high profile, busy team, and support in the delivery of the National Cancer Programme priorities within the NHS Long-Term Plan.
As a project support officer, you will work as part of a dynamic team that provides support and expertise to help the Integrated Care Systems (ICS's), West Midlands Cancer Alliance and NHS England direct commissioners deliver their plans. You will be providing effective service and programme management supporting managers and staff to deliver several cancer projects.
The post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in the West Midlands Cancer Alliance hosted by The Royal Wolverhampton Trust.
Main duties of the job
Key Functional Responsibilities
Analytical/Judgemental
Undertake complex and detailed information analysis of specific projects/reports
Update, maintain, organise, gather and analyse information
Provide coordination of and participate in relevant meetings, providing information advice where requested.
Communication
Work with members of the team and key stakeholders.
Support the development of internal and external communications
Information Management
Operate within and provide enhancements to current management information, reporting to enhance decision making processes.
Updating, maintaining, organise, gather and analyse information to predict/meet future organisational and team needs by identifying best professional practice
Contribute to the review and development of existing information management systems
Key Working Relationships
Maintain good relationships with a broad range of stakeholders.
Participate in relevant internal and external working groups/projects, services, and initiatives which may be complex and contain contentious information with the aim of providing information and analytical advice to the teams.
Work with members of the team to develop and implement project data collection systems that will provide accurate and timely data
About us
There are approximately 2 million people in the UK are living with or affected by cancer, and there are over 360,000 new diagnoses every year. Do you want to be part of a team to ensure more people survive cancer than ever before? Are you passionate about improving the lives of people with cancer? Working as part of the national NHS Cancer Programme, that's exactly what you will do.
The West Midlands Cancer Alliance (WMCA) is one of twenty-one Cancer Alliances across England, one of the largest Alliances in the country. WMCA covers a large geographical area of 6 counties: Birmingham and Solihull, Coventry and Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire, Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, The Black Country and Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent. The West Midlands Cancer Alliance team is hosted at Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust working across the wider West Midlands footprint. This role requires regular travel across the Midlands and the team meet face to face in Central Birmingham once a fortnight.
Cancer Alliances were set-up to deliver the collective ambitions identified by the National Cancer Taskforce, with the aim of increasing survival rates across the area and the experience of those living with and beyond cancer, ensuring that we address inequalities and improve patient experience wherever possible. We do this by bringing together all the organisations which commission, provide, and contribute to cancer services across our area to enable quality improvement.
Job description Job responsibilities
Key Functional Responsibilities Analytical/Judgemental
Undertake complex and detailed information analysis of specific projects/reports Update, maintain, organise, gather and analyse information Monitor and evaluate risks and issues using a tracking mechanism to enable a proactive resolution and escalation processes. Contribute to the information management of performance, taking a lead for specific projects. Provide coordination of and participate in relevant meetings, providing information advice where requested Communication
Work with members of the team and key stakeholders. Support the development of internal and external communications Preparation of correspondence and complex papers, as required Financial and Physical Resources
Deliver against organisational objectives, achieving quality outcomes, prioritising own workload and workingto tight deadlines. Support and inform teams on the targeting of resources, monitoring spends, implementing, evaluating and delivery of plans by providing high quality information and analysis. Pursue the delivery of project/function outcomes, emphasizing cost-effectiveness and improved efficiency. Contribute to the financial delivery of the service ensuring it is cost effective and delivered on time. People Management (as required)
Support the coordination of training, development and recruitment activity across the Team. Support training and induction of new staff. Team supervision as requied. Participate in the recruitment and selection process Information Management
Operate within and provide enhancements to current management information, reporting to enhance decision making processes. Updating, maintaining, organise, gather and analyse information to predict/meet future organisational and team needs by identifying best professional practice Lead on development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of new information systems. Contribute to the review and development of existing information management systems Key Working Relationships
Maintain good relationships with a broad range of stakeholders. Participate in relevant internal and external working groups/projects, services, and initiatives which may be complex and contain contentious information with the aim of providing information and analytical advice to the teams. Communicate information, risks, issues and dependencies, including briefings and reports to a range of internal and external staff. Work with members of the team to develop and implement project data collection systems that will provide accurate and timely data Liaise with other Managers to share best practice
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area Further training or significant NHS experience in project management, financial management or supporting change management processes
Experience Essential
Current NHS Experience Experience supporting the planning, coordination and delivery of projects, including managing tasks, risks and issues
Skills Essential
Experience of using Monday.com project management platform
Desirable
Operational experience in a Cancer setting An understanding of Cancer Waiting Times data
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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Employer details Employer name The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Address 23 Stephenson Street
Birmingham
B2 4BJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.royalwolverhampton.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)